triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
#bloodwork 2026-02-07
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- ari_arrives — baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on 17:08
- bac_water_bill — probably dehydration, not advice obviously my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all 19:01
- nausea_window — coming back after 25 months, what changed in your numbers 22:06
Reminder set. I will post here in 7 days.
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Reminder for hair_month_four: dose day is today. Set 3 days ago.
while im here is crp worth adding to the panel
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign, i have it written down somewhere
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thats a big move
update from 7 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
nice a1c
Digest for the week of 2025-04-08 has been published.
lab error maybe
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year, someone check my working
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry, i think
see somebody
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, n of 1 obviously
apob if you can
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i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
mine did the same
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
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too early for a1c
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
good numbers
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
follow up is it too early to retest a1c at week 29
quick one the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
get a baseline
sorry to jump in if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
post the numbers
not a chat question
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if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, happy to be corrected
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
what should i get at baseline before i start
unrelated but what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
do you get bloods every 9 months or only when something changes
probably dehydration
[edited]egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about, your mileage will differ
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
fasting insulin
for the archive thats a big move
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
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retest it
probably dehydration, not advice obviously
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
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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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
genuine question post the numbers
thats the 90 day thing
get a baseline
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
thats normal
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
lab error maybe
coming back after 25 months, what changed in your numbers
| 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 |
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
nice a1c