do you get bloods every 8 months or only when something changes
#bloodwork 2026-02-06
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- no_appetite_nia — what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here 14:18
- no_appetite_nia — 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 14:38
- sasha_stacks — baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on 15:21
- sasha_stacks — update from 26 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob 15:39
thats the 90 day thing
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
*Janoshik not the other one
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
lab error maybe
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egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
[edited]see somebody
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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
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baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
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update from 26 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob