a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
#bloodwork 2025-10-07
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- surpass_two — homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you… 16:38
- secretagogue_sy — baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on 16:47
- VialBot — Reminder for customs_owl: dose day is today. Set 2 days ago. 18:02
- customs_owl — do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough 18:12
- secretagogue_sy — the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable 18:25
thats a big move
mine did the same
not a chat question
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thats the 90 day thing
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
see somebody
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
is it too early to retest a1c at week 17
Reminder for customs_owl: dose day is today. Set 2 days ago.
slightly off topic but my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
| 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 |
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update from 8 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
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