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Question: who <gulp!> draws the blood?
Quote from: demografx on 31/10/2008 01:34:52Question: who <gulp!> draws the blood? You do. A lancet comes with the test kit and you poke your finger and squeeze the bloodout onto designated circles on a paper blotter.
Last week I visited a Endocrine specialist because my TSH was out of range (high). Had I discovered this thread before, I would have tested the other hormones in addition to the Thyroid tests the specialist did.Other results - I've had several TSH tests done other the past year. I've had a wide range of TSH levels differing from test to test. My results have been 6.3, 4.1, 4.5, 5.3. Does anyone know if this fluctuation is typical in 'healthy' thyroid function? If I recall correctly the 6.3 result was taken right after my girlfriend spent the night... I should receive the TSH results from the specialist within a couple days now. She also did additional thyroid tests though I don't know what. I've also had free t3 and free t4 test but the results were normal - just TSH was wacky.
Quote from: girlwind on 31/10/2008 02:38:36Quote from: demografx on 31/10/2008 01:34:52Question: who <gulp!> draws the blood? You do. A lancet comes with the test kit and you poke your finger and squeeze the bloodout onto designated circles on a paper blotter.no way!!
Quote from: demografx on 31/10/2008 03:42:15Quote from: girlwind on 31/10/2008 02:38:36Quote from: demografx on 31/10/2008 01:34:52Question: who <gulp!> draws the blood? You do. A lancet comes with the test kit and you poke your finger and squeeze the bloodout onto designated circles on a paper blotter.no way!!Demografx: Get over it. It's a few drops of blood, not a major organ donation!Like Martin says: "the needle (lancets) is mounted on a small spring, you press a button and it's done. Only a small part of the needle is going under the skin."Think of it as a small sacrifice, in the name of POIS research, to benefit all humankind.
Demografx ! Maybe I can understand why you can't do this yourself for the first time(because the second time you'll know there is no pain !) but if it's only that just give it to a member of your family to do it for you. Believe me, it's A LOT LESS painful than a conventional blood test when they take a full tube of blood. It's because the needle (from these lancets) is extremely thin and sharp.
Quote from: martin88 on 31/10/2008 15:59:58Demografx ! Maybe I can understand why you can't do this yourself for the first time(because the second time you'll know there is no pain !) but if it's only that just give it to a member of your family to do it for you. Believe me, it's A LOT LESS painful than a conventional blood test when they take a full tube of blood. It's because the needle (from these lancets) is extremely thin and sharp.OK, Martin, I'll fly you AND girlwind out here to hold my hand! []
You are too much! I think you should just go find some LEECHES to suck the blood out for you.Then you can decapitate them and squeeze the blood out of their little black bodies for the test.
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Chewbacca, QuoteSo I've recently stopped taking fenugreek until I can determine how it effects estrogen and breast tissue development. I haven't grown tits just yet:) but I was reading about a guy who had an increase in breast size from taking fenugreek for fifteen weeks straight. This is a lot of fenugreek, and probably more than any of us would take, but I still want to know more about fenugreek before I continue taking more of it. I'm not worried of toxicity as it is a safe herb to take...just unwanted side effects. Do you have a link to the report on male breast size enlargement due to fenugreek? To me even the claims of enhancing female breast size with it sound like a sales gimmick to sell supplements. I understand it has a definite effect on lactating women but it strikes me as doubtful that it increases breast size in non-lactating women, and even more so for men. After all, it is a common ingredient in Indian recipes. I would think that if it actually worked it would be very well known and used by small breasted women everywhere, and silicon breast implants wouldn't have as much allure.
So I've recently stopped taking fenugreek until I can determine how it effects estrogen and breast tissue development. I haven't grown tits just yet:) but I was reading about a guy who had an increase in breast size from taking fenugreek for fifteen weeks straight. This is a lot of fenugreek, and probably more than any of us would take, but I still want to know more about fenugreek before I continue taking more of it. I'm not worried of toxicity as it is a safe herb to take...just unwanted side effects.
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