get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
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thats the 90 day thing
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
update from 13 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
[edited]see somebody
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baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, ill dig out the number
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
fasting insulin
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
[edited]apob if you can
nice a1c
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
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
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, thats just me
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)retest it
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
for the archive do you get bloods every 2 months or only when something changes
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
update on the earlier thing tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
before after
A1c 6.4% 5.3%
trigs 2.9 1.1
HDL 0.9 1.3
LDL-C 3.4 3.2
apoB 1.09 1.02
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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
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thats normal
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
mine did the same
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
coming back after 7 months, what changed in your numbers
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lab error maybe
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign, from memory
right so triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
too early for a1c
good numbers
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