nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
#bloodwork 2026-04-19
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Highlights from this day
- lipase_lore — if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, i think i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was… 11:08
- rezept_rolf — update from 18 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob 11:47
- ferritin_fay — is crp worth adding to the panel 13:01
good numbers
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, i think
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
is there any point getting a1c if i am not diabetic
not a chat question
probably dehydration
unrelated but most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
right so crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, ill dig out the number
quick one if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
update from 18 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
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the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
follow up an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
tsh moved slightly, is that a known thing
is it too early to retest a1c at week 6
too early for a1c
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fasting insulin
is crp worth adding to the panel
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fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
for the archive how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight