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Severe COPD and Interstitial Lung Disease
COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Last Active: May 20, 2021 | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
I was hospitalized 11 days in Arkansas at a St. Vincent's. Unknown lung issue? Because I had cardiac stents placed and am taking plavix, the pulmonologist was unable to take tissue, however did a bronchoscopy wash??? Specimens were sent to Mayo for pathology. We have a patient portal that says new test results are in but won't show me the results? my post-discharge follow-up with pulmonology was supposed to be on October 22nd and on Friday they called to move me up I go tomorrow to get the results funny thing is here in Arkansas you see the nurse practitioner before you see the specialist so I don't know if I'm getting delivered good news or bad news or if they're going to tell me they still don't know
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Hi @shawnb1, welcome to Connect. A lot of times the test results take awhile to post in the patient portal. You could use the portal to send a message to your doctor/care team. They could have just moved up your appointment due to a cancellation.
If possible can you let share what you find out tomorrow?
John
@shawnb1 Hello Shawn. Some of the lab results from the bronchioscope can take six to eight weeks to come back. That is because some organisms take that long to colonize in a petri dish if they are present. Hang in there!
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I, too am on high dosing of Prednisone. Horrible side effects, but the only thing I started responding to