comparing two labs and if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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what did you get at baseline that you
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- fibre_first — annual panel this week what did you get at baseline that you were glad you had later, anyone 23:22
good news i test at baseline, three months, then twice a year, and that has been plenty for me
what did people add to their panel after the first one and wish they had had at baseline
not a doctor, obviously baseline is the one thing you cannot get retrospectively. that is the whole argument for it, ranges differ by lab
privately paid, so baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, repeat before you conclude anything
if you can only afford one extra marker, i took fasting insulin and i would take it again, paid for that one myself
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the honest reason to get a baseline is so that the next result has something to mean something against, fasted twelve hours
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follow up on the liver thing i had a liver marker come back high, repeated it three weeks later, and it was completely normal, nobody here is reading your bloods
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swirl_not_shakewhat did people add to their panel after the first one and wish they had had at baseline
nice, read the lab notes
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on the a1c lag thing a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
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see somebody
i printed the baseline and the follow up side by side and the conversation with my GP took four minutes
has anyone had a result that changed what they were doing