mbroderick
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It sounds like a Natural Killer cell test. The number should be at least 150 for a healthy person.
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cantgiveupyet
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Perfect timing Andie,
i just had my CD57 done and mine is a 10. I already know my white cells are practically non existant after they were depleted last Sept.
I did do a search and i think it was lymeinhell that had hers go down also....and she was feeling good with a very low count.
I guess like anything it is different for all of us.
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I had a natural killer cell function assay in December and it was 09 (normal range 8-170 LU). This was done at Quest.
He suggested taking a type of transfer factor, however, due to the expense, I declined.
I don't feel any worse because my killer cell function test is as low as it is, and in speaking to another LLMD, it takes a number of reasons why a person's immune system could cause them problems. He didn't seem too concerned, as all my blood work comes back normal and after 18 months of abx and having been off all abx for over 2 years, I feel almost normal...at least this is my new normal by which I function good on a daily basis, for which I am grateful.
Personally, I don't feel only this one test can determine how you are doing...how you are feeling, etc.
I could be all wrong, but it is just my own opinion.
lifeline
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Andie333
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Thanks, everyone, for all your help and wisdom, as always.
lyme ed, cant knew the official name -- cd57; Marian described it well. I was told that the range was from 1 to 300-something with normal, as Marian said, around 150. That makes numbers like cant and I have pretty low.
Marian, thanks for the suggestions about the resishi mushrooms. I think I'd started taking something with them but stopped for some reason (probably money).
lifeline, what you said makes sense to me, too, because I actually feel better than I have in a year...yet the count is worse.
My LLMD didn't seem to have answers, only to say that it was still an indication of Lyme still in me. As good as I feel, I have no doubt that's true.
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CD57 is supposed to be the NK cell count for Lyme immune cells.
Are you talking about IgM Immunoglobulin panel?
Mo
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Jwf, who posts on here really thinks the Raintree brand is best, I'm on it too. Keep up the fight.
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