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#bloodwork 2025-10-02
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retest it
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, someone check my working
get a baseline
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
update from 3 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely, ill dig out the number
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post the numbers
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
thats normal
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what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
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do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
do you get bloods every 5 months or only when something changes
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
probably dehydration
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all, thats one data point
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
Reminder for pbs_pip: dose day is today. Set 9 days ago.
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
[edited]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
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later