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for the archive do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
#bloodwork 2026-02-28
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- week_three_wall — my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected 16:05
- week_three_wall — triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound 16:15
- gall_bladder_gav — while im here do you get bloods every 6 months or only when something changes 16:31
- pia_plateaus — the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely 17:33
- week_three_wall — if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, thats just me 18:23
good numbers
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
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is crp worth adding to the panel
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too early for a1c
retest it
anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error
follow up coming back after 20 months, what changed in your numbers
[edited]apob if you can
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
quick one egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real
get a baseline
nice a1c
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, we shall see
my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected
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what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
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get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
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*VendorInvestigate not the other one
while im here do you get bloods every 6 months or only when something changes
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a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
quick one baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
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nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
update from 15 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
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
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tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything, ill dig out the number
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a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, thats just me
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genuine question the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
not a chat question
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently