My doc wont approve most of the tests im requesting.
How do i get the tests done? Do I just have to pay of pocket or can I look for another doc who will approve my insurance to cover it?
Thanks
Had same thing happen to me. Still have the scar on my ankle where they did the graft. Put in some old shoes in the garage to do some yard work in. Now I make sure I shake the he'll out of any shoes I put on.Yes it does hurt, that's how I knew something was wrong.
On the same note you mention you think you were bit by a spider or something, 20 years ago I woke up to a red circle about the size of a 50 cent piece.
It started hurting and my leg got real hot. I ended up in the ER and they took a biopsy and have me meds and sent me home. Called the next day and told me I'd been bitten by a brown recluse spider. Long story short,it was to tocix to heal and a month later I had plastic surgery and they scrapped it out and put in a skin graft. That took 9 months to heal because it was still so toxic.....
I think that depends on what you want to have run. I don't remember reading on here what you are wanting to run.
I think for the most part the doctors wont approve tests unless they feel there might be a reason to do so. That is where you have to get creative. You could be honest and tell the doc that you take steroids and that would probably be enough to get some ordered. You may not want to do that though if you think the doctor wont be able to handle it and just lecture you to quit. I had to leave a doctor because of that. The family doc I see now would be terrible too I think. Hell, he is trying to get me to quit HRT. It is a tough call to make. If you have a good doctor and he understands you are going to take AAS regardless of what he does he will realize you are better off with some monitoring. So consider telling. As far as I am aware, it wont affect your health insurance coverage in any way. I think that is illegal now anyhow. I had 2 trips to the hospital that cost $120,000 and $135,000 and both were linked to steroid use. I had no issues. So worry about insurance isn't a concern. The only concern is how your doctor is going to treat you.
Another thing you can do is create a little lie and tell him that you have a family history of heart disease or whatever it is you want tested. A parent or grandparent at a young age had bad issues. Your father has a clotting disorder. You could also say you've been feeling shortness of breathe etc. If all the tests come back negative then it would be ruled out as stress or panic attacks. Then you could say youve not had the issue again. I don't see this causing any bad problems for you as far as future care you receive, only that youll get extra care. I don't like lying, but it would probably work.
Having certain tests run is usually only after you have a problem or if there is some family inheritance of traits. Like my blood clotting test, I only had that done after I almost died. Maybe some others on here that have gotten these tests can chime in on what they did to get them ordered.
Besides my Dr.s blood tests I get my own through PrivateMD .
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Just bumped into this article. Should spark some discussion. Other bodybuilders need to be added to the list in the article, the article came out about 2 years ago.
Anybody else notice that all 15 bodybuilders that died in that video are not black? Yet, when I watch the Arnold or the Olympia, it’s all black guys up there along with 1 or 2 token white guys in the top 10.
Looks like the guys dying are the guys who didn’t have the god given genetics for this sport. Non black bodybuilders who drug themselves up to ungodly doses to compete with true genetic elite. Funny thing is, they still lose to the genetic elite, and they actually beleive they have good genetics.
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Just bumped into this article. Should spark some discussion. Other bodybuilders need to be added to the list in the article, the article came out about 2 years ago.
Good read, but I'm guessing it will take some real "soul-searching" for him to maintain this course once he watches himself dwindle away. You really have to have your head screwed on tight when you go through a change that is coming his way and be ok with it. I've been a gym rat all my life, but never used anything until I went on TRT recently and that is basically all I do with a few minor goodies thrown in. I'm a big dude, and pretty cut and for my age, ahead of 99% of guys out there and that is good enough for me. But no way, I could just go off everything and watch myself fade out. It's not an addiction, it's who I am. I identify with a more masculine, muscular build and have always had one, and went it started fading naturally, I went to TRT. I don't think there's anything wrong with using some enhancements responsibly, but to each his own. Only he knows what keeps him awake at night and he has to make those choices.
I have found some interesting articles , biographies etc... about me googling bored some days -- its weird.
Regarding that article - I absolutely do NOT feel hypocritical or bad or have a guilty conscience any way what so ever.
Why?
Because I am more proactive than ever about my clients health and am very heavily into pursuing BB'ing at ones greatest potential while attempting my best to keep health intact.
Do I still have people use higher amounts ? Sure, or what I personally consider "higher", as some people are mentally geared to have extreme personalities and you have to meet them half way. But in doing that, monitoring the heart and kidneys prior and during is a priority.
But there are countless others I have helped on "next to nothing" (in this day in age) reap results they never even got using much more in years past.
I myself have experimented with small things over TRT and have even surprised myself in what I have been able to maintain and achieve with dogged discipline and a mindset stronger than a steel trap regarding dietary strictness.
-FF
Anybody else notice that all 15 bodybuilders that died in that video are not black? Yet, when I watch the Arnold or the Olympia, it’s all black guys up there along with 1 or 2 token white guys in the top 10.
Looks like the guys dying are the guys who didn’t have the god given genetics for this sport. Non black bodybuilders who drug themselves up to ungodly doses to compete with true genetic elite. Funny thing is, they still lose to the genetic elite, and they actually beleive they have good genetics.
Ok, so most of what they say you felt is untrue? I was a bit surprised when I read the article. Too bad that places choose to flat out lie or sensationalize.
I have found some interesting articles , biographies etc... about me googling bored some days -- its weird.
Regarding that article - I absolutely do NOT feel hypocritical or bad or have a guilty conscience any way what so ever.
Why?
Because I am more proactive than ever about my clients health and am very heavily into pursuing BB'ing at ones greatest potential while attempting my best to keep health intact.
Do I still have people use higher amounts ? Sure, or what I personally consider "higher", as some people are mentally geared to have extreme personalities and you have to meet them half way. But in doing that, monitoring the heart and kidneys prior and during is a priority.
But there are countless others I have helped on "next to nothing" (in this day in age) reap results they never even got using much more in years past.
I myself have experimented with small things over TRT and have even surprised myself in what I have been able to maintain and achieve with dogged discipline and a mindset stronger than a steel trap regarding dietary strictness.
-FF
Well at least it was a step in the right direction. Maybe over time the mental aspect changes for them and they see that they can maintain/build on much lower doses regardless of what others are doing.Isn't that the truth! Many people automatically think that just because a client may be running a certain cycle, that the coach must have recommended it. Nope!
I've worked with guys where we finally agreed on 5 grams because their previous intake had been 10 grams and they absolutely refused to drop down any further. For them, this was a huge deviation from their usual intake, so it was the best I could hope for.