lab error maybe
#bloodwork 2025-09-04
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apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
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egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
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follow up apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
post the numbers
thats a big move
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
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retest it
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probably dehydration
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes
thats the 90 day thing
apob if you can
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what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
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too early for a1c
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
while im here the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
follow up crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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update from 26 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, from memory
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coming back to this if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, still working it out
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
genuine question i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, still working it out
not a chat question
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my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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
slightly off topic but fasting insulin
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
[edited]nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
slightly off topic but i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
nice a1c
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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
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, take that with a pinch of salt