Will my Vitamin D Home blood test (finger prick) get refused by Monitor my Health?
Vitamin D
Home blood test (finger prick) 🩸
Tried my best and was fully hydrated but only managed to get 400ml to send off not the 600ml requested from 2 fingers and 2 lancets
Will it get refused? I’m not doing that again! I would prefer to have blood taken like I have on other companies private tests.
sunshineisbetter
Considering that the 600ml microtainer will do 10 tests with Medichecks - TSH, FT4, FT3, thyroid antibodies, Vit D, B12, Folate, CRP and Ferritin, I imagine that if you managed to get 400ml for just the Vit D test there wont be a problem. They wont refuse it anyway, if the blood is viable they will test, only if the blood is damaged (from squeezing it out) or not enough will they not be able to do it.
I always use the dried bloodspot test that SlowDragon has linked to, so much easier and better, and that too is an NHS lab.
Thank you. Hopefully it was enough to work....it’s posted now 🤞
By the way I meant 4ml not 400! 😂
Probably fine
In future this version only requires 4 drops
NHS easy postal kit vitamin D test £29 via
vitamindtest.org.uk
But is currently slow in getting results back
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
4 drops sounds much more manageable! It’s posted now so (bleeding) fingers crossed. Watch this space! X
Well I failed!!! Just had an error report from the lab! 🤦♀️The worst bit is that they have sent a replacement 😳😂
Ask them to exchange the vitamin D test for thyroid test?
Instead......Order the other vitamin D test
I’ve also had bloods properly taken at the hospital and sent off for the advanced thyroid screen for medichecks. Hopefully they will be ok!
I think I’d rather have bloods properly taken (even though it costs more!) or have less blood required on the finger prick tests x
Just post monitor my health test back and request money back then
Medichecks test will include vitamin D
It doesn’t test for D3 x
Medichecks Advanced thyroid test includes vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12
TSH, Ft4 and ft3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies
medichecks.com/products/adv...
Book Test as early as possible Monday or Tuesday morning and post back via tracked postal service
Stop taking any supplements that contain biotin a week before all blood tests
If testing iron/ferritin stop iron supplements week before test
All thyroid tests should be done as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test
Hi snowdragon, do NHS offer other blood postal tests, apart from Vit D?
Yes
Here’s website
monitormyhealth.org.uk
🤗 thanks!