fasting insulin
#bloodwork 2025-03-02
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- secretagogue_sy — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5 09:25
- secretagogue_sy — for the archive fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests 11:01
- drawup_dee — my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected 16:25
- VialBot — Verification log updated: TFC — evidence added, status unchanged. 19:34
thats a big move
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
is crp worth adding to the panel
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
retest it
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
before after
A1c 6.4% 5.3%
trigs 2.9 1.1
HDL 0.9 1.3
LDL-C 3.4 3.2
apoB 1.09 1.02
ALT 58 24the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely, happy to be corrected
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
follow up apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
good numbers
for the archive fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
apob if you can
[edited]thats normal
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
update from 5 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
get a baseline
Reminder set. I will post here in 2 days.
do you get bloods every 8 months or only when something changes
Inter-lab diff for lot SG-1177: 99% vs 96.8%. Within expected range.
quick one what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
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probably dehydration
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anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
quick one nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
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what should i get at baseline before i start
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
Verification log updated: TFC — evidence added, status unchanged.
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apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
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not a chat question