#bloodwork 2026-02-02

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a1c_lag — homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system 20:23
juno_joins — apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking 21:20
secretagogue_sy — nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 21:21

fasting insulin

homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system

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an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not

is crp worth adding to the panel

if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5

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

post the numbers

thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, ymmv

is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic

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see somebody

apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking

baseline  58
wk 2      61
wk 4      64
wk 6      67
wk 8      66
wk 10     65   (held dose from wk 7)

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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my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected

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