get a baseline
#bloodwork 2025-11-16
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- mid_week_mo — i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise 12:33
- mid_week_mo — crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this 13:20
- mid_week_mo — a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing 13:58
- seven_five_sweet — alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign 14:43
- apnoea_down_two — if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later 17:23
probably dehydration
12:31tenpence pinned a message
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, ask me again in a month
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)*Medutest not the other one
mine did the same
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post the numbers
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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thats a big move
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how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
ok so my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
follow up apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
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the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
*that should say weekly
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, we shall see
15:46tenpence pinned a message
apob if you can
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
good numbers
right so update from 3 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, for what its worth
see somebody, we shall see
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)do you get bloods every 2 months or only when something changes
not a chat question
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, still working it out
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
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slightly off topic but too early for a1c, i could be wrong
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
is it too early to retest a1c at week 20
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic