apob if you can
#bloodwork 2025-08-31
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- nordic_price_nils — i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost… 10:14
- apob_over_ldl — a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing 11:40
- lead_time_lars — crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this 12:57
update from 23 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
| 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 |
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
for the archive thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, someone check my working
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
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thats a big move
ok so apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
thats normal
probably dehydration
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
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do you get bloods every 4 months or only when something changes
[edited]if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, someone check my working
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
ok so 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
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
good numbers
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, i have it written down somewhere
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
ok so alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign