mine did the same
#bloodwork 2025-07-05
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- customs_owl — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started 08:39
- customs_owl — a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry 09:21
- egfr_ed — my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about 10:25
- customs_owl — my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently 12:19
thats normal
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, i could be wrong
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
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thats the 90 day thing
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post the numbers
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
ok so a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
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good numbers
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my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
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*that should say weekly
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
[edited]update from 21 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
[edited]for the archive ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
lab error maybe
nice a1c
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
what should i get at baseline before i start
probably dehydration
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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apob if you can
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
while im here a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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, for what its worth
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight