nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
#bloodwork 2024-09-08
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- belfast_bac — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5 16:15
- lean_mass_lex — ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year 17:15
- bac_water_bill — follow up my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about 18:11
- madrid_mg — i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise 18:41
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
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apob if you can
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
[edited]the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
while im here my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
mine did the same
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is it too early to retest a1c at week 8
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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do you get bloods every 4 months or only when something changes
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
post the numbers
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is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
nice a1c
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too early for a1c
follow up my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
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what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
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
is crp worth adding to the panel
thats the 90 day thing
ok so an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, your mileage will differ
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
unrelated but a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing, your mileage will differ
fasting insulin