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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the point if you don't have any indications? 
Immune tests will be very expensive and out of pocket. [/quote]

Not necessarily. My insurance (Federal BCBS) paid for quite a bit. My part wasn't cheap but it was hardly out of pocket.

Still, I agree it's not worth it unless there is some indication -- but the indications may be more subtle than what people think. I'm the poster from above with normal thyroid numbers except for antibodies, indicating a thyroid autoimmune issue. My mother has lupus and other autoimmune issues and blood clotting problems, so in retrospect not too surprising for me. [/quote]

Abnormal thyroid antibodies, and family history of lupus and clotting issues are NOT subtle. They are out of the book strong indications. [/quote]

Well, my point was that even after multiple miscarriages and the standard RPL panel, and with the family history of lupus and clotting issues, my RE at Shady Grove did not see a need to look into immune issues. She didn't run a test for thyroid antibodies, only for TSH. When that was normal, she said I was fine. I sought more specific tests on my own, with a regular endocrinologist, after reading about immune issues on this board. Even after I presented the abnormal results to Shady Grove, they weren't interested. That's when I went to Abbasi. And even if Shady Grove had thought there was an issue, they would not have treated it the way Abbasi did.

"Strong indications" don't mean much if the doctors don't believe in the treatments that could address them. This board has really been a godsend for me. I am sure I would not have had my daughter without the folks here. [/quote]

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