Posted on 07/05/2019 8:31:03 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
As medicine becomes more of a government function, you will see less “checking for something bad” because they might find something that would cost the government money.
Health checks from age 40 avoid ‘black hole’John Wiley Price says that’s racist. Might be homophobic too.
Old-school, catering to sick-care. Those tests are indeterminate for the stealthy issues the OP article describes.
For those who really care to know their health (you must have a physician who understands the gravity of these tests and analysis):
BMI
ACR, GFR & Urinary frequency
hs-CRP
HbA1C
IgE
PSA (prostate-specific antigen)(male)
FHP (Hormone Panel)(female)
Stool examination (and general symptomatic review for malabsorption of nutrients)
Summary of rationalized, self-medicated or compensated symptoms for detailed analysis (everybody has them)
MET (metabolic equivalents) analysis
*Breathing....
Check
*Heart rate...
Measurable; Check
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Don’t go to doctor unless you need to
YOU need to take care of your OWN health
Doctors will not help your health. But they can for damn sure do a great job with broken bones and lacerations
ping save for later thanks
Got your whole hand in there doc?
Preventative medicine saves money.....BS.
This does increase the flow of patients through the Doc’s office, but in my experience they are really bad at detecting things early.
Your eloquence and extensive vocabulary simply overwhelm the facts /s
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Fasting insulin is a better indicator for diabetes than fasting blood sugar. By about ten years.
I’m 72, and my doctor had never run an a1c test or insulin test. A year ago, my blood test showed blood sugar was 117. He circled the number but didn’t say anything.
I asked for a copy of my blood test, then went online and discovered I was pre-diabetic and probably had fatty liver (high AST reading of 48).
Went keto, then six months later requested a1c and fasting insulin with my blood test. A1c was 5.6, insulin was 11.7, AST was 18, and down 43 pounds.
Still keto/carnivore, one meal a day, feel great. Working to get the sugar and insulin down some more.
Use DirectLabs.com to take control of your health. Yes, insurance won’t pay for the tests. Getting a Dr to order tests can be really hard.
Just do it yourself.
I found out I have some issues I would have never discovered if I had just relied on a Dr who would not order tests.
You can get most of those through Directlabs.com without a physician.
So if Dr refuses to order you can do it yourself.
If you had kept your own doctor...l.
will medicare pay for the directlabs.com tests?
probably not because it is not a Dr ordering it as medically necessary.
They do have monthly specials.
Obviously, you want your Dr to order if you can for insurance reasons. However, it’s been my experience that it is very difficult to get them to order tests.
I made the decision that I will just pay the costs and order what I want for my own peace of mind.
For example, if there is a close relative who died of ovarian cancer you might want to get a tumor marker test if you start showing symptoms. Ovarian cancer is really hard to catch because symptoms mimic so many other things.
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