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Originally Posted by chip douglas just want to add that my pcp is sending me for a whole hormone panel again--she's my new doctor, so she wants to start fresh, which I find a good idea too. She checked a heck of a lot of blood test aside from the hormone panel, which is excellent.[/QUOTE
Running test is excellent interpreting them is a whole other ball game and then implimenting proper protocol is the most important. ] |
If You can, do it at Quest Diagnostics, give a blood there, not at doctors office.
Use Quest's forms they have many tests bunched logically together, so ordering them means checking few boxes on a form.
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test for:
Complete metabolic Panel
Hepatic Function Panel
Lipid Panel
CBC
Total Estrogens
estrone
Estradiol, sensitive
Progesterone
Pregnenolone
Total
Testosterone
Free
Testosterone (calculated)
Bio-available Testosterone (calculated)
Albumin
sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG), serum
DHT (dihydrotestosterone)
Hematocrit
prolactin, serum
FSH (3rd Generation)
LH
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
Free (T3) triiodothyroxine
Free
T4
Total
T4
Total T3
DHEA Sulfate
Cortisol, AM/PM
SOMATOMEDIN C (IGF-1)
IGF-BP3
C-reactive protein (high-sensitivity)
Fibrinogen
Hemoglobin A1C
Lp(a)
Bilirubin
AST (SGOT)
ALT(SGPT)
VLDL
Homocysteine
Insulin, fasting
Glucose, plasma
Magnesium
Vitamin D, 1, 25-Dihydroxy
Folate
Vitamin A
Ferritin
B12, selenium, zinc, copper
Free PSA
FreePSA/Total PSA
aldosterone