crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
#bloodwork 2026-04-24
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- glasgow_vial — nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods 16:16
- a1c_lag — a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic 16:48
- glasgow_vial — i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about 17:48
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
fasting insulin
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thats a big move
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system, n of 1 obviously
probably dehydration
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
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how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
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is crp worth adding to the panel
apob if you can
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do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
[edited]get a baseline
see somebody
genuine question update from 6 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
nice a1c
[edited]a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
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*Medutest not the other one
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
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
ALT 58 24what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
baseline 58
wk 2 61
wk 4 64
wk 6 67
wk 8 66
wk 10 65 (held dose from wk 7)alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
thats normal
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i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
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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lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
do you get bloods every 7 months or only when something changes