The Lab and the Lie

  I can't sleep so I'll talk about myself. Not b/c I'm ego-driven, but I need to record things before I forget .
   I was referred to a nephrologist after my kidney stone episode, and I still go for annual check-ups, though the doctor has recently changed from Goldstein to Arora.  I have a script for bloodwork in advance of my office visit there, which is next week. So, while Dave was at the VA today, I took the opportunity to visit the Hoosick Street lab. I'm more than  half-way through my Lyme Disease regimen, and felt so tired this morning that I figured the lab results may reflect my condition, but thought if any of the results were skewed because of that, I'd deal with an explanation at a later time.
   When I got to the lab and handed the nurse my script, she looked at it and asked if I'd fasted for the 8 hours noted on the script. This is where the lie part comes in.  In the limited time and the uncertainty of my going, I'd neglected to look at the script. So I said yes, I'd fasted, though only a few hours earlier, I'd had a Van's Waffle with blueberries for breakfast. If some of the readings were high, I'd attribute it to Lyme Disease and just ask to have the test repeated.
    This evening, I checked my St. Peter's Patient Portal, and my results from earlier today were posted.  All the readings were well within normal limits, except for low (19) level of Vitamin D.
   Conclusion:  (1) The Lyme disease, antibiotics, and breakfast did not affect the lab tests, and (2) All that time spent outdoors did not raise my Vitamin D level to normal limits, but served only to provide sustenance for Lyme ticks.