#bloodwork 2025-03-03

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

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

is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
update from 24 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob

probably dehydration

for the archive a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry

my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about

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

good numbers

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

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

the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely

if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5

apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking

homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, not advice obviously

alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign, ask me again in a month

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

fasting insulin

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

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

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

Verification log updated: BCH — evidence added, status unchanged.

for the archive what should i get at baseline before i start

crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, take that with a pinch of salt

thats the 90 day thing

retest it

is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic

ok so apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably

nice a1c

a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic

too early for a1c