Re: Re: consultation about iron tests / location

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Well, both my first and last name are very common among the Jewish people. So I live in the country that the Jewish people (not me!) have decided to build in the middle east, usually called Israel. Here they have never heard or use rt3/TIBC/ the saturation test or anything sophisticated like that. We actually have only about 4 private labs in the entier country, and since they don't check more than ferritin+serun+transferrin I will have to use my passport to get those done. And I already did that once.... So, what can you advise me on the matter? To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sun, June 6, 2010 7:41:29 PMSubject: Re: consultation about iron tests / location

Ariela, excuse me for forgetting, but what country are you in?

> > > >Maybe I can get also TIBC from my GP but it will be

> > > >very difficult if possible at all. I will have to

> > > >make a real scene at his office because he will

> > > >probably refuse (my last tests were"normal").

> > >

> > > People with insurance often forget (those of us without it NEVER forget {sigh}) that you can usually order you own tests too. (Depending on the state laws where you live.)

> > >

> > > Life Extension Fundation (www.lef.org) offers this:

> > >

> > > Iron and Total Iron Binding (TIBC)

> > > Non-members$37.33 each

> > > Members

> > > $21.00 each

> > >

> >

>

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Hi MargeryI've looked it up and the results of the transferrin here don't come in % but in mg/dl, when the reference range is 200-400. So, I am still in trouble here. A question: when I took the rt3 test they draw my blood here at a private lab and flew it to a lab in the states. Maybe I can arrange the same thing being done with the iron panel. The thing is this costs A LOT of money (like 1/4 my entier monthly paycheck). Do you think it is really that important?I am getting IV, so there is not suppose to be an absorpsion problem. If the serum iron+ferritin+transferrin will be okay and I will not experience symptoms of low iron, do you think that will be enough? I will pay and do the full iron panel if you think it is absolutly neccessary. Thank you again. It is

not my fault I live in the middle of nowhere (-:To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sun, June 6, 2010 11:50:29 PMSubject: Re: consultation about iron tests / location

I am wondering if these tests are called by slightly different names in different countries. You'd mentioned they will do "transferrin" test. I'm not 100% positive, but it looks like that test is called elsewhere "transferrin saturation". If the transferrin test they do yields a "% saturation" result, then yes, that's one of the things we're looking for in an iron panel.

> > > > >Maybe I can get also TIBC from my GP but it will be

> > > > >very difficult if possible at all. I will have to

> > > > >make a real scene at his office because he will

> > > > >probably refuse (my last tests were"normal").

> > > >

> > > > People with insurance often forget (those of us without it NEVER forget {sigh}) that you can usually order you own tests too. (Depending on the state laws where you live.)

> > > >

> > > > Life Extension Fundation (www.lef.org) offers this:

> > > >

> > > > Iron and Total Iron Binding (TIBC)

> > > > Non-members$37.33 each

> > > > Members

> > > > $21.00 each

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi MargeryI've looked it up and the results of the transferrin here don't come in % but in mg/dl, when the reference range is 200-400. So, I am still in trouble here. A question: when I took the rt3 test they draw my blood here at a private lab and flew it to a lab in the states. Maybe I can arrange the same thing being done with the iron panel. The thing is this costs A LOT of money (like 1/4 my entier monthly paycheck). Do you think it is really that important?I am getting IV, so there is not suppose to be an absorpsion problem. If the serum iron+ferritin+transferrin will be okay and I will not experience symptoms of low iron, do you think that will be enough? I will pay and do the full iron panel if you think it is absolutly neccessary. Thank you again. It is

not my fault I live in the middle of nowhere (-:To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sun, June 6, 2010 11:50:29 PMSubject: Re: consultation about iron tests / location

I am wondering if these tests are called by slightly different names in different countries. You'd mentioned they will do "transferrin" test. I'm not 100% positive, but it looks like that test is called elsewhere "transferrin saturation". If the transferrin test they do yields a "% saturation" result, then yes, that's one of the things we're looking for in an iron panel.

> > > > >Maybe I can get also TIBC from my GP but it will be

> > > > >very difficult if possible at all. I will have to

> > > > >make a real scene at his office because he will

> > > > >probably refuse (my last tests were"normal").

> > > >

> > > > People with insurance often forget (those of us without it NEVER forget {sigh}) that you can usually order you own tests too. (Depending on the state laws where you live.)

> > > >

> > > > Life Extension Fundation (www.lef.org) offers this:

> > > >

> > > > Iron and Total Iron Binding (TIBC)

> > > > Non-members$37.33 each

> > > > Members

> > > > $21.00 each

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi MargeryI've looked it up and the results of the transferrin here don't come in % but in mg/dl, when the reference range is 200-400. So, I am still in trouble here. A question: when I took the rt3 test they draw my blood here at a private lab and flew it to a lab in the states. Maybe I can arrange the same thing being done with the iron panel. The thing is this costs A LOT of money (like 1/4 my entier monthly paycheck). Do you think it is really that important?I am getting IV, so there is not suppose to be an absorpsion problem. If the serum iron+ferritin+transferrin will be okay and I will not experience symptoms of low iron, do you think that will be enough? I will pay and do the full iron panel if you think it is absolutly neccessary. Thank you again. It is

not my fault I live in the middle of nowhere (-:To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sun, June 6, 2010 11:50:29 PMSubject: Re: consultation about iron tests / location

I am wondering if these tests are called by slightly different names in different countries. You'd mentioned they will do "transferrin" test. I'm not 100% positive, but it looks like that test is called elsewhere "transferrin saturation". If the transferrin test they do yields a "% saturation" result, then yes, that's one of the things we're looking for in an iron panel.

> > > > >Maybe I can get also TIBC from my GP but it will be

> > > > >very difficult if possible at all. I will have to

> > > > >make a real scene at his office because he will

> > > > >probably refuse (my last tests were"normal").

> > > >

> > > > People with insurance often forget (those of us without it NEVER forget {sigh}) that you can usually order you own tests too. (Depending on the state laws where you live.)

> > > >

> > > > Life Extension Fundation (www.lef.org) offers this:

> > > >

> > > > Iron and Total Iron Binding (TIBC)

> > > > Non-members$37.33 each

> > > > Members

> > > > $21.00 each

> > > >

> > >

> >

>