right so get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
#bloodwork 2026-01-23
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Highlights from this day
- fake_tracking — my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected 23:05
- VialBot — Reminder for fake_tracking: dose day is today. Set 7 days ago. 23:12
- per_mg_pete — update on the earlier thing apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking 23:32
- two_eight_c — homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system 23:42
- surpass_two — follow up if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later 23:50
see somebody
probably dehydration
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nice a1c
thats a big move
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
quick one an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
good numbers
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
post the numbers
*Medutest not the other one
Reminder for fake_tracking: dose day is today. Set 7 days ago.
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if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
update from 15 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
while im here fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
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
is crp worth adding to the panel
update on the earlier thing apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
retest it
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
follow up if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about