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#bloodwork 2025-11-25

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  • lean_mass_lex — genuine question my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently 22:49
  • cat_on_the_tray — coming back to this most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug 22:58
  • VialBot — Testing queue: 7 submissions open, 29 awaiting dispatch. 23:19

apob if you can

do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes

genuine question my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently

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mine did the same

thats normal

CO

nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods

CO

coming back to this most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug

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SA

fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean

lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be

SA

ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year, thats one data point
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all

CO

i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about

VB

Testing queue: 7 submissions open, 29 awaiting dispatch.

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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, from memory

right so ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating

VB

Inter-lab diff for lot SG-1177: 97.4% vs 99.4%. Within expected range.

VB

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is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it

CO

an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not

CO

i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise

retest it