r/Function_Health

So far I've been really impressed by Function -- but there is one feature that is driving me crazy.

My lab results have been trickling in over the last ten days, one of which is worrying. My PCP won't action treatment until I can provide a PDF / print out with the result, my name, date of birth, and the lab draw date. But Function says they won't give you that until the full results are in -- potentially up to 4 weeks later. PCP won't accept a print out / screen grab of the Function results homepage because your name / DoB etc aren't on there.

This essentially means the results are useless until I get that PDF. It is so frustrating and feels so unnecessary --- when you go direct through Quest you get access to this kind of thing as soon as your labs come in. Has anyone found a workaround? Or do I just have to wait?

Did it ever occur to you that:

1. People DON'T WANT a subscription-based service. They want one-time biomarker testing, review, and recommendations by a medical professional.

2. People want to EASILY share their results with their providers.

It's really NOT THAT DIFFICULT! Your current model continues to frustrate users, and NOT live up to its potential for benefitting patients.

I have attempted to cancel the extra tests I ordered, would like to keep the 365 test and thats all, and I signed up and changed my mind within a few hours but there is no phone number, just an "AI CHAT". This is VERY BAD Service in a few minutes, I'll probably just cancel the whole thing. There are other sources for blood tests.

I just posted about how cool it was that Claude has a Function Health connection. Well, buckle up, cause this is insane.

I was most interested in some conflicting expanded heart panel numbers. Claude had the best analysis of everyone who had tried (Function clinician, 2 cardiologists). Awesome, had some actionable insights I could implement immediately.

One number, though, hs-CRP, it flagged as contributing and potentially causing other issues asked if I wanted to dig in. I said Yes! because my other biomarker testing from Choose Health, which is just 6 markers every quarter that I've been doing since 2020, showed last summer/fall my hs-CRP jumped for both me and my wife and we were struggling to understand why.

We tried different lifestyle changes to affect the number and nothing was having a big effect. We were so stumped. How could it go from essentially zero for both of us for 3-5 years, then jump to 'elevated' (1.5-2.5) last summer/fall, and stay that way until now.

So Claude and I did some troubleshooting with other Function Health results, running through potential issues. One of the 'less likely' was environmental. But all of the higher risk ones checked out as not the cause through other FH blood results. So, Claude asked, has anything changed about your house or work in the last year?

It clicked. We had an HVAC air handler replaced last summer. For a few months now, occasionally when the downstairs A/C kicked on, there would be a faint musty smell. I knew it could be something in the ductwork, but also knew it was a big project to find out. Last month I found my son sleeping in another room. I asked what's going on he said there was a leak and the dripping was keeping him up.

Ummmm, first, always notify me of water leaks anywhere immediately, kid. haha I inspected, saw it was likely from the air handler above his room. Go up to inspect and the secondary drain pan was completely full and overflowing. Checked the secondary drain first to triage the issue and realized the HVAC company never hooked that up. Not great. Then checked the main drain line. it was clean. water flowed fine. Very weird! I also noticed that water was dripping into the secondary pan from the corner of the main housing body. I thought there was like a direct overflow to secondary connection, but I'm no HVAC specialist.

Opened up the main housing and found that the main drain pan was mostly empty. Very confusing. the drain line worked, but it was slightly higher than this drain port on the other side of the drain pan that seemed to just go out into the main housing body. Pressed on the bottom insulation and it was completely saturated with water. Ok, got it, gotta plug that other drain port and probably fix the leak. tried some styrofoam laying around, I think taht was probably mediocre. A week later went back and insulation still wet so got caulking to do a good job with it.

So, leak fixed. I just moved on, really. Until Claude troubleshoot. When was this air handler replaced? Last summer. When did symptoms start? Last summer/fall. For two people in the house, at the same time. This air handler leak was causing systemic inflammation, probably in all of us, but verified by Choose Health/Function Health in two of us.

Claude & Function solved a health problem caused by air quality in the house caused by a defective installation of an air handler. So crazy!

I had been thinking about exporting my results and importing to Claude, but it was low on the list. A friend shared they have a connection. Hook-up was simple and I was able to ask Claude about my results. See, last year I got conflicting heart indicators. I had done the major expansion pack and man once you dig into really deep metrics, it's hard to interpret.

Even my cardiologist was stumped!! But Claude was able to help distill the information down to actionable steps I can take beyond "diet, exercise, eat less fat."

Obviously this is not medical advice and I'm not giving 100% confidence to Claude, but prior advice just wasn't really actionable. At least now I have focal points and can retest to see how accurate the AI was in it's advice.

Just went to quest. Now, I waiting for the results.

I signed up for my quest to get #s as they come in.

I almost signed up with vitals vault, but the initial value is better with function.

I know you can go down a rabbit hole with these tests.

I am considering the ezri scan and the cancer screening.

What else should I check? Or do I wait for these results to use it an omnidirectional?

Has this happened to anyone else? I have a scan booked for next week. I woke up this morning to 2 notifications from UCLA saying my email and phone number had changed.

So not only did they unlawfully get into my account, they unlawfully changed my personal details, and probably went through my entire medical history without my consent.

Has this happened to anyone else? I feel the ICK so bad, I almost want to cancel the MRI.

Hi , I got an email saying I have this coupon which gives $100 off of $365 and expires on May15th.

I have an existing subscription. So if anyone needs it, here is the coupon : HPF6COHD

https://links.functionhealth.co/s/c/zNeylMevNWhxqoxxfD9rBZEifduu82gpEGDq0rjEH0fpOflj-OGu7MM41LmJsihQmDsOSsLbjGmAkMVLgSdE\_U57Czm-keX0rkzkapZYiDQdCtddUjKWRjrh3sOYLbJl9EWLP4KtbueRIwmL5IZSv5m075CyKRU5cvbL8uyFKiQTUPWRVrqr3zDidBCvTVtyr1oB7T3kEnqe4t6qKCjEMRohY2eKpfHpqM\_qt07ejT57TWBgPLg9aVW5zWrPB93XXEFk-CCneAipeYja9MDvDELFD13cyhzbsaZDmw7T1ZLrwrIHwo27qOW4prQU58t7txYKIeTk7W2li3yCTZE-5BuJhH67yMLVRT9wb2muWtjF87WG8RoBrlRUQEOMxcMRkWj54ktKaZU0Ug4LQ3Crjlerpy9bd58dCmTCOsjlrb8Vz4t96A6xSki77\_9J2aAL8vOm8kqKWDSXLxjAcV3vTk96kDF7yiESWTxles8vrH1O06IrFtmgIOvrOxM8-airIIxu\_PIADncB6-\_ld8fAqoOCSxQsjHaN8gmTsyplHEuTSj1-MvZvU19VBy6C48Ol6u-j5mJpyqUCd39WdczOaOfYFI39Rmv\_sCY4k31rqikk-eEc1fRZNJHtNZ3DA1q8/rS5yGWXOuDmeLDgmzZ680rV0shjTLczl/20

Enter the coupon at signup.

Hello everyone!

I purchased the basic “package” for function aka I didn’t do any add ons and I received my clinician notes after 129 of them were returned to me. Is that the total number or should I keep an eye out for more to trickle in?

Has anyone had luck with an actual support phone number that isn't just a voicemail box? Their chat support has been largely ineffective and has such long delays that I'm getting nowhere with trying to resolve a test results issue. I'd like to actually talk with a human to get this corrected.

Has anyone gotten the Ezra scan done? If so, what was your experience? I’m considering getting it done

I get we tend to share our negative stories, so I want to know if anyone here is truly satisfied with this service for its cost.

FWIW I signed up but haven’t taken my blood draw yet, and am sort of already regretting my membership based on the negative testimonials here. Particularly, faked urine sample analysis is a huge issue, tantamount to fraud.

New to Function and just got the first set of tests done. Excited to see the results roll in, but it isn’t clear how many tests I’m waiting for.

Product recommendation: there should be a progress bar so you understand at any given moment how complete your results are. I don’t want to talk to my PCP prematurely, but I can’t tell if I’m waiting on 30 more tests or 1 more.

Question: how many tests total are in the standard first screening for women?

TYIA!