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0 pointsjmalicki21d ago0 comments

> > you can't order many of your own labs > Really? Which ones?

There are extremely short lists of labs you can order yourselves. Virtually all of them are not on those short lists?

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I would love to hear of any specific example, I will happily either show you how to order it or learn something myself.

Arterial blood gas. Calcium score (may not count as a lab). Skin biopsy for cancer (does it count as a lab?). I'm unaware how to order my own troponin if I think I've had a heart attack (not that that's one I should DIY diagnosis). Prostate specific antigen.

n8henrie19d ago

Several of those are more procedures than labs. Of course you can't get someone to do a procedure on you for free. Arterial sticks and biopsies may have nontrivial risks (and commensurate liability risk for the performing provider).

PSA and troponin seem trivial to get. Did you look?

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n8henrie21d ago

I would love to hear of any specific example, I will happily either show you how to order it or learn something myself.

jmalickiOP21d ago

n8henrie19d ago

PSA and troponin seem trivial to get. Did you look?

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