do you get bloods every 5 months or only when something changes
#bloodwork 2025-11-09
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- gall_bladder_gav — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started 22:16
- gall_bladder_gav — if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, n of 1 obviously 22:29
- two_four_ceiling — unrelated but what should i get at baseline before i start 22:45
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
get a baseline
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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nice a1c
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thats normal
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
retest it
probably dehydration
too early for a1c
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
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update from 11 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, take that with a pinch of salt
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
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if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, n of 1 obviously
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an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
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, still working it out
[edited]homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
unrelated but what should i get at baseline before i start
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, n of 1 obviously
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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not a chat question
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thats the 90 day thing
see somebody
apob if you can
thats a big move