Self Phlebotomy Need Advice

[Elektrobot]

Medichecks but I guess you could do it yourself if you had a centrifuge and a way of measuring the volumes

Does anyone know of a "make your own arrangements" blood draw program like this that operates in the USA? Not micro sampling, but a full traditional blood draw(s)? I know several nurses that would do blood draws for me if there was a lab to work with.

This question is with the thought that it might be less expensive...... very possible that assumption is wrong.

How to take a private venous blood test by making your own arrangement

If you are ordering a test that requires a venous blood sample, you will need to have your blood taken by a healthcare professional. If you know a suitably qualified person, you can make an appointment with them directly to have your blood sample taken.

www.medichecks.com

 

[Yonith]

Nice, might get this if cardiac arrhythmia doesn’t go away.

I did my first reading with the HB monitor today and it read 150 HB which would be 45 HCT but I think my sample wasn’t really correct. I have trouble getting a decent drop of blood with lancets.

What HB monitor did you end up buying?

 

[Ateam2023]

Well, I’m going to buy one and be a Guinea Pig.

I also found you can get testers that do your Cholesterol profile (HDL, LDL, Triglycerides, etc) but not sure this needs to be monitored as frequently as HCT.

Any other interesting gadgets for the health conscious and doctor-averse?

what hb device did you end up buying and using?

 

[RzSco]

What HB monitor did you end up buying?

what hb device did you end up buying and using?

HB-101 from Sejoy but there are some real problems with it:

1. You can only buy new test strips in packs of 50 for £25
2. Strips are expired 3 months after opening the pack
3. So you waste most of the strips if you do say, weekly test
4. I also can’t get enough blood out of my finger to do the testing reliably, I might have to try lancing twice to get a double sized blood drop. I hate lancing, it’s actually worse than pinning.

 

[Ateam2023]

HB-101 from Sejoy but there are some real problems with it:

1. You can only buy new test strips in packs of 50 for £25
2. Strips are expired 3 months after opening the pack
3. So you waste most of the strips if you do say, weekly test
4. I also can’t get enough blood out of my finger to do the testing reliably, I might have to try lancing twice to get a double sized blood drop. I hate lancing, it’s actually worse than pinning.

so its pretty much a waste of money,

 

[Ateam2023]

HB-101 from Sejoy but there are some real problems with it:

1. You can only buy new test strips in packs of 50 for £25
2. Strips are expired 3 months after opening the pack
3. So you waste most of the strips if you do say, weekly test
4. I also can’t get enough blood out of my finger to do the testing reliably, I might have to try lancing twice to get a double sized blood drop. I hate lancing, it’s actually worse than pinning.

hg 101 ? where can i look into this?

 

[RzSco]

so its pretty much a waste of money,

Well, you can get the meter for £35 and it seems you can buy the strips at £14.39 per 25 now, so I guess that’s a running cost of £5 a month if you are absolutely strict with the strips expiry. And you could test up to twice a week.

Overall you’d not get a HCT test done under £50 these days and you’d have to self phlebotomise anyway or pay another £50 for someone overpaid to do it.

The instruction manual talks about putting the blood into a capillary tube to get the exact amount needed, but they don’t supply one and I’m not sure where I’d get one of such a tiny size (0.01 mL)

 

[RzSco]

Hemoglobin Monitoring System HB-101

Hemoglobin Monitoring System HB-101 linical validation Accuracy The evaluation of system accuracy by lDK revealed that meisurements obtained with the blood glucose meter fulfill the acceptance criteria asspecified by DIN EN ISO 15197:2015. Reference value [laboratory ana...

www.sejoy.com

You can buy on eBay

 

[explodingHeart]

I can do it extremely easy with an 18 inch gauge needle right into superficial forearm/bicep vein.

my easytouch HB strips are fairly accurate vs lab values.

 

[Ateam2023]

Well, you can get the meter for £35 and it seems you can buy the strips at £14.39 per 25 now, so I guess that’s a running cost of £5 a month if you are absolutely strict with the strips expiry. And you could test up to twice a week.

Overall you’d not get a HCT test done under £50 these days and you’d have to self phlebotomise anyway or pay another £50 for someone overpaid to do it.

The instruction manual talks about putting the blood into a capillary tube to get the exact amount needed, but they don’t supply one and I’m not sure where I’d get one of such a tiny size (0.01 mL)

so this machine measures hematocrit?