a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
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#bloodwork 2025-05-19
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is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
Verification log updated: Homopeptide — evidence added, status unchanged.
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
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get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
[edited]anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
retest it
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
is crp worth adding to the panel
coming back to this a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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too early for a1c
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable, your mileage will differ
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, ask me again in a month
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
what should i get at baseline before i start
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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
nice a1c
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baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, thats just me
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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lab error maybe
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
update from 24 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
Reminder set. I will post here in 4 days.
probably dehydration
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
[edited]post the numbers