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Fowles Topic Starter B.I.C. Old Hand Offline Yet Another BritInCrete! Joined: 22.03.2007 at 15:01:29 Posts: 214 Gender:	Thyroid Function Test 20.11.2009 at 11:46:39 I need regular Thyroid Function Tests as I have Hypothyroidism. The last time I went for a test, I paid at the private clinic in Aghios Nikolaos. It turned out to be an expensive test and I wondered if anybody has used the hospital for this blood test and if so could let us know the details. Thanks.
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chappy BIC 2.0 Newbie Offline Yet Another BritsinCrete Member Joined: 11.10.2009 at 23:32:09 Posts: 3 lincoln Great Britain Age: 54 Gender: Zodiac sign:	Re: Thyroid Function Test Reply #1 - 02.01.2010 at 19:13:58 Hi,sorry i can't help you .However you may be able to give me some useful info.I am planning to move to Crete in a few years ,and i too have a thyroid problem .How expensive is the test and are the tablets to regulate the thyroid pricey . Also did you have any problems getting health insurance. Thanks chappy
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Reply #2 - 03.01.2010 at 17:22:25

If you are using Thyroxine the tablets are extremely cheap! I pay around 3 Euros for 3 months supply but of course it will depend on the strength, even so Thyroxine s one of the cheapest drugs on the market. The blood test however, cost me 115 Euros! It may be that I chose an expensive clinic, I don't know I didn't shop around but it just means that instead of an annual blood test, I'll make it every 2 years or if I feel that the balance isn't right, by my symptoms.

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chappy BIC 2.0 Newbie Offline Yet Another BritsinCrete Member Joined: 11.10.2009 at 23:32:09 Posts: 3 lincoln Great Britain Age: 54 Gender: Zodiac sign:	Re: Thyroid Function Test Reply #3 - 03.01.2010 at 19:58:38 Hi Fowles,Thanks for info .The Thyroxine is surprisingly cheap,and i only take a low dose.Blood test is pricey so the way you are having it seems a good idea. chappy
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limnes Practically Cretan Offline INCO Webmaster www.inconews.com Joined: 12.11.2005 at 22:51:45 Posts: 631 Limnes, Crete Greece Age: 73 Gender: Mood: Zodiac sign:	Re: Thyroid Function Test Reply #4 - 15.01.2010 at 20:31:48 No two blood tests are alike and the cost will depend upon the complexity of the tests and the cost of the various chemicals required to perform the tests. The cost of the PSA tests for prostate cancer is about 42 euros, for instance. The cost of blood tests on the NHS tends to be hidden and is not necessarily cheaper! Maurice
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Re: Thyroid Function Test
Reply #5 - 17.01.2010 at 22:37:33

If you have IKA it will all be covered by them although it takes a bit of running around as usual.

I haven't had my thyroid tested for about two years, yes really bad I know, so bare with me if I get things out of sequence and of course this could only apply to Rethymno, believe it or not the things can vary depending on whether IKA themselves have the relevant doctors or not. In Rethymno there is or there wasn't the last time I went, an IKA thyroid doctor.

I went to the private thyroid doctor who wrote out the tests, although now I believe that an IKA pathalogos can do this. Took receipt but never bothered to claim the money back for the visit which I could of done as IKA didn't have the relevant doctor on their staff. Then went to IKA they then re-wrote tests out on one of their forms. Some tests could be done by them, one for sure could only be done at the hospital, the scan on my thyroid could only be
done by one of the two private clinics who work together with IKA ( you don't pay as long as you have a paper from the IKA office) and any other tests could be done via a private microbiologist and the money claimed back as long as the original paper was stamped by IKA stating that the test couldn't be carried out by IKA themselves.

All results need to be retrieved from the various testing places and then back to doctor to tell you what's what, that's of course if you haven't suffered a heart attack due to the stress of the running a round. Perhaps now you know why I haven't been for a couple of years!! Grin

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Reply #6 - 22.01.2010 at 10:45:05

The running around and being sent to abut 30 different departments seems to be par for the course around this place! I often wonder if they don't watch us as they inform us to go to "this" or "that" department and then chuckle as they see us arrive only to be told, it's not the corret one and you need to go.................well, you know the format.

I stupidly didn't go for a thyroid function test during my first 2 years here on Crete and became ill because I needed an adjustment on my medication. Having read a bit more online now, I realised it was the new climate and the strain that had on my metabolism in general, let alone having to work in the exceptional temperatures! Learned my lesson though - so will have one at least every year to keep an eye on things.

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