mine did the same
#bloodwork 2025-05-12
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- VialBot — On this day 3 years ago this channel logged 127 messages. 13:39
- abdo_two_inch — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started 14:39
- abdo_two_inch — follow up i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 14:50
- mhra_unlicensed — a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry 15:33
get a baseline
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
genuine question do you get bloods every 9 months or only when something changes
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
On this day 3 years ago this channel logged 127 messages.
slightly off topic but alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
for the archive tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
thats the 90 day thing
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update from 9 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
[edited]slightly off topic but a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
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follow up i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
see somebody
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the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
before after
A1c 6.4% 5.3%
trigs 2.9 1.1
HDL 0.9 1.3
LDL-C 3.4 3.2
apoB 1.09 1.02
ALT 58 24mhra_unlicensedslightly off topic but alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is…
genuine question egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real