get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
#bloodwork 2025-02-19
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- alt_ast_ali — apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably 22:37
- VialBot — Channel stats, last 30 days: 137 messages from 24 members. 22:41
- underfill_uma — 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 22:42
- area_percent — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5 23:32
- homa_ir_hugo — is crp worth adding to the panel 23:45
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
nice a1c
apob if you can
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, still working it out
follow up is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
good numbers
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
see somebody
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
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lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
post the numbers
probably dehydration
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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Channel stats, last 30 days: 137 messages from 24 members.
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
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
genuine question triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, thats one data point
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
fasting insulin
update from 26 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
lab error maybe
thats normal
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
retest it
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
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is crp worth adding to the panel
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get a baseline