a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
#bloodwork 2026-05-18
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- ferrous_ash — the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable, take that with a pinch of salt 14:45
- ferrous_ash — is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it 15:25
- lean_mass_lex — alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later 16:37
- lean_mass_lex — update on the earlier thing apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking 18:14
most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
14:43ferrous_ash pinned a message
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable, take that with a pinch of salt
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise, thats one data point
update from 8 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
ferritin is low, is that the drug or the not eating
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
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fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods, not advice obviously
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
is it too early to retest a1c at week 2
update on the earlier thing apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
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how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
is crp worth adding to the panel