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Thread · #bloodwork · 2025-05-31

do you fast for the full 12 hours or

Spun off from a message in #bloodwork on 2025-05-31. 8 messages, 4 participants.

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tenpence — do you fast for the full 12 hours or is 8 enough 14:53

stack_sceptic 14:55

i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise

tenpencemod14:56

too early for a1c

freeze_thaw 15:05

my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about

freeze_thaw 15:11

apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get one reliably

freeze_thaw my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about

freeze_thaw 15:12

see somebody

stack_sceptic 15:15

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

freeze_thaw apob is the better marker and it is harder to get. i track both because i can only get…

month_six_me 15:21

the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable

freeze_thaw 15:24

if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5

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