thats the 90 day thing
#bloodwork 2025-12-16
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Highlights from this day
- VialBot — New independent result logged — MKM, lot B-0114, purity 99.4% (Janoshik). 12:21
- zed_zeroes_in — nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 12:35
- pbs_pip — quick one 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 14:55
New independent result logged — MKM, lot B-0114, purity 99.4% (Janoshik).
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fasting insulin
update on the earlier thing thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, i think
[edited]crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
ok so get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
nice a1c
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
*Janoshik not the other one
probably dehydration
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
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
thats a big move
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fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
see somebody
while im here triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
get a baseline
do you get bloods every 9 months or only when something changes
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not a chat question
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
quick one 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
| 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 |
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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, thats one data point
Reminder for zed_zeroes_in: dose day is today. Set 2 days ago.
right so lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
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right so lab error maybe
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about, ill dig out the number
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
apob if you can
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, from memory
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
update from 5 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests, not advice obviously
what should i get at baseline before i start
post the numbers
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