My Rheumy has me getting bloodwork done every 6 weeks.Now my left arm vein has scar tissue from having it done so much so the phlebotomist is taking blood from my right arm vein which is at an angle so she uses a butterfly needle which takes longer. So I'm rebelling by only going every 2 months now.
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Once a month and if he doesn't ask me I tell him to order it up and tell him since you're ordering it up make sure you get everything you want tell him that you want to complete work up on your vitamins you want to complete work-up on potassium your prostrate, liver, kidneys, a complete cbc series and if he asks you why you want all this say you want to Baseline and everything so if you check this month the month you could see how your markers are going up and down on everything in your system not just one thing yeah that'd be shocked when you ask for something like that they're not used to people asking for that but more people are doing it as they're getting smarter about keeping themselves healthy that's why people are starting to live longer and that's why they're trying to raise the Social Security age from 65 to 70 - 75 now...
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Every 8 weeks. I drink a lot of water day before which helps. Unfortunately scar tissue does build on the veins.
Every 2 - 4 weeks at the moment. I always get them to alternate arms to reduce risk of scarring. You can also get them to take from hands and feet. My doctor tells me to massage the area afterwards this again help break down the scar tissue........ Apparently? ๐
every 3 months, but sometimes he has me skip and I wait 6 months.
I have blood drawn every 2 months and always from the same arm. Have for years. I sure hope I don't develop scar tissue.