It’s not about finding a doctor who won’t judge, there are plenty out there. If the doctor even casually notes it in your medical record, then that information becomes available to insurance carriers. Ask me how I know? I’m a business owner and because of a simple shoulder surgery I had as a teenager, I pay extra for disability insurance and any future shoulder issues are excluded if they cause a “disability” and I am unable to work.
That’s wild
This is such good advice. I've always thought this everytime someone is like "just find a super cool doctor."
I’m not sure what country you live in but in the states it’s pretty easy to order your own labs online and get done
It depends upon which State you live in.
Oh wow. Didn’t know. Just assumed it would be pretty similar rules in the whole country lol which states give a hard time about it?
I'm not sure ....
I've heard New Jersey is one of the worst.
Getting the labs isn't the issue. I want them for myself. Not for my doctor, health insurance, or life insurance to see. Locally it's hard to fly under the radar (even with convenient care clinics, let alone labs) because there's a network monopoly
I don't at the moment but I can probably find someone who does. Il send out a group email to some ppl. Someone has to have discount lol
Ya that's weird. To get a accurate reading they want you fasted and usually draw in the morning
I think that dude Ryan Ankrom on YouTube has a discount code for bloods I think vigorous Steve also does for Marek health
Ya but if I'm not mistaken merit health is like four times the price of a normal private MD lab. Haven't looked in a while
Let us know what the prices look like
For hormonal values? Never seen a requirement/recommendation for drawing fasted. Just to draw 0-3 h after waking up. The labs I've used specifically state for which measurements blood should be drawn being fasted and which not. For some other values yes, and maybe that's what you're referring to?
For things that ppl in the fitness community usually get done for bloods. Among those things we usually check our organ functions, our hdl and ldl, our glucose levels ect. There's usually a few things on the panel that they want you fasted for. And there's also things we want ourselves to be fasted and not working out for so we can get accurate numbers
Right, makes sense. Somehow I thought you guys were talking about hormonal stuff, cause' the timing of the day was of importance and just wanted clarification, as I usually haven't been insctruted to go in fasted. But I of course have also gone fasted for some other measurements.
I don't think fasted matters for testosterone levels I'm not positive though. I have had people tell me that because of hormone flux throughout the course of the day you wanna test at similar times. Morning or night or whatever it may be, you want it consistent again I don't know how much of a deal that makes
