apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
#bloodwork 2025-05-30
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- VialBot — Testing queue: 6 submissions open, 98 awaiting dispatch. 12:55
- knees_first — i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise 13:53
- knees_first — fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, someone check my working 15:01
- u100_pat — 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 15:37
Testing queue: 6 submissions open, 98 awaiting dispatch.
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is it too early to retest a1c at week 21
sorry to jump in i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
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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
[edited]while im here update from 13 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
thats a big move
thats the 90 day thing
coming back after 15 months, what changed in your numbers
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
get a baseline
thats normal
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
nice a1c
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, someone check my working
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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