update from 17 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
Thread · #bloodwork · 2024-11-29
i had a potassium that came back high and
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- thirty_min_wait — i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 21:55
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
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anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
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nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
do you get bloods every 5 months or only when something changes
fasting insulin
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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post the numbers