the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
#bloodwork 2025-06-15
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- amylin_amy — triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound 03:21
- appetite_back — a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing 04:39
- dorm_fridge — coming back to this homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system 04:48
- plus_sixteen — do you get bloods every 2 months or only when something changes 05:05
- plus_sixteen — apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before… 05:58
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
lab error maybe
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my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
coming back to this a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
retest it
thats the 90 day thing
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
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ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year, take that with a pinch of salt
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, from memory
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
update from 12 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, thats one data point
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
what should i get at baseline before i start
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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 24✅10💀14
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
quick one egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
coming back to this homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
do you get bloods every 2 months or only when something changes
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do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
ok so get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
fasting insulin
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
get a baseline