ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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- triple_ag_tom — ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year 20:52
- triple_ag_tom — anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post 20:56
- bp_down_bex — what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here 21:28
- triple_ag_tom — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5 21:43
- maintenance_mo — ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating 22:54
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
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do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
thats normal
*that should say weekly
mine did the same
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
Digest for the week of 2024-12-29 has been published.
slightly off topic but apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
what should i get at baseline before i start
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
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do you get bloods every 5 months or only when something changes
Assay note: SSA lot C-4402 reported at 98.6% of label content.
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
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
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nice a1c
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
quick one is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
quick one my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, ask me again in a month
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ask me again in a month
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
is crp worth adding to the panel
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
update from 2 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
not a chat question
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, anyway
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
coming back after 22 months, what changed in your numbers
probably dehydration
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
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the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, for what its worth
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my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
see somebody