a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
#bloodwork 2025-11-26
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- alt_ast_ali — quick one 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 17:13
- alt_ast_ali — unrelated but fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests 17:23
- noct.titrate — unrelated but lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be 19:28
- first_month_fi — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, i have it written down somewhere 19:40
- noct.titrate — while im here if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later 19:43
quick one 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
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
unrelated but fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
apob if you can
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
unrelated but lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
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if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, i have it written down somewhere
while im here if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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see somebody
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