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philx
philx

Hi all

Please anyone that has had the above test,how long did it take to get

The results back????? I had the blood test on the 1.7.16

I have the follow up appointment with the hemotologist on the 19.8.16

And would hope this result would be back????

I have access to my results on university hospital Birmingham ,

My health website, I have the results of my last 6 venesections, so I know

Each week how much my levels have dropped.

But the genetic result is not showing yet???

I may contact the consultants secretary on Monday to chase this result

Cheers all philx

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  • Charlieangel
    Charlieangel philx

    Posted

    Close to 5 wks it took mine to come back.you should here very soon.
  • pete_15992
    pete_15992 philx

    Posted

    Hi Phil, mine took just over 3 weeks. I chased it up GP surgery at 3 weeks  and they told me it could take weeks as it's done externally - also I was not given the option to chase it directly (would not divuldge where or who). Luckily arrived a few days later. Six weeks seems too long to wait though - definitely worth chasing up.

  • laura13882
    laura13882 philx

    Posted

    I was 7 weeks for mine and my brother still hasn't had his back yet and that's nearly 9 for his.

    • Charlieangel
      Charlieangel laura13882

      Posted

      Hi i had my doctors chase mine up might be worth asking yours to do the same x
  • philx
    philx

    Posted

    Hi all

    Thanks for your replies, I intend to contact the hospital on Wednesday

    To chase up the results, I would like them to have the results when

    I see the hemotologist on Friday to discuss where I go next my levels

    Are still 661 so it obvious I will need more venesections???

    Cheers philx

  • philx
    philx

    Posted

    Hi all

    I got my results but I don't really understand the results, yes I do have

    Hereditary hemochromatosis but can anyone explain the results???

    Homozygous c.845g>A,p(cys282tyr) hfe variant, hfe-related hh

    I have emailed hemochromatosis society for a breakdown.

    Cheers philx

    • pete_15992
      pete_15992 philx

      Posted

      Hi Phil,

      Homozygous just means you have the C282Y mutation in both the HFE gene pair- so you will have HFE, as you already know of course - I got exactly the same description in my test result. It also means you will always pass on one gene to any children,

      If you just had one mutated gene in that pair you'd be heterozygous and so you'd "only" be a carrier.

      All the best Pete

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