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Yesterday I had a myriad of blood tests which prove once again that I am not only a human Guinea pig, but a human pincushion as well. Let's just say the nurse wasn't particularly gentle with her approach to collecting blood samples for analysis. I have these tests done every 3-6 months to keep an eye on various health markers so that I can keep on top of everything and maybe make some adjustments if I need to. Just some of the tests I have include: Full Blood Count (FBC) Bone Profile C-reactive protein Renal function test Tricglycerices 25 hydroxy vitamin D I find that the C-reactive protein test is very important because on of the characteristics of cancer progression is that it goes hand in hand with systemic inflammation. There is a relationship between favourable readings from this test (low readings) and better cancer survival rates that we can see in the literature. Here is an explanation of the validity of the test as summarised in the literature. Elevated C-rea...