my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
#bloodwork 2025-12-04
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- month_six_me — an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not 19:00
- month_six_me — is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic 20:47
- month_six_me — apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably 20:50
- otto_swirls — a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, anyway 20:54
slightly off topic but the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
apob if you can
[edited]ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
[edited]fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
Recon calculator: 2mg in 0.5ml = 2mg/ml.
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
fasting insulin
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
retest it
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
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mine did the same
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thats a big move
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not a chat question
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
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what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, anyway
before after
A1c 6.4% 5.3%
trigs 2.9 1.1
HDL 0.9 1.3
LDL-C 3.4 3.2
apoB 1.09 1.02
ALT 58 24🧪11
good numbers
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
thats normal
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
nice a1c
right so i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
is crp worth adding to the panel
is it too early to retest a1c at week 10