what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)#bloodwork 2026-03-23
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- same_chromato — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, ill dig out the number 12:41
- surpass_two — coming back after 12 months, what changed in your numbers 13:39
- bex_bloods — apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably 14:11
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, ask me again in a month
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
thats normal
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anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
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 24get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, ill dig out the number
| 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 |
do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes
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update from 16 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
update on the earlier thing anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
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probably dehydration
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retest it
too early for a1c
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
coming back after 12 months, what changed in your numbers
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fasting insulin
apob if you can
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
good numbers
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post the numbers
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nice a1c
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
| 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
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
New independent result logged — SGN, lot D-0718, purity 99.2% (PeptideMeter).
thats the 90 day thing
quick one tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
mine did the same
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, someone check my working
ok so apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
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the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, ymmv
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ymmv
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
quick one i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
see somebody
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get a baseline
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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nice a1c
lab error maybe
for the archive crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug