I’m finally making it to the doctor’s. It seems I go about as often as Haley’s comet comes around.
Anyways, I 'm going to get bloodwork done.
I know Berardi said to get fasting insulin done right? I’m also going to get my T-levels checked as well. of COurse the usual cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.
What other tests/checks should a T-man specifically get done??
Thanks in advance.
make sure to get free test done…
estradiol
cortisol
TSH
free and total T3/T4
you definately want to fast before the test, so go in the morning if yo can so you can eat breakfast right after. dont eat anything after dinner, except water. i’m not sure of how long the window is, i would say 12 hours at least. also, there’s blood sugar levels, which is good to know, but there’s another test that’s better indicator of your insulin/blood sugar etc. levels. i forget the name now, but it is a chemical inthe blood that is more of an average indicator of several months of blood sugar levels. ask the doc, he should know or maybe someone else on here can help. i know they do it on diabetics or if someone is suspected of having a problem…
btw, don’t worry too much about your cholesterol level, and don’t let the doc make yo uworry either. (unless it’s over 300 total). good luck with it all!
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what is TSH?
The test seminole is referring to is an HGA1C, hemoglobin saturation count but don’t worry about that. You will be fine if you find out what your fasting insulin is. Almost every non diabetic will have an long term test, fructosamine, hga1c, whatever, in the same range and it isn’t an indication of your body’s insulin sensitivity really. Instead, it is a matter of how well your body responds to blood sugar spikes and how often your bloodsugar is up/down. The fasting insulin test sees how much insulin your body needs to regulate you giving you a direct indication of how sensitive your body is to insulin, the less you have, the less you need because the more sensitive you are. In short, someone with much lower insulin sensitivity but who doesn’t really eat many high glycemic meals could have a lower hga1c than you, but still have a lower sensitivity. 
You might want to get serum zinc and magnesium levels.
greekdawg, TSH is thyroid hormone…
thanks SexyJ for the clarification on the insulin/hga thing