Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by imgabe on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:45PM
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Not only expensive, but I recently wanted to get a sperm quality test done and the labs I called flat out refused to do it without a referral. Even though I was willing to pay cash and forgo all of the insurance nonsense. It is apparently impossible to just get a test done because you want to unless you pay a doctor to refer you.
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Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by word-reader on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:57PM
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yospermtest.com sells an at home test that is basically a magnifying lens and collection tray that attaches to your phone, and an app to analyze the sample.
edit: Yes, the referral thing is absurd. People answering the phones at medical offices when I've called trying to give them money will act confused or even offended if you ask how much things cost. Thankfully there are some new businesses like this chipping away at the edges.
Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by dogma1138 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:28PM
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Sperm count is only one aspect of it I don’t think that their app can measure sperm vitality and other factors that are just as important.
Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec...
by charlieflowers on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:33PM
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Many blood tests can be bought on lifeextension.com. The actual bloodwork will be done by Labcorp or similar.
I've tried it a couple times and it went fine. Once was for my minor daughter and it was a hassle getting the guardian authorization form into LabCorp's system because lifeextension.com is a bit sucky at anything outside the norm.
Don't know if they cover these particular tests, but probably.