if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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- surpass_two — is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 07:29
- surpass_two — fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean 08:53
- VialBot — Assay note: ERP lot A-2601 reported at 99% of label content. 11:10
- invoice_mismatch — a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing 11:46
- luerlok — a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic 12:32
fasting insulin
follow up homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
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coming back after 15 months, what changed in your numbers
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
thats normal
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fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
retest it
good numbers
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
do you get bloods every 8 months or only when something changes
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
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see somebody
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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
post the numbers
update from 22 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
Assay note: ERP lot A-2601 reported at 99% of label content.
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
probably dehydration
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 24nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, i think
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
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thats the 90 day thing
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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not a chat question
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
mine did the same