Guest guest Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 > here's my question: how often should i monitor these > levels? every six months? more often? and, do i > need to monitor both levels, or would monitoring the > TPO be sufficient? i can save $30 if i only test one. > > rachel. I don't understand that because, before I had mine done with HealthCheck, I called them to get a full picture on the antibodies. They told me that it was $60 flat for both because when they run one, they automatically reflex to the other one. Those were almost their exact words. In other words, they run both of them no matter what. Of course, I did run both of them, and they were both in the thousands. I would not go without running both of them at the same time. It's been 7 months since I did this, and I think I will run them again in a couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 > here's my question: how often should i monitor these > levels? every six months? more often? and, do i > need to monitor both levels, or would monitoring the > TPO be sufficient? i can save $30 if i only test one. > > rachel. I don't understand that because, before I had mine done with HealthCheck, I called them to get a full picture on the antibodies. They told me that it was $60 flat for both because when they run one, they automatically reflex to the other one. Those were almost their exact words. In other words, they run both of them no matter what. Of course, I did run both of them, and they were both in the thousands. I would not go without running both of them at the same time. It's been 7 months since I did this, and I think I will run them again in a couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Yep, I'd sure call and ask them. That's been 7 months ago for me, maybe they've changed their procedure on those particular tests. Really, I didn't think to ask why they would reflex to the other one because one of those antibodies isn't necessarily dependent on what the other one is doing. A high ANA titer can reflex to another antibody test, but that really has nothing to do with these two thyroid antibodies, I don't think. Apples and oranges. Re: antibodies test results. > > > I don't understand that because, before I had mine > > done with HealthCheck, I > > called them to get a full picture on the antibodies. > > They told me that it > > was $60 flat for both because when they run one, > > they automatically reflex > > to the other one. > > hmm...well, when i got my receipt, i saw that i had > two charges for $30 each: one for the TPO antibodies > and one for the thyroglobin antibodies. so, i assumed > that i'd be able to get each test seperately, since > they billed them seperately. maybe that was an > incorrect assumption. i might push that issue with > them however. > > rachel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Yep, I'd sure call and ask them. That's been 7 months ago for me, maybe they've changed their procedure on those particular tests. Really, I didn't think to ask why they would reflex to the other one because one of those antibodies isn't necessarily dependent on what the other one is doing. A high ANA titer can reflex to another antibody test, but that really has nothing to do with these two thyroid antibodies, I don't think. Apples and oranges. Re: antibodies test results. > > > I don't understand that because, before I had mine > > done with HealthCheck, I > > called them to get a full picture on the antibodies. > > They told me that it > > was $60 flat for both because when they run one, > > they automatically reflex > > to the other one. > > hmm...well, when i got my receipt, i saw that i had > two charges for $30 each: one for the TPO antibodies > and one for the thyroglobin antibodies. so, i assumed > that i'd be able to get each test seperately, since > they billed them seperately. maybe that was an > incorrect assumption. i might push that issue with > them however. > > rachel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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