The energy I get from from their stuff is unreal. Look at the ingredient list. It’s not cheap but boy does it work. Or you could just eat the ingredients every day.
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Originally posted by txhunter90 View PostWell, if they are like my old doctor that went on a scale from 250-900 then I would try somewhere else. Not everybody's numbers will be in that area. My urologist treats the person not the number. Maybe something else, just throwing out my experience. Goodluck.
The “normal” range for lab values is derived from the results of testing a cross section of people, minus the top 4% and the bottom 4% (remember the “bell curve”?); everything that falls in between is consider the range of “normal.” Using the example above where the range of “normal” is 250-900, but “normal” for you is, let’s say, 700, then it seems reasonable to me that, for you, anything much below that—say 450–could be considered low, clinically speaking, particularly if you are symptomatic. A good doctor will consider both your lab values, as well as the symptoms you present, before making a determination, but I am continually surprised at the number who don’t.
All this is to say that you should keep pushing for answers, whether it’s with your current doc or another. I’ve also observed that, when it comes the endocrine system and the various hormones that are produced within it, the medical community, as a whole, seems far less knowledgeable about this area of discipline than it is about most others (to repeat, this is my opinion based on nothing but my personal—albeit extensive, well curated, and if you’ll allow me to say so, highly intelligent—experiences and observations). I might recommend you consult someone who is a specialist in Functional Medicine (it doesn’t necessarily have to be an MD, there are a number of good PAs and NPs out there who are very good at what they do). In my experience, these folks seem to be better at assessing symptoms as a function of the whole body rather than just as the subset of a system (I.e., the GI system, the renal system, etc.).
ONE FINAL NOTE FOR THE YOUNGER GUYS/GALS:
I encourage you to use this, and other posts like it, as a cautionary tale. Before you begin developing the symptoms that come with the condition of aging, you should make a point to test and know your baseline values, for everything. I would also recommend repeating testing once every year or two, so you can spot trends in changes over time...often long before you become symptomatic. It’s all too common to develop symptoms later in life that you and your medical practitioner have to address using trial and error, all because no baseline, no lab value indicating what is “normal” for you, exists. I wish someone and recommended this to me when I was younger.
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Originally posted by cajuntec View Post
Hey, I really don’t care about other folks health, I just wanted some free beer if it worked.
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