for the archive the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
#bloodwork 2025-12-13
Saturday36 messages9 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- pharmac_pen — unrelated but is crp worth adding to the panel 16:07
- mag_citrate — while im here ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating 16:40
- VialBot — Testing queue: 2 submissions open, 44 awaiting dispatch. 17:17
- month_six_me — egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real 17:55
- VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot SG-1177. Nothing logged either way. 17:57
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, anyway
💀4
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably, still working it out
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
❤️7🎉3
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
Recon calculator: 15mg in 2ml = 5mg/ml.
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, n of 1 obviously
ok so ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
unrelated but is crp worth adding to the panel
🎉16💀8🙏2
thats normal
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ill dig out the number
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
while im here ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
💀12🤝11
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
vial-f-1330-front.png
900 × 1200 · 250 KB · not retained in the public archive
Testing queue: 2 submissions open, 44 awaiting dispatch.
✅2💀3
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
probably dehydration
too early for a1c
not a chat question
slightly off topic but what should i get at baseline before i start
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
🔥17🧊10🎉7
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, from memory
Purity check: no report on file for lot SG-1177. Nothing logged either way.
🤝7😂4
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
post the numbers
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error