my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
#bloodwork 2026-02-08
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- slow.taper — is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it 01:41
- half_life_hal — i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, your mileage will differ 01:52
- slow.taper — slightly off topic but if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later 08:48
nice a1c
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
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i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, your mileage will differ
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*Medutest not the other 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
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
thats normal
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
genuine question get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
update from 24 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob, i think
thats a big move
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
closer_not_simplergenuine question get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once…
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
retest it
what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not
is crp worth adding to the panel
do you get bloods every 3 months or only when something changes
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
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my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, from memory
follow up ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
sorry to jump in lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
slightly off topic but if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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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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apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably