How to get Cheap Blood Work Online

Here's a way to get fairly inexpensive blood work performed without insurance. Understanding how testosterone (or any other steroids or prohormone) affects your various hormones and other levels is very important. most people don't get blood work, however, due to the expense or because you need to see a doctor to get it ordered.

Here's a way blood work done by scheduling your blood panel on-line. No need for a visit to the doctor or medical insurance. The blood work is done by Labcorp. Most cities and towns (in the United States) have a Labcorp within driving distance. If you can a Labcorp facility, you do this

Caveat: if you live in NY, NJ, or RI you can't due this due to state medical billing laws.

1. Go to PrivateMDLabs.com and select the hormone panel for females. This test comes with a CMP (liver, kidney values and more), CBC (blood counts), total Testosterone, total Estrogen, LH and FSH. Even though you are selecting the hormone panel for females, later on as you complete entering the information you will indicate you are a male, and the reference ranges will come back correct for males. Loophole!

2. Search for any current discount codes. You can usually find a 15% off. The total should come to around $50.

3. Select the Labcorp facility nearest you. You can make an appointment to have blood drawn. Just go to the Labcorp website after you pay for the blood work to schedule an appointment.

If you go Monday - Thursday, chances are you'll have the results in your email next day!

The basic female hormone panel doesn't include lipid levels, so if you want that you'll have to add it. That costs about another $50.

The trick is selecting female hormone panel to start, because when you complete the patient info you indicate male. Selecting the male hormonal panel costs about $150, three times as much as female for the same tests.

For $50 lousy bucks, you can get everything you'd want tested after a cycle (except lipids, which as mentioned can be added for $47.99 retail, before discounts): liver and kidney function, HPTA, estrogen, etc.

I'm getting my tests through the clinic, and covered by insurance, but I bet many of you aren't. If you're going to use performance enhancing drugs, take out the guess work and spend the money to make sure your health is on track.

TRT Update, 9 Week Blood Test

They call is "cruising" for a reason - I've just been cruising along, doing my test injections 1x per week and the hCG 2x. My initial prescription was for 10 weeks; at 9 weeks I had a Doctor consult scheduled and a blood test taken. Let's do the blood first, since that's probably what you're most interested in. These were my before-therapy levels:

Test	Result	Reference
Serum Testosterone	239 ng/dL	348 - 1197
Free Testosterone	8.0 pg/mL	6.8 - 21.5

And after 9 weeks of therapy (that would be 9 testosterone injections and 18 hCG injections):

Test	Result	Reference
Serum Testosterone	1,128 ng/dL	348 - 1197
Free Testosterone	29.4 pg/mL	6.8 - 21.5

So you can see that's a significant difference from my start numbers.

Serum Testosterone increased 889
Free Testosterone increased 21.4

My weight went from 184 to 196. They have an impedance body tester for body fat, not the most accurate I know, which showed me going from 14.9 to 13.7 percent.

I gotten stronger in bench (from 180x10 first set to 225x7), and the elbow and shoulder discomfort I had is mostly gone now. Unfortunately my back still bothers me, so I haven't been pushing on the squats and deadlifts. I did go from 275x6 on deadlift to 310x6, but that not really going all out.

So physically, there's been a very noticeable change. The more esoteric "mental" benefits have yet to manifest.

I still don't sleep well and frequently suffer from insomnia
No burst of mental clarity or increased motivation or focus
My energy levels do seem a bit higher during my workouts, but not increased overall.

The doctor didn't really have much to say when I pointed this out. She suggested a sleep aid supplement, which I declined.

I'm pretty happy as far as the gains go though, and I've decided to stick with it. So I continued the prescription with only one alteration, that being I decided (after consulting with the doc) to inject 2x a week, .5ml each time (for the same 1ml a week). I'd read this can provide more even test levels, plus it makes the shots a bit quicker and easier.

I'm still doing the shots myself using a 5/8 inch 28g needle in alternating quads on Mondays and Thursdays. No issues there. And the hCG in the stomach on Sundays and Wednesdays.

I did discover something interesting. With insurance, I was paying $78 a month for the testosterone cypionate and hCG, plus an additional $75 for the clinic fee, for a total $158 a month. So three months comes in at $474. If I use insurance, I can ONLY fill my prescription 1 month at a time.

If I "bulk" order from the clinics preferred prescription provider, I can get 3 months of testosterone cypionate and hCG for $425, a savings of about $50. So there you go....