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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I don't know. I vote for the tests. My physician back in Ohio did blood tests every six months on all three of us. He found seriously low vitamin D levels, and high thyroid and climbing cholesterol by these tests,with none of us feeling ill, not in all, we each had one, but I don't want to bore you with our families health history. When I started with our new physician here, we waited for six months to start and were not surprised that he too ordered the same tests.
Early stages of high thyroid, Graves disease did not make me feel ill at all. I now take medication to lower thyroid hormones. High sugar and high cholesterol and blood in urine really do not make you feel ill in the first stages.
I wonder this...as I think that excessive medical costs need somehow to be curtailed. Do doctors get a kick back from Quest labs? It seems they are the only labs around The Villages.
(I gotta say those Quest techs are mighty good at getting blood on first stab)
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Agree with you Gracie. Not to overdo the tests, but they may pick up something your other physicians didn't. Got our blood work done last week but at another lab (for insurance to cover) and those girls got me on the first stick! I don't give blood well....veins small. Also, is it "normal" for an ultrasound result to take 7-10 days to come in? Geez, could be dead by then. Seems they send it out to be read and wait for the results to come in. I'm not at all impressed with Florida's health care system so far.