As a reference laboratory, we often do not know what specific events lead up to the use of our test, how our results are used, and what the outcomes will be.
Occasionally though, we do get to interact with patients directly and it is incredibly rewarding to know that the work our colleagues are doing in the MicroGenDX lab is not only helping patients quell their suffering and end the cycle of ineffective half-measures but providing hope to those still suffering.
After a few conversations with a patient who was sick and tired of being sick and tired, I got one of those occasional rewarding messages and permission to share!
"I can’t thank you enough for your patience and the wisdom you’ve shared over the last month. I’m still over the moon to receive normal test results this time! As you well know, I was doubtful that it was possible. I am beyond relieved to have been able to utilize MicroGenDX’s testing and find actual healing. I remember experiencing UTIs as a child but hadn’t given them much thought until I felt that strange yet familiar burn last spring. I never dreamed I would have three more “separate” infections in the next 13 months. I used telemedicine for treatment because the symptoms can take hold almost in an instant and I inevitably experienced the most painful of them on weekends, at night, or while traveling. Anyone who has experienced urinary tract infections knows how urgently medication and relief are required once they flare up, and telemedicine gets a prescription in my hand so much faster than my GP. I only wish I had tested with MicroGenDX from the very first episode last March. Had I known at the time that I would only feel healed until another UTI in December, I would have looked for alternative treatment. Not to mention the UTIs that followed in February and April. Thanks to your calm explanations and answers to my one million questions, I now understand that it was very possibly the same infection the entire time, being knocked down with random antibiotics, but never fully clearing. Before your test, I kept thinking that, surely, the doctors knew what they were doing and that I was still getting infections because I was doing something wrong. Or I was genetically wrong. The recurrences always filled me with more and more dread because I know that the more UTIs you get the more UTIs you tend to get. What an awful cycle to be trapped in! I can’t express how liberating it is to be set free from it. Thank you for presenting the scientific information in ways I could understand and for treating me like a human deserving of healing. More people need this type of testing in their lives, and sooner rather than later!"
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