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Where do I get blood work done at?

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What is a good place to get my blood work done at? I am confused at what panels to get and where to go get it done at. I was looking on amazon and they have a single panel for just testosterone and I know that won't work. What price range should be looking at. I live in a big city so I am not sure if I should do it locally or online.
 
Thanks, I am looking at them now. Is there a particular panel, they have a ton! I am doing a bulk test, dbol, deca.
 
If I pin on Mondays and Thursdays mornings, when should I take the test? Is there any difference walking into a lab or doing a mail order test?
 
I personally like private MD labs but Ultra Labs is good too. On private MD labs you can choose between Quest and LabCorp. Depending on the area that you live in some quests suck pretty bad and it's got to the point for me that I won't use Quest anymore. I would rather pay more money and use LabCorp. You won't know how the one in your area is though until you try it. Just keep that in the back of your mind and know that if you do not have a good experience that LabCorp is a more solid option in my opinion. You just can't beat the price of quest though making it definitely worth giving them a shot there.

You don't want to only check your hormones because then you aren't seeing your health markers. Make sure at the very least your panel includes a CBC and CMP.

Do not go without water prior to your blood work. Fasting does not include water. If you are not well hydrated you will not get accurate results. Hydration is very important for accurate blood work.

Depending on what you are taking dosage wise you may need a LC/MS total and free testosterone. Some testosterone blood test tap off at 1500ng/dl so that's why you need the LC/MS unless you are natural or not on testostering currently

If you are on Tren then you need to make sure your estrogen is a estradiol Ultra sensitive or else you may not get an accurate result
 
I was using Walkinlabs but I wasn't getting all my health markers for 125 gonna switch to private labs MD for the 190$ one seems like it checks most boxes
 
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If I pin on Mondays and Thursdays mornings, when should I take the test? Is there any difference walking into a lab or doing a mail order test?
I realized I forgot to answer your question about going to a lab facility or doing mail in. I'm not confident in mail in labs but with that being said I have zero experience with mail in. I just haven't seen anything that made me think "Oh that seems like a great option". Working in Healthcare I've seen the importance of taking care of blood samples and how when tests are performed correctly the results can be skewed. For that reason I'd much rather just go in and have them drawn.
 
We don’t have any labs in my small town. If you want blood work you have to make the police arrest you and the jail is happy to run tests for you. Been doing it this way for years and it works lol 💪🏻
 
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Thanks a million for all the replies, I am learning this as I go along. I did research the best I could before stating my cycle. Just never got any sides so I did not do blood work. I get regular blood work once a year with my Doctor. I will just go Tuesday in the morning after I pin. I was wrong and just need to go get it done I am guessing every 3 months.I plan on staying on and just cruising at 150-200mg. I will start new thread with some pics.
 
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This right here.
 
Thanks a million for all the replies, I am learning this as I go along. I did research the best I could before stating my cycle. Just never got any sides so I did not do blood work. I get regular blood work once a year with my Doctor. I will just go Tuesday in the morning after I pin. I was wrong and just need to go get it done I am guessing every 3 months.I plan on staying on and just cruising at 150-200mg. I will start new thread with some pics.
I’m curious what lab you decided to use..?

And did you go? Pretty painless ya?

Yes every 3-4 months is best. I always book my next one after I finish so I can’t “forget” or “go in a couple more weeks” 😂
 
Just pulled labs with privatemdlabs today, not sure if it was always available, but i was able to remove everything i didn't want and only pay for the ones i wanted.
 
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I’m curious what lab you decided to use..?

And did you go? Pretty painless ya?

Yes every 3-4 months is best. I always book my next one after I finish so I can’t “forget” or “go in a couple more weeks” 😂

I just went with Quest, because I recognised the name from a employment drug screen I had to do in the past. I picked this panel out.

Men's Hormone Medium Test04/16/2025$153Every 6 monthsCancel
Prolactin04/16/2025$42

I added the prolactin because I am running deca. I have not had anything going on around my nipple area of my body. I have really small nips. It almost looks like I do not have any at all! I am not sure if that would help me or not. I just do not think there is much for the prolactin or estrogen to grab on to. IDK if that logic is true or not.

Yes, I used Private MD and I got a discount for booking the appointment for every six months.

I am really vascular, so they get excited when I show them my arms for blood test in the past. I go in the tomorrow afternoon. I drink a 40oz hydro flask of water every morning when I get up and sip on water all day.

Looking at Ultra Labs afterwards the prices look the same except they have SHBG I was not sure if I needed that or not. I might give then a try after I see how this goes tomorrow.

I might as well post the results here on this tread whenever I get them. I do not have a baseline to go off, however at least I went and started to get this I order now. NO more Kentucky windage.
 
I go with places that use Quest as LabCorp includes the previous blood tests in their reports which i don't care for my Dr to see.
 
I got some results. A little background I have had issues with my cholesterol before this last blood work and they look the same as they have in the past. All I have to do is not eat any meat, cheese, dairy... Why live??? So I continue to eat meat, cheese and dairy and just except that one day an elephant might seat on my chest. I take meds lower it. Might be genetics. At one time it was around 220?? I am not sure about the rest of it. My Dr. always just said cholesterol. All my other organs I have never had a problem with.

My prolactin looked fine.
(I have been on deca for 9 weeks, 6 weeks at 300mg and 3weeks now at 400mg. I should have just run it from the start.)
 

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