apob if you can
#bloodwork 2026-02-22
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- auckland_aliquot — crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this 20:58
- auckland_aliquot — coming back after 2 months, what changed in your numbers 20:59
- auckland_aliquot — egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real 21:36
- auckland_aliquot — thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything 21:39
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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get a baseline
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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coming back after 2 months, what changed in your numbers
| 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 |
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
coming back to this i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
good numbers
thats normal
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
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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
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, from memory
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
post the numbers
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
fasting insulin