Blood panel - what should I get?
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Only liver stress, only two things outnumber the churches in SF... restaurants and bars.0
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heh.
try to drink like that now- and I'll bet you're liver will be even more stressed!!! LMAO0 -
this thing I'm taking, had two drinks saturday... it was *not* good.0
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So how'd it go dbmata, did you faint? Or was there a Code White and security escorted you out?0
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Cherimoose wrote: »The standard panel should be enough, unless you suspect something isn't normal. You can rule out thyroid issues with Free T3, Free T4, and TSH.
If you're curious, you could monitor C-reactive protein and Creatine Kinase, to keep tabs on inflammation & muscle damage.
Testing vitamin D during winter is a good idea.
Not sure it applies, but some of our forum members could use a psych test.
Noted, the T3, T4, and TSH.
I'm not familiar with C-reactive protein or the role of Creatine Kinase, so I'll do some reading of them.
The Vit D is a good thing to match, but I'm taking 10k IU daily of it.
DO NOT TRAIN HEAVY for about a week prior to your test. If you do your doc will freak at the results.
Need to do no heavies for 7 days prior to tests now.
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Cherimoose wrote: »
True enough, training heavy is going to have you out of range at all times. But the doc isn't interested in this, he wants to know if the organs are functioning properly. If your numbers aren't hugely out of range when you take the week off its apparent to the doc that everything is functioning properly. If they're still out of whack with no training, there's a problem.0 -
So how'd it go dbmata, did you faint? Or was there a Code White and security escorted you out?
I got to the lab, checked in. Then was made to wait. At this time, I was still keeping cool... then I was brought into the phleb area and sat in the throne of death.
Oh gee, no bloodwork order. I need to go talk to the doctor. WTF?!? So the phleb walks to go talk to my doc. I'm sitting, on this throne of pain and hellfire... waiting. Beginning to get really out of my head. So she comes back, we're good to go.
Right arm, amazing... I have no veins. Also, make a fist doesn't mean make a fist so tight all your knuckles crack in concert. She laughed, and I bit back a strong flight response.
Left arm, there we go, proof of life and the red fountain. With her array of 4 vials, in goes the steel torture implement that must have been coated with something. It burned as if I had tried to stir freshly brewed coffee with my nose. Moments later we finish as another searing jag of pain flows through me once the needle is removed. I may have survived, but I feel violated.
She looked at me with a smile, and said, "You're not a good candidate for this. You aren't comfortable are you?" I wanted to eat her heart.
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oh for fugs sake- it's not that bad... and this is coming from someone whose had some REALLY bad experiences giving blood- you big giant baby.0
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Yuh. I have only one good vein one good spot, and it is scarred from past flub-ups. Imagine the feeling of the needle slipping PAST the vein.
Compounded with this, the A1C (diabetic) test is a fasting test so I have the test first thing in the morning dehydrated, low sugar and grumpy.
Here are some innovations just around the corner:
http://blog.ted.com/2014/01/14/7-ways-scientists-are-attempting-to-move-beyond-needles/
http://www.notimpossiblenow.com/the-latest/theranos-blood-testing0 -
I'm afraid of needles. Flat out, I will fight if someone approaches me with a needle, I have in the past.0
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So, when will you know results?0
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So how'd it go dbmata, did you faint? Or was there a Code White and security escorted you out?
I got to the lab, checked in. Then was made to wait. At this time, I was still keeping cool... then I was brought into the phleb area and sat in the throne of death.
Oh gee, no bloodwork order. I need to go talk to the doctor. WTF?!? So the phleb walks to go talk to my doc. I'm sitting, on this throne of pain and hellfire... waiting. Beginning to get really out of my head. So she comes back, we're good to go.
Right arm, amazing... I have no veins. Also, make a fist doesn't mean make a fist so tight all your knuckles crack in concert. She laughed, and I bit back a strong flight response.
Left arm, there we go, proof of life and the red fountain. With her array of 4 vials, in goes the steel torture implement that must have been coated with something. It burned as if I had tried to stir freshly brewed coffee with my nose. Moments later we finish as another searing jag of pain flows through me once the needle is removed. I may have survived, but I feel violated.
She looked at me with a smile, and said, "You're not a good candidate for this. You aren't comfortable are you?" I wanted to eat her heart.
LMFAO!!! You've got a definite flair for the dramatic. You should write books ya big *kitten*...cat.0 -
Wtf. *kitten* cat is a restricted word on here? Vocabulary Nazis.0
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I'm afraid of needles. Flat out, I will fight if someone approaches me with a needle, I have in the past.
Do what my mother, a nurse, told my little sister to do----do not look at what they're doing (she would cover my sister's eyes with her hand). It helps. Lucky you're not a female. In pregnancy they want blood every month for a myraid of reasons. I went through 3, all c-sections and I don't want to say you get used to it, but the novelty of being stuck wears off. You'l live. Best.0 -
I can't remember off hand but follow Sagi Kalev if you have a facebook, or his website. He's posted about ones that most docs don't even think to check for (esp. for someone like myself his info helped many -- often not getting the right panels and ending up not getting the right diagnosis). He's a wealth of information.0
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So how'd it go dbmata, did you faint? Or was there a Code White and security escorted you out?
I got to the lab, checked in. Then was made to wait. At this time, I was still keeping cool... then I was brought into the phleb area and sat in the throne of death.
Oh gee, no bloodwork order. I need to go talk to the doctor. WTF?!? So the phleb walks to go talk to my doc. I'm sitting, on this throne of pain and hellfire... waiting. Beginning to get really out of my head. So she comes back, we're good to go.
Right arm, amazing... I have no veins. Also, make a fist doesn't mean make a fist so tight all your knuckles crack in concert. She laughed, and I bit back a strong flight response.
Left arm, there we go, proof of life and the red fountain. With her array of 4 vials, in goes the steel torture implement that must have been coated with something. It burned as if I had tried to stir freshly brewed coffee with my nose. Moments later we finish as another searing jag of pain flows through me once the needle is removed. I may have survived, but I feel violated.
She looked at me with a smile, and said, "You're not a good candidate for this. You aren't comfortable are you?" I wanted to eat her heart.
LMFAO!!! You've got a definite flair for the dramatic. You should write books ya big *kitten*...cat.
I try to entertain. lol.
snowflake - yeah, I never watch the actual act of attempting to wrest liquid life from my unwilling veins.0 -
So updating. My panel is good all across the board. Even my cholesterol is within the good range.
Except for my testosterone. It's basically non-existent. Going on T therapy starting Friday.
Time to get swole, eh?0 -
pump it up my friend!!!!0
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