ALL you need to know about bloodwork

[Pkk]

Hopely tonight I'm getting my blood work done. How do you find out your bf?

[38jumper38]

Wow. Nice info, thanks

[sharonbaker]

This is really very great information..... Thanks for sharing such a fantastic information with people like us.

[big-jesse]

ok i have been reading and reading and for a change i did some more reading. I still have one question though should i tell my doctor that i am using steroids.

[flyingpoint001]

good to know !!

[Big Digger]

Thanks for the awesome post. Now soon as I find my bloodwork results that I seemed to have misplaced, I can sit and compare. I do remember that my free test is 346 ng/dl. Slightly above normal. Hopefully when I get tested again in a month or so, the tribulus and broccoli have helped some. LOL!

[Zoonk]

My mind just blew up

[Bulgarian79]

Tnx, great info !

[taggart]

Good info. Answered some questions and raised some others. Thanks.

[domensional]

Wow.. Very detailed, thanks for your hard work

[Delkor]

wow so much info, exactly what i was looking for, just going to ask for all of these tests to be done =)

[AllAmerican-PCS]

Good info.....Best sight I have ever come across.

[TraPump]

Ty!!!!!!

[bugsysiegals]

I'm going to the doctors office for a physical and blood work this Friday. I'm still debating on whether I should level with him and tell him I've used steroids/pro hormones or that I've used OTC supplements to boost my test levels and want blood work to make sure it hasn't affected me negatively. Do I just tell him straight up that there's some things I'd like to discuss with him but understand he's supposed to write down what we discuss and ask him whether I can speak to him off the record indicating that if these things show up on my medical record that I may be denied insurance and not be able to come see him anymore in the future? Then proceed to tell him the truth if he agrees?

Lastly, regardless of how I approach the situation, I want to request the proper things to be tested. Do I need to write all these things down and ask for them all, ask for some tests which consist of all these things, ask for only some of them, or tell him what's going on and let him make the call? I've done 4-5 cycles now without blood work and only since the last cycle, ended late November 2011 (Test / Deca), have I not had much of a sex drive or motivation to even work out at all. I did proper PCT but certainly would like to get blood work and know if I'm within normal ranges or if I'm messed up and need TRT.

Hoping someone can answer these questions before Friday morning. Thanks.

[tote33]

Thanks man, great post with a ton of scientific info! Just out of curiosity has anyone tried to lower their HDL with a PPAR-theta agonist like GW501516? I know some of the chem sites sell that peptide, and it seems to be a pretty interesting compound. Let me know what you think!?

[snowblowjoe]

You have alot of information listed there that my hospital doesn't offer as far as testing. Could you please take a look at what I have access too and tell me what tests I need run? Im thinking I def need the lipid profile(hdl,ldl), homocysteine, hemoglobin a1c, prostate screen, testosterone, TSH thyroid hormone, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, CBC. type and RH. t4 free, t3 uptake, FSH HORMONE TEST, LH hormone test, liver function test....

ok so what now am i missing?

[snowblowjoe]

These pictures show you all the tests I have available to be run...Which ones are most important to be run and monitored? thanks in advance.Attachment 124001Attachment 124002

[rasc170]

are all the tests in the OP recommended? I have very crappy insurance because Im self employed and all those tests would cost me an arm and a leg

[killawoge]

Great post very informative

[Penwrath]

Lots of thingsi didn't know about! Thanks for all the work!

[GeoBuilder]

This is great! I just had blood work done and I know from prior experience getting the results on paper is difficult and once I obtained the results I had to Google each test/results. Thanks for posting this it is really helpful.

[PreacherK]

Thank you,

[dumpslugzz]

wow this was awesome

[Champ2012]

Good information never gets old,bookmarked... +Rep

[beauzo]

Thank you , onto the next stickie

[tigerspawn]

Thanks Merc

[DuggyPhresh]

Great read, thanks!!

[dickster]

Comprehensive, great reading, thanks.

[Truck5]

Wow. Excellent post.

[johnC80]

thanks for this. I'm going to be getting bloodwork done soon, this post is exactly what I needed to read.

[Rase]

Thank you for posting this - it's very informative.
Although inclusion of FSH would be nice.

Forgive me if I didn't spot it!

[LbforLb152]

Very informative. Thanks

[SMYL_GR8]

You list range for free test as 50-210??? What is this based on? LabCorp range is 8.7-25.1 pg/ml.

[JSHempel]

That's some great information! Feel like I have a better understanding of what I need to ask about when I get blood work done soon.

Thanks!

[CaptainDwamn]

I the last post I made was asking someone to review my bloodwork.... Guess I should let them know all of my questions and more have been answered!

[nussnussbaby]

Thanks for posting!

[_-KL-_]

I know this thread is super old - just wanted to say I appreciate all the info!!!!!!!
Awesome knowledge to be had on these boards!

[Learn1st]

Glad I found this before I posted a question on where to find this info.

Thanks from yet another newbie

[hell911]

What should i say to the doctor to get all the tests done? Is it "full hormonal blood test"?

[kelkel]

Why don't you take a look in the HRT Forum's "Finding A Doctor" sticky thread. There's a short, concise list that will cover all the bases for you.