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#bloodwork 2025-02-22

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  • igf_one_ivy — slightly off topic but update from 13 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, anyway 12:52
  • igf_one_ivy — do you get bloods every 9 months or only when something changes 13:10
  • van_isle_vial — how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests 13:15
IO

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

my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all

slightly off topic but update from 13 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, anyway

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SS

get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started

do you get bloods every 9 months or only when something changes

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lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be

VI

how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests

Cited study
Tirzepatide for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity (SURMOUNT-OSA)
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024
AHI as the primary endpoint, with and without PAP therapy.

the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable

SN

for the archive i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about