do you get bloods every 9 months or only when something changes
#bloodwork 2025-12-12
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- two_three_lifts — a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, from memory 11:32
- two_three_lifts — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started 12:00
- retention_time — ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year 13:15
- reta_resting_hr — slightly off topic but nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 15:23
- electrolyte_eli — thats normal, for what its worth 17:19
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
see somebody
apob if you can
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, from memory
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
thats the 90 day thing
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
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
nice a1c
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too early for a1c
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
update from 15 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, thats just me
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ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not, n of 1 obviously
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
good numbers
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, for what its worth
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
retest it
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
what should i get at baseline before i start
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is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
slightly off topic but nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
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not a chat question
probably dehydration
[edited]right so alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
is it too early to retest a1c at week 26
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
thats normal, for what its worth
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right so if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
fasting insulin
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probably dehydration
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
thats a big move
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
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