vialroom

#bloodwork 2026-05-24

Sunday15 messages3 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
  • belfast_bac — is crp worth adding to the panel 21:20
  • cold_pack_carla — a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry 21:56
  • belfast_bac — anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error 22:22
  • cold_pack_carla — what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here 22:25
BB

right so nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods

BB

i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about

is crp worth adding to the panel

🧪6
TT

lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be

egfr dropped a few points, dehydration or something real

BB

while im here my alt has come down a lot since i started losing, is that expected

alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign, n of 1 obviously

CP

a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry

🙏1📉18
BB

what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not

anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error

😂1⚠️16📈2