tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
#bloodwork 2026-02-09
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- fasting_insulin — ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year 22:16
- pin29g — do you get bloods every 7 months or only when something changes 22:57
- area_percent — fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests 23:27
- birch_bloods — if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later 23:39
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
update on the earlier thing i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
lab error maybe
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slightly off topic but my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, i could be wrong
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
post the numbers
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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get a baseline
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign, ymmv
probably dehydration
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on, your mileage will differ
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
do you get bloods every 7 months or only when something changes
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thats the 90 day thing
not a chat question
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mine did the same
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
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an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not, we shall see
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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