a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
#bloodwork 2025-11-15
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- gall_bladder_gav — do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough 17:54
- pinch_not_stretch — my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all 18:04
- pinch_not_stretch — is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic 19:36
- ring_size_down — a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing, someone check my working 21:12
- ring_size_down — my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently 21:32
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
[edited]my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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get a baseline
[edited]baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
quick one triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
follow up ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
post the numbers
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
nice a1c
apob if you can
| 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 |
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
is crp worth adding to the panel
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, happy to be corrected
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
right so egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
lab error maybe
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
thats normal
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably, i think
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)👍7🤝10📈15
mine did the same
thats the 90 day thing
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what should i get at baseline before i start
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
probably dehydration
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
fasting insulin
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, we shall see
do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing, someone check my working
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what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
pinch_not_stretchi had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been…
right so an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
coming back to this homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, n of 1 obviously