update from 19 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
#bloodwork 2025-04-30
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Highlights from this day
- month_six_me — my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently 01:26
- thyroid_thea — is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it 01:31
- month_six_me — unrelated but do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 02:04
thats normal
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)⚠️3
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable, ill dig out the number
unrelated but do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
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lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
retest it
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lab error maybe
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
ok so my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all, ill dig out the number
quick one thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, happy to be corrected
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
while im here a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, i think
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
thats a big move
coming back after 5 months, what changed in your numbers
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign