Good for you! What a horrible, upsetting experience to have your doctor turn on you like that. Yes, while this was under the surface before, something has happened during COVID. I wish you well on your journey.
While you are in the process of looking for new medical care options, here are some things we've used that may be helpful. (Y…
Good for you! What a horrible, upsetting experience to have your doctor turn on you like that. Yes, while this was under the surface before, something has happened during COVID. I wish you well on your journey.
While you are in the process of looking for new medical care options, here are some things we've used that may be helpful. (You may already know about them....) 1. Labs - If you want to check your own labs like CBC, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, etc. you can self-pay and go through Lab Corp (my preference) or Quest without a doctor's order. It's more expensive, but a good option if you need it. There's a lot you can learn from following your own labs over time. 2. Micronutrient Profile - This is offered by SpectraCell and looks at intracellular uptake of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and more. I believe you can order this without an MD order. It can give you a picture of how well any supplements are being absorbed and if there are major deficiencies. 3. We've found naturopaths, functional medicine providers, as well as longevity providers to be helpful as they all look at labs, nutrition, herbs, supplements, peptides, etc. to help you body heal itself. 4. Lyme disease doctors (at least the good ones) have been looking at things like inflammation, cellular and mitochondrial health, and how to heal these, long before COVID came around. Two of my favorite go-to doctors for information on these topics are vitalplan.com (also he has another website rawlsmd.com) and treatlyme.net. You can learn so much from them that is applicable to everyone for systemic health and not just for Lyme disease. They also have regular webinars that are very interesting and informative.
In Australia you can also be de identified if you would prefer. Use the correct year of birth and gender (for accuracy of range) but different day and month. As this is not claimable on Medicare your name can also be altered (see below).
Your Privacy is important to us
****How It Works
Simply use the first two letters of your first name and the first two letters of your surname at the checkout in the 'details for Pathology referral' section
It is important that you use your correct date of birth so that the reference ranges will be correct for your age group. ****
Good for you! What a horrible, upsetting experience to have your doctor turn on you like that. Yes, while this was under the surface before, something has happened during COVID. I wish you well on your journey.
While you are in the process of looking for new medical care options, here are some things we've used that may be helpful. (You may already know about them....) 1. Labs - If you want to check your own labs like CBC, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, etc. you can self-pay and go through Lab Corp (my preference) or Quest without a doctor's order. It's more expensive, but a good option if you need it. There's a lot you can learn from following your own labs over time. 2. Micronutrient Profile - This is offered by SpectraCell and looks at intracellular uptake of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and more. I believe you can order this without an MD order. It can give you a picture of how well any supplements are being absorbed and if there are major deficiencies. 3. We've found naturopaths, functional medicine providers, as well as longevity providers to be helpful as they all look at labs, nutrition, herbs, supplements, peptides, etc. to help you body heal itself. 4. Lyme disease doctors (at least the good ones) have been looking at things like inflammation, cellular and mitochondrial health, and how to heal these, long before COVID came around. Two of my favorite go-to doctors for information on these topics are vitalplan.com (also he has another website rawlsmd.com) and treatlyme.net. You can learn so much from them that is applicable to everyone for systemic health and not just for Lyme disease. They also have regular webinars that are very interesting and informative.
Good luck on your journey for health!
Yes. Self referred blood/pathology tests are certainly becoming more popular. https://imedical.com.au/order/comprehensive-blood-testing-immunization-services
https://imedical.com.au/order/collection-centres
In Australia you can also be de identified if you would prefer. Use the correct year of birth and gender (for accuracy of range) but different day and month. As this is not claimable on Medicare your name can also be altered (see below).
Your Privacy is important to us
****How It Works
Simply use the first two letters of your first name and the first two letters of your surname at the checkout in the 'details for Pathology referral' section
It is important that you use your correct date of birth so that the reference ranges will be correct for your age group. ****
Thank you for this Miriam Maxander PhD I, for one did not know it is available in Australia little less that you can de
identify. Thanks 👍😊