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#bloodwork 2025-10-10
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- apnoea_down_two — apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking 17:24
- meniscus_mel — slightly off topic but nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 18:26
- lean_mass_lex — tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing 19:01
- lean_mass_lex — what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not 19:38
update from 17 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
genuine question anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
post the numbers
apob if you can
get a baseline
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fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
mine did the same
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, your mileage will differ
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
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ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
[edited]slightly off topic but nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
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good numbers
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
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retest it
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
quick one my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
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if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
fasting insulin
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
quick one triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
too early for a1c
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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for the archive crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this