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Post by virgil » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:40 am

I've been thinking about my health recently, and I've wondered whether it's a good idea to pay for blood work, since I've never had it done before. I'm 27, kind of overweight, and am taking Acetazolamide/Diamox steadily (500mg twice daily). My physical was fine, with advice to exercise more.
I'm iffy as to my ability to afford it, because the only place I know charges about $80 for it.
The only reason I'm wondering is that I think I got a call (damn early in the morning, so I was groggy) from the doctor that did my physical, saying that it might be a good idea because of my medication. She said something about potassium levels.
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Post by shadzar » Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:03 am

If it includes checks for diabetes and such, I would go for it. Not sure what the drugs you are taking are for, but I thought blood work came with a physical? Maybe that was back in the day when there were less things to test for and they didn't need 4 gallons of blood to test?
But just for the sake of preventing diabetes, I would get blood work done, since you are in that risk range.
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Post by Crissa » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:25 am

Yeah, there are specific indicator levels for various medicines to see if they're doing damage to you or not. Very important. I say this with two years' worth of test requests pinned to my door that I haven't gone in to get done...
Still, do it. They'll also probably do a battery of tests (they have them sort of pre-programmed that way) so you'll get other numbers as well. Some of mine have to be specifically done, so sometimes blood draws are actually two or three draws.
*shudder*
Hence only doing it every few years instead of every year like they want.
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Post by tzor » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:56 pm

The simple answer, YES. It's always a good thing when you are taking medication. Given other conditions (overweight) it is also a good thing to check for other potential conditions as well.
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