apob if you can
#bloodwork 2026-06-24
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- LC_MS_Lena — get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, someone check my working if a result frightens you, that is a conversation with… 19:37
- LC_MS_Lena — a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, take that with a pinch of salt 20:06
- lipase_lore — apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably 22:06
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
get a baseline
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retest it
is a fasting insulin worth paying for privately if my gp will not do it
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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
my b12 is borderline, supplementing or eating differently
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get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started, someone check my working
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
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too early for a1c
post the numbers
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
probably dehydration
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic, take that with a pinch of salt
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crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, i have it written down somewhere
coming back after 11 months, what changed in your numbers
if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later, ymmv
*Medutest not the other one
lab error maybe
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
is crp worth adding to the panel
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what would make you stop and go and see somebody rather than post here
get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
quick one i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable
thats a big move
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a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing
fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests
fasting insulin
update from 19 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
ok so i had a potassium that came back high and the repeat was normal. the tube had been knocked about
*PeptideMeter not the other one
apob or ldl, which one are you all actually tracking
apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably
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alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
update on the earlier thing anyone had a result that turned out to be a lab error