my anaemia blood results

[Ari3]

hello there ,

first of all I want to say that I suffer from hypothyroidism which is autoimmune and it was very important to test me for my iron so I took whole iron panel . I have no clue what those results mean but could someone give me any insight or comments if iam in good range or too if range of them ? I have done this through Monitor my Health and they haven’t provided ranges ( I have emailed them and complained about it ) so here are results :

HB 138g/L

Ferritin 125ug/L

TSAT 44%

active b 12 97pmol/L

Folate. >20.0 ug/L

I really appriciate cause I don’t know what it means at all in thyroid patients .

[Nackapan]

Post the results on the thyroid forum.How annoying ranges not given.

Looking at measurements used do look 'in range '

Folate above range.

I asked about thst when mine above 2o

Told not a problem.

Did reduce my moderate folic acid dose though .

[Ari3 in reply to Nackapan]

I know I complained to the company iam waiting for the answers never seen such results with out ranges absolutely waste of money what the point .i thought my folate is less than 20?

[Nackapan in reply to Ari3]

No more than 20

[Nackapan]

B12 usually done with folate

[FlipperTD]

Scientist, not medic.

Giving results without reference ranges is poor practice. However, it seems to be a popular service by users, given the reviews on their website, however I can't say I'm impressed.

Finger prick samples are a poor relation to a decent venous sample too, and although they seem to have an efficient service in turnaround, their primary sample is almost certainly letting them [and you] down.

'You pays your money and takes your choice' but I can think of better ways of spending £49!

Good luck.

[Ari3 in reply to FlipperTD]

thanks for your reply but I found last sentence a bit rude -sorry . I didn’t know they didn’t provide reference ranges did I !? So please don’t comment like that if you don’t know what and how things has happened !

[FlipperTD in reply to Ari3]

I apologise if I've offended you. You are entitled to a better service than this, at no extra cost to you. We all are. You are right to be offended, but the target ought to be someone else!

I spent over 40 years in 'the business' and we had tremendous issues with fingerprick samples. They were used as an absolute last resort for blood sampling due to a wide range of issues surrounding quality.

Of course, trying to get a result from the NHS in the traditional way requires access via a GP, and the results come back via that route.

[Wwwdot in reply to Ari3]

Dear ARI

Our Flipper is a great source of no nonsense information and when you get to know Flipper better 😁you will realise as we do that they are Flippin’ great⭐️ at calling a spade a spade!

I hope you get the info you need to find a better health path for yourself as it’s difficult wading through all the hype especially when not feeling great and money is tight

Best of luck and please keep us informed of your progress and direction 🤗🤗🤗

[helvella]

Have you tried this approach to getting their reference intervals (ranges)?

helvella - Viewing reference intervals on Monitor My Health

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