crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, ask me again in a month
#bloodwork 2026-06-18
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Highlights from this day
- sharps_bin_sid — my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently 20:16
- sharps_bin_sid — a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing 20:17
- VialBot — Testing queue: 9 submissions open, 136 awaiting dispatch. 21:13
- VialBot — Recon calculator: 15mg in 0.5ml = 10mg/ml. 22:30
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
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my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
retest it
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
not a chat question
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mine did the same
follow up coming back after 24 months, what changed in your numbers
see somebody
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good numbers
triglycerides halved. is that the weight or the compound
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
update from 25 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
*Medutest not the other one
Testing queue: 9 submissions open, 136 awaiting dispatch.
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homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
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
do you get bloods every 8 months or only when something changes
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic
lab error maybe
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
lipase slightly over range with no symptoms, how worried should i be
apob if you can
a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
what should i get at baseline before i start
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
Recon calculator: 15mg in 0.5ml = 10mg/ml.
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5, anyway
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
*Medutest not the other one