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Annual Physical
Okay, so I'm scheduling my annual physical for later this month. I've seen, through various other posts and questions, that these are the things I should get looked at in addition to the regular stuff that's included:
-standard panel with PSA, iron, hematocrit, liver enzymes, lipids, etc.
-testosterone and thyroid.
-TSH, T3 and T4 also because the conversion by the liver is essential and depending on what TSH is doing plays a big role in interpreting what the body is doing there.
-Vitamin D test
Anything else for us endurance-y folks?
I'm not at the age YET where I have to worry about the more 'invasive' procedures, but those will be coming in the next few years. 
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If you're feeling fatigued, throw in a vit B12 level too. Had mine checked recently and it's low. You saw me eat all those steak burritos at ToC---what is UP with that?!
@Kitima, that's what I call the 'regular stuff'.
My nutritionist last night also mentioned getting the B12 checked too, so I'll add that to my checklist.
LIPID PANEL:
Cholesterol = 129 (<200 indicated as normal range) <br /> Triglycerides = 36 (<150 normal) <br /> HDL = 57 (>39 normal)
LDL = 65 (<100 normal) <br /> LDL/HDL = 1.14 (<3.55 normal) <br />
Vitamin B12 = 778 (250-1100 normal - that's QUITE a range)
Testosterone = 387 (241-827 normal)
Vitamin D = 74 (15-75 normal)
CBC:
Hemoglobin = 13.8 (13.0to 17.0 normal)
Hematocrit = 40 (37.0-49.0 normal)
TSH = 2.0 (0.3-5.1 normal)
**NOTE: my doc wouldn't do the T3 and T4 unless the TSH results came back abnormal.
Obviously, there's a bunch of other stuff on this lab report that I have NO idea what it means.
Are my numbers good enough for this craziness that is Triathlon?!?
Sorry I didn't get that in before you went.
I asked them to do both type of iron tests, maybe they missed one.