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update on the earlier thing apob or ldl, which

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  • per_mg_pete — update on the earlier thing apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking 23:32
FT

ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year

ST

nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods

TE

most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug

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PM

an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not

SN

i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise

FT

fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests