anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
#bloodwork 2025-07-01
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Highlights from this day
- dexa_or_bia — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started 13:22
- eight_mm — i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 13:54
- quiet_head_qi — triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound 16:26
- gall_bladder_gav — baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ymmv 16:29
is it too early to retest a1c at week 34
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
retest it
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fasting insulin
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)for the archive thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
genuine question coming back after 8 months, what changed in your numbers
probably dehydration
see somebody
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
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alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
slightly off topic but ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
too early for a1c
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, still working it out
nice a1c
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
lab error maybe
unrelated but is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
follow up lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, thats one data point
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
*Medutest not the other one
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
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baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ymmv
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coming back to this a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing, n of 1 obviously
what should i get at baseline before i start