an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
#bloodwork 2026-05-07
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- hair_month_four — nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 20:30
- ruo_only — my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about 20:44
- hair_month_four — ok so i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely 22:34
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ask me again in a month
[edited]get a baseline
lab error maybe
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
thats normal
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
ok so 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
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
[edited]see somebody
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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retest it
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apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
ok so i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely