ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
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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#bloodwork 2025-09-05
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- back_from_away — ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably 18:00
- cross_border_cam — i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 18:11
- cross_border_cam — ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year 18:22
- yyz_vial — coming back after 4 months, what changed in your numbers nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 19:25
- knees_first — homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system 20:35
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
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ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
thats the 90 day thing
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
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
probably dehydration
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
sorry to jump in do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
nice a1c
lab error maybe
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
ok so nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, i could be wrong
not a chat question
coming back after 4 months, what changed in your numbers
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
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egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
[edited]what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
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
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fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
ok so what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
is it too early to retest a1c at week 17
good numbers
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
*Medutest not the other one