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c/bloodwork·posted 2 years ago by u/copay_card_cc

does eGFR actually matter or is it forum lore at this point

Question Clean Column ×2 Slow Clap ×1

Week 70 update. 31kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 27.

Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with muscle cramps.

The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin. Ordering, storing, logging, remembering. Nobody mentions that the hard bit is not the drug, it is the routine.

Happy to answer anything. Please do not ask me what dose you should be on.

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u/nnt_nate114 points·2 years ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/copay_card_ccOP-15 points·2 years ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/elin_varga1 point·2 years ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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

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u/peptidemeter_pat1 point·2 years ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/heart_rate_bump89 points·2 years ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/emil_agyeman56 points·2 years ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/neha_rahimi60 points·2 years ago

Mechanistically the bit that matters is ApoB. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

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u/copay_card_ccOP33 points·2 years ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/ravi_sandvik16 points·2 years ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/osman_eriksen23 points·2 years ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/india_generic_g23 points·2 years ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/diego_sorensen35 points·2 years ago

Not to be pedantic but ferritin and ApoB are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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u/edit_for_clarity29 points·2 years ago·edited

Not to be pedantic but ferritin and ApoB are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.

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

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u/elin_varga20 points·2 years ago

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

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u/ferran_halonen42 points·2 years ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/thyroid_tangent0 points·2 years ago

Is that fasted?

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u/cold_chromatogram3133 points·2 years ago

Mechanistically the bit that matters is lipids. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.

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u/greta_chukwu9 points·2 years ago

What are your reference ranges?

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u/no_refunds_nr39 points·2 years ago

Same lab both times?

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u/noor_hovland16 points·2 years ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/liver_enzyme_liz5 points·2 years ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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