my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and
Spun off from a message in #bloodwork on 2026-02-01. 14 messages, 3 participants.
- meal_prep_mick — a small egfr dip is often dehydration. rehydrate and retest before you panic 19:19
my potassium came back weird and the retest was normal, whats that about
the FLOW result is why my nephrologist changed her position on this entirely
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
if your glucose is in mg/dL the divisor is 405. if it is mmol/L it is 22.5
i pay privately for fasting insulin because nobody will order it for me otherwise
my numbers: a1c and triglycerides both moved a lot, ldl barely moved at all
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
update from 4 months ago: a1c down, apob unchanged, and i am genuinely annoyed about the apob
fasting insulin
apob if you can
what should i get at baseline before i start
coming back after 22 months, what changed in your numbers