I’ve got my labs and every thing else for the last 30 years. I have them charted in Excel plus all the other vitals. I usually take it with me when I go to the doc.
Never had a minute’s trouble getting my medical information and don’t need any hippa or other government help for any of that.
“I’ve got my labs and every thing else for the last 30 years.”
Consider yourself very fortunate. Many, if not most don’t have the same experience.
Many times it’s hard to get results from the doctor’s office, and some office help acts as if you were asking them to run a marathon for daring to ask them to fax you a copy of your lab results.
Me too, except my data begins in 1972. Put it on an Excel spread sheet in the mid-1990's. An individual test doesn't mean nearly as much as how consistent the numbers are with your long term "normal" and the direction of any trends. The plotted graphs should be viewed like an industrial process control chart. You don't want to be chasing your tail or over-reacting to any small change.