#bloodwork 2025-11-02

retest it

coming back after 7 months, what changed in your numbers

my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about

tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing

unrelated but update from 21 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob

ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year

coming back to this i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise

a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic

alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign

most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug

get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started

what should i get at baseline before i start

if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later

the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely

homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system

good numbers

anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error

fasting insulin

too early for a1c

how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight

probably dehydration

ok so baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on

crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this

what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not

slightly off topic but my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all

nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, thats just me