an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
#bloodwork 2025-12-03
- motivation_gone — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5 21:26
- motivation_gone — if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour… 21:29
- motivation_gone — alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign 22:09
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
for the archive nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
[edited]i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
get a baseline
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
mine did the same
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
retest it
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign