Hi everyone. I have been on this forum for quite some time and I have finally taken the plunge to get some test results done. I know I didn’t get the right things before I started on Prop, but it was the doctor recommended. I also wanted to know what else I should get tested on after this because my doctor said everything is normal, but she said she would write me lab notes for other tests I wanted done.
my friend toadstool on this forum told me to get these also:
24 cortisol test
pregnenlone
estradial
free t3 and free t4 along with reverse t3 as well
SHBG
any others please recommend. thank you friends.
before i took prop (i dont know which are useful): (July of 2009)
WBC - 4.0 (3.8-10.8 THOUS/MCL)
RBC - 5.83 (4.2-5.8 MILL/MCL)
HEMOGLOBIN - 16.9 (13.4-18.0 GM/DL)
HEMATOCRIT - 49.8 (40-54 %)
MCV - 85.4 (80-100 FL)
MCH - 29 (27-33 PG)
MCHC - 33.9 (32-36 GM/DL)
NEUTROPHILS - 43.3% (no ranges listed)
LYMPHOCTYES - 46.5% (""""""")
MONOCYTES - 8.3% b[/b]
EOSINOPHILS - 1.4% b[/b]
BASOPHILS - 0.5% b[/b]
PLATELET COUNT - 188 (140-400 THOUS/MCL)
RDW - 13.3% (11-14 %)
MPV - 8.6 (7.5-11.5 FL)
ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHILS - 1732 (1500-7800 CELLS/MCL)
ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTES - 1860 (850-3900 CELLS/MCL)
ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHILS - 56 (0-500 CELLS/MCL)
ABSOLUTE BASOPHILS - 20 (0-200 CELLS/MCL)
CHOLESTEROL, SERUM - 114 (125-200 MG/DL)
TRIGLYCERIDES, SERUM - 55 (<150 MG/DL)
HDL CHOLESTEROL - 38 (>=40 MG/DL)
LDL - 65 (OPTIMAL <100 MG/DL, NEAR OPTIMAL 0-129)
CHOL/HDL RATIO - 3.0 (<=5 RATIO)
GLUCOSE - 69 (FASTING:65-99 MG/DL)
UREA NITROGEN, SERUM - 17 (7-25 MG/DL)
CREATININE, SERUM - 0.99 (.80-1.30 MG/DL)
EGFR - >60 (>59 ML/MIN/1.73M2)
BUN/CREATININE RATIO - 17.2 (6-22 RATIO)
URIC ACID, SERUM - 6.5 (4.0-8.0 MG/DL)
SODIUM, SERUM - 141 (135-146 MMOL/L)
POTASSIUM, SERUM - 4.6 (3.5-53 MMOL/L)
CHLORIDE, SERUM - 105 (98-110 MMOL/L)
CALCIUM, SERUM - 9.4 (8.6-10.4 MG/DL)
PHOSPHATE, SERUM - 3.6 (2.5-4.5 MG/DL)
CARBON DIOXIDE - 23 (18-31 MMOL/L)
ALKALINE PHOSPHATE - 76 (40-115 U/L)
AST(SGOT) - 23 (10-40 U/L)
ALT(SGPT) - 31 (9-60 U/L)
LD, SERUM - 133 (100-220 U/L)
GGT - 13 (3-70 U/L)
BILIRUBIN, TOTAL - 0.6 (.2-1.2 MG/DL)
BILIRUBIN, DIRECT - 0.1 (0.0-0.2 MG/DL)
PROTEIN, TOTAL SERUM - 7.2 (6.2-8.3 G/DL)
ALBUMIN, SERUM - 4.6 (3.6-5.1 G/DL)
GLOBULIN - 2.6 (2.1-3.7 G/DL)
A/G RATIO - 1.8 (1.0-2.1 RATIO)
IRON, SERUM - 112 (45-225 MCG/DL)
IRON BINDING CAPACITY - 352 (250-450 MCG/DL)
% SATURATION - 32 (20-50 %)
T-4, TOTAL - 9.0 (4.5-12.5 MCG/DL)
VALES OUTSIDE REFERENCE RANGES:
RBC 5.83 H MILL/MCL
CHOLESTEROL, SERUM 114 L MG/DL
HDL CHOLESTEROL 38 L MG/DL
MY TEST AFTER PROPECIA (feb 20 2011, 24 hour fasting 6am, woke up and went there)
SODIUM - 138 (134-144 MEQ/L)
POTASSIUM - 4.1 (3.4-5.1 MEQ/L)
CHLORIDE - 104 (101-112 MEQ/L)
CO2 - 29 (22-32 MMOL/L)
ANION GAP - 5 b[/b]
GLUCOSE - 84 (70-99 MG/DL)
BUN - 14 (8-20 MG/DL)
CREAT - 0.98 (.7-1.3 MG/DL)
eGFRiF AFR AMER - >60 (normal >/=60)
eGFR - >60 (normal >/= 60)
BUN/CR RATIO - 14.3 (no range listed)
CALCIUM - 9.4 (8.9-10.3 MG/DL)
TOT PROTEIN - 7.6 (6.5-8.5 GM/DL)
ALBUMIN - 4.6 (3.5-4.8 GM/DL)
TOT BILI - 0.9 (0.3-1.2 MG/DL)
ALK PHOS - 62 (38-126 IU/L)
AST - 21 (15-41 IU/L)
GLOBULIN - 3.0 (2.3-3.9 GM/DL)
A/G RATIO - 1.5 (no range)
ALT - 24 (17-63 IU/L)
TRIG - 64 (0-149 MG/DL)
CHOLESTEROL - 116 (0-199 MG/DL)
HDL - 39 (<40 increased risk of heart disease, 40-60 desirable avg risk, >60 desirable less than avg risk)
LDL - 65 (1-129.9 MG/DL)
LDL/HDL RATIO - 1.67 b[/b]
CHOL/HDL RATIO - 2.97 b[/b]
TSH - 3.030 (.38-6.15 UIU/ML)
TESTSTER, FREE - 17.4 (9-30 ng/dL)
TESTOSTER, TOTAL - 643 (240-950 ng/dL)
25 HYDROXY D2 - <4 (range below)
25 HYDROXY D3 - 28 (range below)
25 HYDR D TOTAL - 28 (range below)
ranges for above 3:
25-HYDROXY D TOTAL (D2+D3)
Optimum levels in the normal
population are 25-80
Please recommend me what tests you think I should get. I need to email my doc back and she said she would write the lab slip for more tests. She said everything was normal, except my thyroid was borderline low, but not enough to cause a problem. And I asked her if I could get more tests and she said she would let me get more, just to ask her which ones to get. I’m going to ask her about the ones toadstool recommended. I gave her the whole list on this forum and she told me a lot of them weren’t necessary, so any of them you really think I should get from that big stickied list, let me know.
Thank you everyone for taking a glance at this. BTW, I am going to link her to JN’s thread, I’m hoping she will know more about that. Thanks friends.