baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ymmv
#bloodwork 2025-04-04
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- apnoea_down_two — the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable 14:28
- VialBot — Batch lookup H-2814: 7 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-01-01. 15:35
- acetate_ash — while im here my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about 18:17
- acetate_ash — coming back to this get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, for what its worth 19:15
- homa_ir_hugo — is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it 20:25
thats the 90 day thing
post the numbers
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
for the archive tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
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thats a big move
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
coming back after 16 months, what changed in your numbers
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
nice a1c
apob if you can
Batch lookup H-2814: 7 independent reports on file, earliest 2025-01-01.
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
while im here what should i get at baseline before i start
follow up an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
see somebody
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what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, thats just me
good numbers
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
fasting insulin
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
while im here my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
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for the archive a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, ymmv
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, still working it out
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
coming back to this get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, for what its worth
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
too early for a1c
get a baseline
lab error maybe
follow up anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
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not a chat question