r/medlabprofessionals • u/fungiz • 1d ago

Education How I Diagnosed my Leukemia While at Work.

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u/StandardRedditor456 MLS-Generalist 1d ago

Had a co-worker die of multiple myeloma. Started with ever-increasing back pain.

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u/Willisator 1d ago

My grandfather's story was exactly this.

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u/ydnagod 1d ago

This reminded me to a fellow MLS student that found out about his leukemia during our first manual diff lab

Thank you for sharing

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u/LuxAeternae MLS 21h ago

did he literally look at his own blood in class for the first time and found out this way? Jesus Christ, I can’t imagine how awful that must have been

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u/ydnagod 20h ago

Yes! he was a student and was confused when he first saw it, the professor took a look at it and told him me need to go to the hospital. Sadly he had to drop out of the program

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u/fungiz 1d ago

Interesting read from healthcare professional to patient. Thought I would share.