My creatine kinase blood work came back abnormal. Im not sure what this means. the doc mentioned muscle wasting. I exercise but not excessively so.
Can anyone shed some light on this one?xxx

Hi sweetie how are you feeling now? Any chest pain or anything?
Ok you haven't said how abnormal the levels were so I am going to be generalising a bit...CK, aka CPK, aka phosphocreatine kinase, is a type of protein called an enzyme. It aids biochemical reactions to occur. The normal function of CK is to add a phosphate group to creatine turning it into a high-energy molecule. This is burned quickly as a source of energy by our cells.
During the process of muscle degeneration, muscle cells break open and their contents find their way into the bloodstream. Most of the CK you produce exists in muscle so a rise in CK levels in your blood is indicative of muscle damage which has occurred/ is occurring.
Normal range for an adult who is healthy is between 22 to 198 U/L. Dependent on many factors, eg race, gender,etc. If you have higher serum levels in your blood it can be indicative of muscle damage due to chronic disease or muscle injury.
If you are scheduled for a retest you should limit your exercise to normal activities only so they can get a clearer picture. By the way did you tell them about your eating disorder? It can affect serum levels in some cases.
Hope this helps. If you have any more questions about it just write back.
Take care.
Hugs from Aurora xoxo :wave:

So why would the levels go up if you have an ED?My doc knows alot about me and my ED. she seems to be ordering alot of tests quite frequently but i dont really understand the significance of the CK test in an ED.
Anyway the chest pain hasnt been too bad. Im on an anti-depressant and they seem to be sedating me at night and thats when i usually b/p but as a result im making myself starve alot more. I dont seem to be getting very far.To be honest i feel like giving up and its kind of annoying me that my body is starting to fail me also.Thats sort of out of my control. I was saying to my husband last night that i wish the control would be taken away from me(like being sectioned against my will)just so i would be forced to face my demons in a controlled environment where i wouldnt have access to food, scales etc.
Anyway how you doing?are you feeling any more positive this week?
nikkitaxxx

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Hi Nikkita,
Did you ask your doctor any of these things. I can tell you some stuff but without your full records it is merely suggestions...
Anyway people with bulimia are more likely to suffer myopathy, sometimes even cardiomyopathy due to the extreme purging they do. It causes muscle wastage and weakness and this is demonstrated in a raised CK level.
Also, this is a chance idea, black people often have more CK probs, which can be due to things like sickle cell traits amongst other things. However, I have no idea if you are black, white, brown, purple, blue, etc. Just an interesting point though.
You did say your ECG tests were good though, yeah?
I know you say you would like to be sectioned, but I really don't think that having no control over your eating will help on anything other than a short term basis. When you are ready to let go of this is when you will beat this. Any other way will just lead you to convince yourself that you are only coping for everyone else, and not for yourself.
Me? Well I am not doing anything really. I am not losing weight well even though I only consume a maximum 100 calories a day. I am coming to terms with knowing that I have an eating disorder, but I can't manage to get professional help yet. Soon though I hope to get the courage to tell it to [go away] and let me live a normal life. Although I am not sure that I can remember how it feels to be normal!
But my new job is good, so thats something.
Thinking of you.
Take care,
Aurora xoxo

Hi Aurora
Things seem a bit clearer noiw so thanks.I suppose we all think our bodies are idestructable so it is bothering me that mine is showing signs of stress but STILL not enough to stop me!
By the way, what is your new job?Hope you are ok today.
Nikkitaxxx

Hi Nikkita
I don't think I am allowed to tell you what my job is in case anything I tell anyone is taken as me giving professional advice. I got banned and had a message removed before for telling what my job is. But I have patients to see and I am also in management for the profession I am in. Which is quite cool as I am only 23.
I am not doing good on the food front, I am addicted to being hungry I think. Sick or what! I feel so in control when I don't eat. I let my new staff believe that I keep accidently missing my chance for a lunch break because I am so caught up with my patients. Although I wonder how long it will take before they start to realise that things aren't as they seem. My last place all used to talk about my lack of eating and ask me outright if I had an eating disorder. I don't want that to happen again. I do want to feel better though. Its frustrating isn't it. I keep flipping between emotions. One minute I want to get better, and the next I feel like I couldn't survive without it.
But I will not let it beat me. We can both get through this.
Hope you are ok.
Take care,
Aurora :angel:

Yeah Aurora
I know what you mean about the whole lunch time thing. Thats exactly what i do!i work as a life model at the art colleges so it can be quite physically demanding and yet i still make myself jaunt down the town or something just so i can avoid eating even if im exhausted!
There can be so many goodies in the staffroom (Biscuits, cakeetc)Everyone else just tucks in and im sitting munching on an apple.I sense people are probably wondering but im too embarassed to admit anything.
Nikkitaxxx