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[joziel]

Can we do Medichecks finger **** tests using a toe instead of a finger, incase we have any Oestrogen on our fingers to contaminate the test? Is there a reason our toes are not a good idea...??

[CLKD]

Why would you have any residue on your fingers?   . U R over thinking things.

[sheila99]

I don't see how it can make any difference where the blood comes from? Assuming you're flexible enough .

[Madge79]

I always pay the extra £30 for the venous blood draw it’s so much more reliable. I did a finger one and my Estradiol  showed  as over 11,000! I contacted them and they said the estrogel builds up in the skin layers on your finger and you shouldn’t do a finger **** for a month since handling the gel.
Weirdly a friend of mine who is not on HRT did a medichcks finger one and also got over 11,000. So I always stick with the vein I think it’s worth it.

[CLKD]

I agree.  What R U testing for?

[Penguin]

I am getting the venous draw done too. You can also do that route via medichecks I believe.
I have read the same (also on here) about the way transdermal estrogen is absorbed means finger **** tests (unless you always use the same hand and use the other one for the test I guess) renders the test unreliable.
I can't see why toe wouldn't work.

[joziel]

I don't use my hand to rub the gel in, I use a spatula (like a mini kitchen silicone spatula) - but even so I think some of it occasionally gets on the end of a finger or two, so I wouldn't want to risk it.

A toe would be safer, but I just wondered if the blood flow to our toes is okay for finger **** tests. I mean, it can take a lot of finger squeezing sometimes to get enough out of a finger.

I will contact Medichecks and ask. I know they do venous draws but I have to do those for thyroid stuff at the moment and that's just a lot of venous draws going on...  Plus I want to test during my period, so I can better tell what I'm getting from the gel (instead of what my body is making) - my own estrogen will be low then - and it's just more flexible to do a finger **** test at short notice than arrange a blood draw.