i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
#bloodwork 2025-01-19
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- chlorhex — nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, take that with a pinch of salt 20:23
- cold_start_cy — homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system 20:39
- assay_not_purity — unrelated but if a result frightens you, that is a conversation with a clinician. we will help you read it, we will not tell you it is fine 21:02
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, take that with a pinch of salt
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
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the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable, for what its worth
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
coming back after 10 months, what changed in your numbers
not a chat question
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good numbers
unrelated but if a result frightens you, that is a conversation with a clinician. we will help you read it, we will not tell you it is fine
sorry to jump in an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about