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Friends,
Blood chemistry/laboratory testing is instrumental in helping
us design your fitness program as it serves as guide to the
overall health of your immune system (white blood cell production),
red blood cell production, liver and kidney functions, parathyroid/bone
disease, lipid and cardiovascular risk. Blood chemistry can
be confusing but it is important that you have a rudimentary
understanding of your results so that you can make informed
decisions about treatments, rest and recovery, and even exercise.
This week, we are including an explanation of Laboratory
Results (we are indebted to the Yakima Medical
Clinic for providing this) and an information sheet on Complete
Blood Counts (CBC's). Some of the words may be
foreign to you but if you have questions about anything presented,
please feel free to call us and we can walk you through the
explanations. Standards or ranges for blood chemistry are
dependent on the laboratory providing the testing and are
not always consistent from oncology units to primary care
physicians.
Finally, whether or not you are working with the Cancer Survivor
Center for Health and Wellbeing, know the
Precautions when beginning or participating in an exercise
program if you are in treatment or are post treatment
for cancer.
In health,
Riggs Klika, Ph.D.
Director
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