Is anyone doing bloodwork frequently?

woundcarping said:
I did Hone and Siphox, I don’t plan on doing capillary draws again. The levels aren’t comparable across platforms,

Tomorrow I’ll get more venous draw bloodwork done from Labcorp, which is my standard moving forward. I had hopes for solid monthly tracking from home, but it didn’t work out that way.
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Curious about your experience with Hone? And why you going back to labcorp as your standard moving forward? Bad experience with hone? Lab results in question? If you don’t mind sharing I’d appreciate it.
 
foffspam111 said:
Curious about your experience with Hone? And why you going back to labcorp as your standard moving forward? Bad experience with hone? Lab results in question? If you don’t mind sharing I’d appreciate it.
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Looking back I was wrong, I did Rythm and Siphox, not Hone but it will be exactly the same.

Capillary draws, like Home or Siphox, aren’t “medical grade” labs with poor accuracy and reliability on several of the labs they do, some are ok… I don’t want any crappy data that makes me figure out why something sticks out.

In theory, with good methodology, you could compare Hone to Hone or Siphox to Siphox, but not to each other… you could perhaps see trends that way.

I don’t want trends, I want actionable data that doctors accept as fact. That requires venous draw for most things. Extended panels on capillary draws simply aren’t that.
 
woundcarping said:
Looking back I was wrong, I did Rythm and Siphox, not Hone but it will be exactly the same.

Capillary draws, like Home or Siphox, aren’t “medical grade” labs with poor accuracy and reliability on several of the labs they do, some are ok… I don’t want any crappy data that makes me figure out why something sticks out.

In theory, with good methodology, you could compare Hone to Hone or Siphox to Siphox, but not to each other… you could perhaps see trends that way.

I don’t want trends, I want actionable data that doctors accept as fact. That requires venous draw for most things. Extended panels on capillary draws simply aren’t that.
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Great explanation, thank you. Will be doing the Labcorp/Quest route as I want factual numbers not trends. I appreciate it.
 
foffspam111 said:
Curious about your experience with Hone? And why you going back to labcorp as your standard moving forward? Bad experience with hone? Lab results in question? If you don’t mind sharing I’d appreciate it.
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I did Hone and l had a full panel taken by Quest. I just didnt like the $135 per month plus whatever meds you buy. I just want a quarterly blood draw to track my hormones. I get bi-annual full cbc panels from my PCP but they won't do anything to help me with my hormones even though I have just about every symptom of Low-T which is why I initially went with Hone. I'll go with Ulta, Goodlabs or Discount labs in the future.
 

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RetCurious said:
Annual blood work from my cardiologist got moved to biannual after the last visit where I told her I was on GLP-1. She's good about allowing me to add on extras like testosterone.
After looking at my billing I'm glad my insurance pays for these.
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Dang, hate blood tests in Feb, just a couple weeks, but never saw a bill. Dr want another after my sodium came back low. This time sodium and chloride. We figured I'd try some Liquid IV (500mg salt) to maybe raise the sodium before my follow up 4/8. The Liquid IV raised my BP and HR a little. I don't know on the dehydration. I've always drank a bunch of water since I started thing diet and Reta first of the year. I didn't do the Liquid IV today.
 
joseblo said:
I'll have to compare Ulta Lab pricing with goodlabs. I only test every few months or when I'm changing things, but with the 20% discount and for labs I get (IGF1, Lipids, Liver, Kidney, CBC) it was cheaper than fitnomics for me.
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I use GoodLabs, via Quest, and can't say enough good things. If anyone needs a 20% off code let me know
 
BNLFL said:
Dang, hate blood tests in Feb, just a couple weeks, but never saw a bill. Dr want another after my sodium came back low. This time sodium and chloride. We figured I'd try some Liquid IV (500mg salt) to maybe raise the sodium before my follow up 4/8. The Liquid IV raised my BP and HR a little. I don't know on the dehydration. I've always drank a bunch of water since I started thing diet and Reta first of the year. I didn't do the Liquid IV today.
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OK, it was that Liquid IV stuff. Just took my BP and it was 120/76. O2 was 100% and HR was 74.
 
RS never had any other health issues outside of obesity so plan to stick with the annual exam. Being said RS not too adventurous with stacking or trying different aminos or peps. Typically rotate Trizzy and NAD. Every now in then KLOW. No issues so far 🤞🏽
 
Pepdoggydog said:
Hello everyone. Long time lurker, very new poster here

I’m wondering if anyone has started doing any of the at home, monthly blood tests here and if you have noticed any measurable changes.

I am new to Reta and looking to dive into the direct grey market after buying from resellers at a high markup for a few years

I just started taking Reta a month ago and thought it might be nice to see how it/if it will change anything with my blood markers

I just received my first set of results from my membership but it got me wondering if anyone else has done this, if they have seen changes, and overall thoughts on these at home tests vs. going to a lab for traditional blood draws

Thanks for the discussion
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I noticed after about 8 weeks of being on reta my blood sugar had dropped a few levels - otherwise bloods were all good - kidney function especially all sound - bloods essentially only improved
 
My baseline looked good. Doing my second round next month

It’s good to know how your body is responding
 
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