for the archive my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
#bloodwork 2025-11-18
Tuesday29 messages7 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- deamidation — sorry to jump in i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 20:25
- reta_resting_hr — most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, take that with a pinch of salt 20:27
- thirty_min_wait — do you get bloods every 2 months or only when something changes 20:38
- plateau_pen — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started 20:43
- plateau_pen — an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not 21:57
fasting insulin
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
sorry to jump in i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
site-rotation-map.png
1000 × 700 · 147 KB · not retained in the public archive
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, take that with a pinch of salt
medutest-report-e-2205.pdf
3 pages · 718 KB · not retained in the public archive
Testing queue: 9 submissions open, 120 awaiting dispatch.
do you get bloods every 2 months or only when something changes
📈2📉5
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
❤️5👀7
post the numbers
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
thats a big move
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, i think
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
peptidemeter-summary-a-2601.pdf
2 pages · 358 KB · not retained in the public archive
mine did the same
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
thats the 90 day thing
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
unrelated but what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
*that should say weekly
lab error maybe
update from 4 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
📈9🙏17
what should i get at baseline before i start
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, not advice obviously
*PeptideMeter not the other one
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year