Re: Escapee Filter
This would first be us sitting down and talking about about what may have been done on a genetic level. You do not need to share anything about your personal experience that you are not comfortable with. Then, we'd talk about what benefits you might gain from having someone like me look at test results. If after having that conversation, you decided that you wanted more information about how the genetic manipulation might have had an impact on your body, then you decide what happens next. If you were given a medical exam when you arrived, the lab might already have reports and samples. If that is true, you would have the option of either authorizing me to look at those reports and run further tests on what samples they have.
For a variety of reasons, sometimes people are more comfortable getting a new set of labs. If that's the case, we would arrange that. As far as taking your blood pressure, listening to your heart and lungs, the kinds of things that are done in a physical, again, that's up to you. It could be helpful, but if you'd rather not, you have that right.
If you agreed to give a blood sample, and then changed your mind a minute before the tech was going to draw--- The tech stops. If you decide you want a physical and half way through, you aren't comfortable.... whether it's me or another medical professional in this building, we are going to stop immediately.
If you give a blood sample, and then later regret it you can ask that all your information be purged from the system. I have had patients who were willing to give a blood sample or a release of records, but then didn't want to know anything that I found out as a result. I have had patients who wanted me to go over every lab value with them and tell them not only what I know to be factually true about that information, but also what I think it might means. Both are valid decisions.