dd99
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Does anyone know an affordable way to get blood tests / lab work in the UK?
I went to my GP today (after waiting 2 weeks for an appointment) with a list of things I wanted to test. She refused to allow tests for serotonin, prolactin, PTH, CO2, lactic acid, BUN and vitamin d. She said they were unnecessary. I disagreed, but that was that.
The NHS seems very opposed to people taking charge of their health and trying to prevent future issues. (I wish Theranos was available in the UK: cheap, fast. Private blood tests are about £60 for each test - expensive!)
The doctor only agreed to allow things where I said I had a parent or grandparent with a condition: cholesterol, liver, kidney (not BUN), bone (i.e. calcium-magnesium), thyroid (but not rT3) and ferritin.
I've learnt my lesson. Next time I will say I have the unhealthiest family that suffers from prolactin-induced baldness, burning muscles and inflammation from excess lactic acid and chronic rickets from vitamin d deficiency.
I went to my GP today (after waiting 2 weeks for an appointment) with a list of things I wanted to test. She refused to allow tests for serotonin, prolactin, PTH, CO2, lactic acid, BUN and vitamin d. She said they were unnecessary. I disagreed, but that was that.
The NHS seems very opposed to people taking charge of their health and trying to prevent future issues. (I wish Theranos was available in the UK: cheap, fast. Private blood tests are about £60 for each test - expensive!)
The doctor only agreed to allow things where I said I had a parent or grandparent with a condition: cholesterol, liver, kidney (not BUN), bone (i.e. calcium-magnesium), thyroid (but not rT3) and ferritin.
I've learnt my lesson. Next time I will say I have the unhealthiest family that suffers from prolactin-induced baldness, burning muscles and inflammation from excess lactic acid and chronic rickets from vitamin d deficiency.