get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
#bloodwork 2026-01-24
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- impersonator_ip — right so apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably 14:53
- dez_domains — thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything 15:44
- snac_and_water — fasting insulin thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything 19:19
thats the 90 day thing
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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 24thats a big move
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
sorry to jump in what should i get at baseline before i start
is it too early to retest a1c at week 26
not a chat question
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
right so apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all, thats one data point
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if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
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see somebody
lab error maybe
apob if you can
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
nice a1c
right so update from 3 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
thats normal
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
mine did the same
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
coming back after 5 months, what changed in your numbers
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, thats one data point
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 24tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
good numbers
do you get bloods every 8 months or only when something changes
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
right so i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
update on the earlier thing anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely, ill dig out the number
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
while im here baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
is crp worth adding to the panel
slightly off topic but lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
apob if you can, n of 1 obviously
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
fasting insulin
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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update on the earlier thing apob if you can
Recon calculator: 40mg in 1ml = 10mg/ml.
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
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genuine question retest it
get a baseline
fasting insulin
see somebody