Thursday, August 29, 2013
So yesterday I went to get some blood work done for the first time. I prepaid online and all I had to do was show up with the paperwork and have blood drawn. Easy I guess. I walked in to the clinic nervous as hell. The test was for female hormone levels even though I clearly look and present as male. Thoughts on how I was going to explain myself kept racing through my head if they asked. I kept making small talk, thinking that maybe they'll get distracted enough not to care or something. I don't know.
To my great relief they didn't say anything about it. The test was in fact completely confidential and they didn't know what it was for. All they knew was I was there to have blood drawn and that I had prepaid online.
Anyways, here are my results:
RBC 4.44 (range 4.14-5.80 x10E6/uL)
Hemoglobin 13.7 (range 12.6-17.7 g/dL)
Hematocrit 40.4 (range 37.5-51.0 %)
MCV 91 (range 79-97 fL)
MCH 30.9 (range 26.6-33.0 pg)
MCHC 33.9 (range 31.5-35.7 g/dL)
RDW 13.1 (range 12.3-15.4 %)
Platelets 250 (range 140-415 x10E3/uL)
Neutrophils 66 (range 40-74 %)
Lymphs 27 (range 14-46 %)
Monocytes 6 (range 4-13 %)
Eos 1 (range 0-7 %)
Basos 0 (range 0-3 %)
Neutrophils (Absolute) 6.6 (range 1.8-7.8 x10E3/uL)
Lymphs (Absolute) 2.8 (range 0.7-4.5 x10E3/uL)
Monocytes(Absolute) 0.6 (range 0.1-1.0 x10E3/uL)
Eos (Absolute) 0.1 (range 0.0-0.4 x10E3/uL)
Baso (Absolute) 0.0 (range 0.0-0.2 x10E3/uL)
Immature Granulocytes 0 (range 0-2 %)
Immature Grans (Abs) 0.0 (range 0.0-0.1 x10E3/uL)
Glucose, Serum 86 (range 65-99 mg/dL)
BUN 13 (range 6-20 mg/dL)
Creatinine, Serum 0.88 (range 0.76-1.27 mg/dL)
eGFR If NonAfricn Am 114 (range >59 mL/min/1.73)
BUN/Creatinine Ratio 15 (range 8-19)
Sodium, Serum 138 (range 134-144 mmol/L)
Chloride, Serum 100 (range 97-108 mmol/L)
Carbon Dioxide, Total 24 (range 19-28 mmol/L)
Calcium, Serum 9.6 (range 8.7-10.2 mg/dL BN
Protein, Total, Serum 7.8 (range 6.0-8.5 g/dL)
Albumin, Serum 4.6 (range 3.5-5.5 g/dL)
Globulin, Total 3.2 (range 1.5-4.5 g/dL)
A/G Ratio 1.4 (range 1.1-2.5)
Bilirubin, Total 0.4 (range 0.0-1.2 mg/dL)
Alkaline Phosphatase, S 80 (range 44-102 IU/L)
AST (SGOT) 18 (range 0-40 IU/L)
ALT (SGPT) 14 (range 0-44 IU/L)
And of course the more important ones:
Potassium, Serum 4.1 (range 3.5-5.2 mmol/L)
Testosterone, Serum 41 LOW (range 348-1197 ng/dL)
FSH 0.7 LOW (range 1.5-12.4 mIU/mL)
Estradiol 78.3 HIGH (range 7.6-42.6 pg/mL)
Keep in mind that this was tested as a male. All of these ranges are under the assumption of being male which doesn't help much. Still though, It's good to see where I'm at. I'm considering uping my dose to 225mg of spiro and 6mg of E per day. From what I understand, my T should be below 40 and my E should be somewhere between 120 - 200 which still needs to go up on.
Aside from all of that. I want to get started with laser hair removal on my face, but it's going to cost about $250 to do the full face if I use Groupon. I don't have that money to spare just yet. I'm trying to be more frugal so I can get started, but so far I haven't. It's looking more and more like I'm not going to be able to afford the trip to my parents place this Christmas. I'm not exactly thrilled to go in the first place, but I don't want some kind of pity party of people feeling bad that I'm all alone on Christmas. I really couldn't care less.
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