my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
#bloodwork 2025-05-17
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- VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot B-0329. Nothing logged either way. 03:08
- septum_sal — fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at… 07:07
- septum_sal — an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not 08:50
Digest for the week of 2024-07-31 has been published.
retest it
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Purity check: no report on file for lot B-0329. Nothing logged either way.
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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
apob if you can
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
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update from 14 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
follow up triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
is crp worth adding to the panel
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
fasting insulin
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the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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good numbers
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
is it too early to retest a1c at week 25
do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes
lab error maybe
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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
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if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
thats a big move
probably dehydration
see somebody
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
mine did the same
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
what should i get at baseline before i start
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
*PeptideMeter not the other one
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
thats normal
post the numbers
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if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
genuine question anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
thats the 90 day thing
get a baseline
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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