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#bloodwork 2026-04-01
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- residual_solvent — i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise 19:33
- lean_mass_lex — sorry to jump in crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes… 19:56
- VialBot — Archive lookup: yyz_vial first appears in this channel on 2025-09-23. 20:17
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, someone check my working
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
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baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ymmv
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
get a baseline
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my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
fasting insulin
right so a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing, thats one data point
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sorry to jump in crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
*Janoshik not the other one
thats the 90 day thing
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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nice a1c
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
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Inter-lab diff for lot C-4402: 99% vs 99.2%. Within expected range.
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
good numbers
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
mine did the same
*Janoshik not the other one
lab error maybe
while im here apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
[edited]get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
probably dehydration
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
unrelated but homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
| 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 |
coming back after 5 months, what changed in your numbers
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
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the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
sorry to jump in my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
while im here if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
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