Re: report on blood donation

[Guest guest]

Why not order your own?

If you are in the USA, and not in New York state or California, you can

order your own labs through Health Check.

I just looked up Ferritin:

http://www.healthcheckusa.com/lab_tests/Individual_Tests/Ferritin

$25.99

Topper ()

On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:52:05 -0700 sol writes:

> Had my second blood donation day before yesterday. Bad news is I did

> not

> get the pain relief the day after that I had the first time. Good

> news

> is my energy was way up, and I had a very good day anyway.

> I also had no dizziness whatsoever from the second draw. I may not

> have

> had enough water prior to the first one. And I was much less

> stressed

> for the second one, for the third I don't think I will need to

> stress

> dose 10 mg. I felt it was a bit much this time, though for the

> first, I

> needed every bit of it.

>

> Also bad news, I can't get a ferritin test until the next health

> fair in

> Sept 09. If that should change between now and then I would of

> course

> get tested. Otherwise, I will have to go by symptoms and how I

> feel.

> oh well, ya win some ya lose some, but I'm NOT paying $90 -$130 plus

> $70

> for the ferritin test, when the office visit fee might be wasted as

> no

> guarantee any doc will actually order it at my request. The office

> visit

> charge for when I requested sex hormone panel was wasted, as the PA

>

> refused to order it. I don't have money to throw away like that. So,

>

> instead of getting ferritin tested, since that left me the cost of

> the

> lab ahead, I ordered a blood glucose meter and supplies, which I

> have

> been wanting for over a year, but didn't feel I could afford.

> sol

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, I've bookmarked the healthcheck site. But............

Nearest labs are 170 miles away, 340 mile RT. Too far. And through

mountains in winter? No way. I may change my mind next May by which time

the weather will be good again. But by May will probably decide to wait

until Sept. LOL.

sol

P.S. even in good weather with dry roads the winter days are too short

for me to drive there and back in daylight. With my cataracts I no

longer can drive safely at night, my night vision has always been poor

and it is worse now.

topper2@... wrote:

> Why not order your own?

>

> If you are in the USA, and not in New York state or California, you can

> order your own labs through Health Check.

>

> I just looked up Ferritin:

> http://www.healthcheckusa.com/lab_tests/Individual_Tests/Ferritin

> $25.99

>

>