AboutClaes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. Expertise I`m a doctor of medicine and a specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have long experience with regards to this cancer.
Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
Question I am a 72-year-old male in excellent health who is distrustful of "conventional" medicine. Before I acquired that distrust I underwent heart bypass surgery and other procedures (surgery, scans, etc.) and took several prescription drugs for BP control, gout and cholesterol control.
I no longer take anything but the BP meds, and I have a complete blood study done twice a year (my son is a lab tech). My most recent results were outstanding (TC 130, HDL 45, LDL 76, TG 173) except for my CEA. Last October it was 4.1, some 33% above the upper reference "limit." I was told not to worry. In May it was 6.1, about a 50% increase. I had a clean colonoscopy in April. What would you do, if anything?
Answer You MAY have just a lab. aberration, in which case there is no danger. But I can not be sure of that. I suggest that your CEA should be followed but that you also should do more colonoscopies AND PET-scans and CT- and/or MRI scans in order to find any source of this.
