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c/bloodwork·submitted 1 months ago by u/jonas_cardoso

[Discussion] the ferritin advice in here is 19 years out of date

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I have had 19 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied by about 26 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February. The independent number came back 93.7% against a claimed…

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u/karl_fischer_kev51 points·1 months ago

Strongly agree. ALT is where you catch the liver story early.

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch41 points·1 months ago

Baseline A1c: 97.9. Week 69: 97.4. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.

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u/a1c_arcMOD21 points·1 months ago

Flair changed to match the content. Read the sidebar before posting next time and we are square.

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u/mikkel_ogunleye11 points·1 months ago

baseline is the most important ferritin measurement, you cannot collect it later

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u/cormac_roos7 points·1 months ago

ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it

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u/diego_almeida2 points·1 months ago

ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it

Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.

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u/cold_chromatogram3174 points·1 months ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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