Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 when i spoke to this guy at the local lab the other day i said why is it you lab ranges ie testosterone down as 6-27 are so low,some the low is 8/10.5/12 nmo/l or hgher his answer was becasue our equioment or machines are old!!! why would that make a differance and if it does ,surely that means tests they do run are pretty muxch invalid anyone answer this pleaes regarfds paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Hi The answer is to go to a Lab that does the testing as you require. My hospital which even researches ways of future testing would not allow me to get tests done locally and sent to them during the late 1980s as they did not trust the results. It is not far from that even now although the hospital now at least saves results from elsewhere but performs the tests again themselves. Ring one or 2 labs and ask what range they test Total T and then go to the lab you feel has the best testing facility. If you are paying for the results do not settle for 2nd best! On 26 Sep 2006 at 15:29, paul wey wrote: > when i spoke to this guy at the local lab the other day i said > > why is it you lab ranges ie testosterone down as 6-27 are so low,some the low is 8/10.5/12 nmo/l or hgher > > his answer was becasue our equioment or machines are old!!! > > why would that make a differance and if it does ,surely that means tests they do run are pretty muxch invalid > > anyone answer this pleaes > > regarfds paul > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 no these are the nhs ones,if i was payingn then not a problem but these tests if done by NHS surely should conform to some standard and use upto date methods starting rrange of 6 nmo/l seems so low it must automatiocally leave many men with being told nothing but normal,as most of us just accept what doc says to us paul you are in normal range is what most docs say to people ,its only if yo start asking for actual numbers as i do now that you get the truth,so again my 7.6 nmo/l is to me and you guys low ,same with my lh/fsh the free t and shbg i still have to wait for as they go to another lab he told me. but i should have an shbg result from may on my docs computer that i was unaware they had done it. but gwetting to talk to a doc is hard work ,i end up leaving notes for mine most of time. when the shbg and free t is known i will re look at the private doc situation armed with latest main bllod tests,so as o only pay for diagnosis/meeting and not the blood tests which woud make it more expensive. regards paul Re: old testing machines?? Hi The answer is to go to a Lab that does the testing as you require. My hospital which even researches ways of future testing would not allow me to get tests done locally and sent to them during the late 1980s as they did not trust the results. It is not far from that even now although the hospital now at least saves results from elsewhere but performs the tests again themselves. Ring one or 2 labs and ask what range they test Total T and then go to the lab you feel has the best testing facility. If you are paying for the results do not settle for 2nd best! On 26 Sep 2006 at 15:29, paul wey wrote: > when i spoke to this guy at the local lab the other day i said > > why is it you lab ranges ie testosterone down as 6-27 are so low,some the low is 8/10.5/12 nmo/l or hgher > > his answer was becasue our equioment or machines are old!!! > > why would that make a differance and if it does ,surely that means tests they do run are pretty muxch invalid > > anyone answer this pleaes > > regarfds paul > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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