an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
| Test | Why now |
|---|---|
| Fasting insulin | impossible to get a true baseline afterwards |
| Full lipid panel with apoB | the comparison is the whole point |
| HbA1c | 90-day average, so it lags your start |
| CMP + CBC | cheap, and the reference for everything after |
| Ferritin, B12, TSH | these fall quietly on a low intake |
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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coming back after 10 months, what changed in your numbers
get a baseline
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
good numbers
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
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, for what its worth
for the archive update from 18 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, still working it out
[edited]for the archive ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
nice a1c
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
lab error maybe
probably dehydration
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
see somebody
ok so homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
retest it
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
mine did the same
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, from memory
post the numbers
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
unrelated but i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about, for what its worth
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
lab error maybe
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apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
thats a big move
too early for a1c
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
thats a big move
thats the 90 day thing
good numbers
thats the 90 day thing
is it too early to retest a1c at week 21
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
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