My Test Results are in!

Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests
done. They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been
on LC since September.

HDL Cholesterol 54
LDL Cholesterol 94
Triglycerides 73
Hemoglobin A1c 4.9

There are 4 pages of test results, but I chose the ones I thought the
group might be interested in. So, how am I doing, health wise?

Becca

Looks super to me. :-)


Becca wrote in message ...
Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests
done. They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have
been
on LC since September.

HDL Cholesterol 54
LDL Cholesterol 94
Triglycerides 73
Hemoglobin A1c 4.9

There are 4 pages of test results, but I chose the ones I thought the
group might be interested in. So, how am I doing, health wise?

Becca

"Becca" wrote in message
...
Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests done.
They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been on LC
since September.

HDL Cholesterol 54
LDL Cholesterol 94
Triglycerides 73
Hemoglobin A1c 4.9
There are 4 pages of test results, but I chose the ones I thought the
group might be interested in. So, how am I doing, health wise?


How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel?

What did the lab charge?

DB wrote:

How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel?


My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9

Thyroid: TSH 4.538
Thyroxine (T4) 7.3
T3 Uptake 28
Free thyroxine index 2.0

To get more information about my test results, I look he
http://www.labtestsonline.org/ I find the test, then I click on the
words "The Test". BTW, if any of your test results are high or low, the
test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood
cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol


What did the lab charge?

$89. http://directlabs.com/

For the past couple of years, I have used DirectLabs and I choose
whatever tests I need. I pay for the tests, print out the orders and I
take it to LabCorps. They send me the results by email, in a day or
two. I fast before the tests, so I usually go early in the morning.

I had July's "test of the month", which was $89 for blood and urine. If
you scroll to the bottom of the page you will find it.

Becca

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Becca wrote:

DB wrote:

How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel?


My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9

Thyroid: TSH 4.538
Thyroxine (T4) 7.3
T3 Uptake 28
Free thyroxine index 2.0

To get more information about my test results, I look he
http://www.labtestsonline.org/ I find the test, then I click on the
words "The Test". BTW, if any of your test results are high or low, the
test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood
cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol

What range did they give for the TSH? (I'm not sure what the upper edge
of my lab's range is 4.2 or 4.7, but my doctor prefers me to have it
less than 1, and prescribes thyroid supplementation accordingly.)

--
"[xxx] has very definite opinions, and does not suffer fools lightly.
This, apparently, upsets the fools."
---BB cuts to the pith of a flame-fest

Alice Faber wrote:
In article ,
Becca wrote:

DB wrote:

How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel?

My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9

Thyroid: TSH 4.538
Thyroxine (T4) 7.3
T3 Uptake 28
Free thyroxine index 2.0

To get more information about my test results, I look he
http://www.labtestsonline.org/ I find the test, then I click on the
words "The Test". BTW, if any of your test results are high or low, the
test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood
cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol

What range did they give for the TSH? (I'm not sure what the upper edge
of my lab's range is 4.2 or 4.7, but my doctor prefers me to have it
less than 1, and prescribes thyroid supplementation accordingly.)

According to my test results, the Reference Intervals a

TSH 0.350 - 5.500
T4 4.5 - 12.0

Becca

In article ,
Becca wrote:

Alice Faber wrote:
In article ,
Becca wrote:

DB wrote:

How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel?

My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9

Thyroid: TSH 4.538
Thyroxine (T4) 7.3
T3 Uptake 28
Free thyroxine index 2.0

To get more information about my test results, I look he
http://www.labtestsonline.org/ I find the test, then I click on the
words "The Test". BTW, if any of your test results are high or low, the
test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood
cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol

What range did they give for the TSH? (I'm not sure what the upper edge
of my lab's range is 4.2 or 4.7, but my doctor prefers me to have it
less than 1, and prescribes thyroid supplementation accordingly.)

According to my test results, the Reference Intervals a

TSH 0.350 - 5.500
T4 4.5 - 12.0

I have thyroid lab reports going back almost 10 years (it's not all the
tests that were run; I lost some of the printouts). Until 2002 or so,
the Reference Intervals above were on all the reports. The 4.5-12.0 is
still what I see for T4. However, the current Interval for TSH is
0.27-4.20. One of the missing reports had an alert to this effect, so
that doctors would start treatment at lower levels.

I just googled for TSH reference range, and found this article
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/testsfor...a/newrange.htm indicating
that the change did in fact take place in 2002.

--
"[xxx] has very definite opinions, and does not suffer fools lightly.
This, apparently, upsets the fools."
---BB cuts to the pith of a flame-fest

"Becca" wrote in

My low carb WOE is not much different than I was eating before. I am
eating more vegetables, both raw and cooked, without eating the pasta,
rice, potatoes, bread.

I love bread, used to eat about 6 to 8 slices a day, whole wheat of course!

I eat 4 a day now, about 12 carbs each, seems to work well.

DB wrote:
"Becca" wrote in

My low carb WOE is not much different than I was eating before. I am
eating more vegetables, both raw and cooked, without eating the pasta,
rice, potatoes, bread.

I love bread, used to eat about 6 to 8 slices a day, whole wheat of course!

I eat 4 a day now, about 12 carbs each, seems to work well.

Bread, I love, but what I miss the most on my WOE, is beans and fruit. I
still have a few pounds to lose, so I am trying to behave.

Becca

Alice Faber wrote:
In article ,
Becca wrote:

Alice Faber wrote:
In article ,
Becca wrote:

DB wrote:

How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel?
My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9

Thyroid: TSH 4.538
Thyroxine (T4) 7.3
T3 Uptake 28
Free thyroxine index 2.0

To get more information about my test results, I look he
http://www.labtestsonline.org/ I find the test, then I click on the
words "The Test". BTW, if any of your test results are high or low, the
test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood
cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol
What range did they give for the TSH? (I'm not sure what the upper edge
of my lab's range is 4.2 or 4.7, but my doctor prefers me to have it
less than 1, and prescribes thyroid supplementation accordingly.)
According to my test results, the Reference Intervals a

TSH 0.350 - 5.500
T4 4.5 - 12.0

I have thyroid lab reports going back almost 10 years (it's not all the
tests that were run; I lost some of the printouts). Until 2002 or so,
the Reference Intervals above were on all the reports. The 4.5-12.0 is
still what I see for T4. However, the current Interval for TSH is
0.27-4.20. One of the missing reports had an alert to this effect, so
that doctors would start treatment at lower levels.

I just googled for TSH reference range, and found this article
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/testsfor...a/newrange.htm indicating
that the change did in fact take place in 2002.

Thanks for the info. LabCorps has not made these changes, so I may
bring that to their attention when I go back.

Becca