get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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- a1c_lag — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely 22:40
- VialBot — Inter-lab diff for lot C-4402: 98.1% vs 99%. Within expected range. 22:58
- nine_nine_one — the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely 23:03
thats a big move
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
is crp worth adding to the panel
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
Inter-lab diff for lot C-4402: 98.1% vs 99%. Within expected range.
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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retest it
ok so ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
too early for a1c
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apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
slightly off topic but is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably, i have it written down somewhere
see somebody