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#bloodwork 2026-02-14
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- escalation_anxiety — quick one 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 11:53
- truncation_tru — slightly off topic but my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected 13:00
- maintenance_mo — update on the earlier thing nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, thats one data point 13:03
- tallinn_taper — is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic 13:48
- tallinn_taper — an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not 16:12
*Medutest not the other one
11:31chlorhex pinned a message to this channel
probably dehydration
quick one 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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crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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what should i get at baseline before i start
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
get a baseline
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retest it
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
slightly off topic but my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
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the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
update on the earlier thing nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, thats one data point
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update from 13 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
see somebody
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 24too early for a1c
nice a1c
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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
| 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 |
slightly off topic but my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
14:25chlorhex pinned a message
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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thats normal
not a chat question
slightly off topic but apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably, from memory
unrelated but retest it
thats a big move
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fasting insulin
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
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