HGH test

Okay, so today I woke up early and battled a traffic jam in the dark and snow in order to get to the old Children's Hospital that has since been converted into a specialist type clinic.

The clinic I was there for was the Endocrine clinic.

After my IGF-1 test, my Doc sent me to this clinic in order to get a whole laundry list of hormone tests.

I met the two nurses and they took me to a room with two recliner chairs and a television. They inserted an IV into my arm by my elbow. (Just a small gauge needle taped down)

They took about eight vials of blood for all the other hormone tests that are needed in relation to Acromegaly. Then the HGH test proper began.

I hadn't eaten anything or ingested anything since the night before, so the way this test works is you go in hungry and they take a blood sample. Then the nurse brought in a sweet orange drink. (Basically a McDonalds tasting orange drink that is heavy on the sugar.)

You drink the drink, and then they take blood samples every half hour for about two hours. The last blood sample is one hour after the last half hour.

I was there from 8am until 11:30am.

They took all the blood and forms and I will find out the results when I meet with my Endrocine Doc on the 29th.

Piece of cake!