fasting insulin
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#bloodwork 2025-10-12
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- see_a_clinician — fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, your mileage will differ 19:04
- VialBot — Recon calculator: 30mg in 3ml = 4mg/ml. 19:19
- pia_plateaus — a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with… 19:26
- apnoea_down_two — update from 16 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob 20:03
- pia_plateaus — what should i get at baseline before i start 22:27
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, thats one data point
mine did the same
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ask me again in a month
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
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nice a1c
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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, your mileage will differ
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my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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
Recon calculator: 30mg in 3ml = 4mg/ml.
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
post the numbers
slightly off topic but do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, thats just me
[edited]ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
update from 16 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
Reminder set. I will post here in 5 days.
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an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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
update on the earlier thing homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
while im here post the numbers
ok so nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
see somebody
not a chat question
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
genuine question my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
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thats a big move
get a baseline, someone check my working
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
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lab error maybe
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apob if you can
probably dehydration
good numbers, ask me again in a month
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apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
retest it
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wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)thats the 90 day thing
what should i get at baseline before i start
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