Posted by Emme on June 1, 2006, at 14:21:08
In reply to Does anyone's pdoc actually order blood tests?, posted by honeybee on May 31, 2006, at 18:14:34
> I'm just curious. It's annoying when your pdoc looks at you from his comfy chair and says, "Have you talked to your primary about that?" or then says, "Maybe you should see a [insert specialist here]." Seriously, I want a pdoc who actually orders the tests himself and can interpret it instead of playing chemistry set with me as his beaker.
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> Anyway, seriously though, anyone? anyone?
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>Yes, lots of them. If it's been a while and I haven't had a reason to see my GP, then she'll order CBC, B12, folate, and CMP just to keep up to date.
She's also ordered thyroid panel (several times), ferritin, Lyme disease (twice), lipids (just for good measure), dhea, testosterone, 24 hour urine cortisol, 24 hour urine corticosteroids and ketosteroids, and probably a few other things I've forgotten.
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