baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
#bloodwork 2025-10-26
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Highlights from this day
- mag_citrate — fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean 19:15
- alcohol_hits — a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, ymmv 19:25
- pia_plateaus — 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 19:28
- alcohol_hits — the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this 19:31
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
nice a1c
retest it
post the numbers
mine did the same
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
not a chat question
lab error maybe
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sorry to jump in anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
update from 10 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, ymmv
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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
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
good numbers
apob if you can
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about