Work is offering $100 to get cholesterol/BP checked, currently on cycle. Yay or nay?

**bboveri** · 10-12-2008, 09:51 AM

My workplace is offering $100 gift cards for me to get my blood pressure, height, weight and cholesterol levels checked at a health screening tomorrow.

I am 2 weeks into a test e/dbol cycle, and have been on letro for 3 weeks.

Are my lipids too out of whack that I should worry about what they will think of the cholesterol results? Should I opt out of the health screening?

Just don't want my lipids to be so out of whack they are worried about them.

**LATS60** · 10-12-2008, 09:56 AM

I had my bloods done 5wks into a blast and everything was fine.

**fLgAtOr** · 10-12-2008, 10:39 AM

Your insurance company usually will get a hold of it if they really want to...But I wouldn't care, as long as you don't have a history of bad numbers.

For $100, why not?

**bboveri** · 10-12-2008, 10:53 AM

Think I'll go for it.

Had it done once before 2 weeks after finishing up some adex, hdl a little low, but no problems.

**growboy** · 10-12-2008, 12:07 PM

Why not knowing your blood work / knowing your body is a good thing all around.

**JiGGaMaN** · 10-12-2008, 12:39 PM

thats sweet id do that for sure no matter how scary the numbers are.

**QuadPower** · 10-12-2008, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by bboveri

My workplace is offering $100 gift cards for me to get my blood pressure, height, weight and cholesterol levels checked at a health screening tomorrow.

I am 2 weeks into a test e/dbol cycle, and have been on letro for 3 weeks.

Are my lipids too out of whack that I should worry about what they will think of the cholesterol results? Should I opt out of the health screening?

Just don't want my lipids to be so out of whack they are worried about them.

Damn, wish my work did that! I say go for it, if those are the only screenings they will do. Then you can get re-screened after your cycle and show that you brought your levels down, and maybe get another 100$ in gift cards?

**binder** · 10-12-2008, 02:02 PM

is that a full lipid panel or just cholesterol? 100$ for all that seems kind of high because the only real thing that costs is the bloodwork.

**bboveri** · 10-12-2008, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by QuadPower

Damn, wish my work did that! I say go for it, if those are the only screenings they will do. Then you can get re-screened after your cycle and show that you brought your levels down, and maybe get another 100$ in gift cards?

Haha..you are absolutely right.

I get a $100 Visa gift card, then if I meet a goal, say improving my cholesterol or body fat at the next screening, I get another $100 Visa gift card.

Originally Posted by binder

is that a full lipid panel or just cholesterol? 100$ for all that seems kind of high because the only real thing that costs is the bloodwork.

HDL, LDL, Triglycerides, Blood sugar.

To clarify, I am not paying for anything. They are paying me.

**binder** · 10-12-2008, 03:19 PM

oh, well then do it. it never hurts to have more info than needed.

**JiGGaMaN** · 10-12-2008, 06:27 PM

DONT DO IT! Look what happened to admiral ackbar... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddAi8FF3F4

**CeeLo** · 10-12-2008, 06:34 PM

I say do it, they aren't testing for gear.

**spywizard** · 10-12-2008, 06:53 PM

whey they draw the blood, tell them you ate breakfast at McDonalds, big greasy breakfast

"wasn't i suppose to??"

**magickflash2** · 10-12-2008, 06:58 PM

I say do it. At my work the charge you for it. And if it's bad they up you insurace rates. That why I don''t do it when offered.

**stpete** · 10-12-2008, 08:01 PM

Don't.

Keep your shit to yourself right now.

**binder** · 10-13-2008, 08:36 AM

They can't determine you are on steroids just from a lipid panel.

And unless you are terribly unhealthy or using insane dosages i wouldn't see your lipid panel being changed that much only 2 weeks into a cycle.

**Dukkit** · 10-13-2008, 08:49 AM

do it

get the money

shouldnt be any major issues with you if a few levels are out of whack. though i doubt they will be

**bboveri** · 10-13-2008, 09:45 AM

I just got back from having it done.

The lipid panel/glucose/triglycerides is a finger prick and then put into their anaylyzer and read out instantly, so I don't know how accurate it is.

My results:

Total Cholesterol 159 mg/dl (below 200 is good)
HDL
LDL
TC/DL ratio
Triglycerides 111 mg/dl (below 150)
Glucose 93 mg/dl (below 140)
BP 130/80

The machine couldn't analyze my HDL/LDL levels for some reason. This is the 2nd time I have went to this screening, and both times when they prick me, I barely bleed, and they have to have another person squeeze my hands. My blood clots bad they sad, which is why they say this wasn't reading it. They told me to come back tomorrow to have it re-checked, which is what I'm going to do, because the girls working were gorgeous. BP was high, but I was realy nervous so that was the cause of it. I'm not worried about the HDL/LDL because the total cholesterol was pretty good.

Triglycerides and glucose couldn't be better, considering I had a big meal 1.5 hrs before.

**binder** · 10-13-2008, 07:23 PM

see, all that worrying for nothing.

**jstraw428** · 10-14-2008, 12:29 PM

It was probably an incentiv from your companies insurance......A lot of insurance companies are working hand in hand with a lot of it clients to make them see value in staying healthy.......These insurance companies are starting to pay for gym memberships, health screenings, etc....Costs a lot less to keep everyone somewhat healthy than to pay for one of its people to have heart surgery or other major surgeries...about time