too early for a1c
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#bloodwork 2025-06-12
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- drawup_dee — egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real 23:00
- drawup_dee — 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 23:19
- no_escrow_nate — quick one my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently 23:48
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
is crp worth adding to the panel
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
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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
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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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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
| Test | Why now |
|---|---|
| Fasting insulin | impossible to get a true baseline afterwards |
| Full lipid panel with apoB | the comparison is the whole point |
| HbA1c | 90-day average, so it lags your start |
| CMP + CBC | cheap, and the reference for everything after |
| Ferritin, B12, TSH | these fall quietly on a low intake |
slightly off topic but the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
[edited]fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
what should i get at baseline before i start
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fasting insulin
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
quick one my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not