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c/bloodwork·posted 10 days ago by u/flair_enthusiast

A1c 9.1 → 5.4 over 14 months, full table inside

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud.

The advice on ApoB in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers with the same confidence.

I have listed what I think the current consensus is below. Correct me — that is the point of posting it.

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u/mikkel_ogunleye116 points·9 days ago

Ferritin tanked from 7 to 7. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.

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u/iman_falk39 points·9 days ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/mariam_mensa31 points·9 days ago·edited

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

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u/valeria_karlsen31 points·9 days ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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

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u/cormac_roos78 points·9 days ago
fair enough
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u/coring_the_stopper65 points·9 days ago

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

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u/flair_enthusiastOP-13 points·9 days ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/a1c_arcMOD39 points·9 days ago

This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.

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u/edit_for_clarity19 points·9 days ago

eGFR noise on rapid loss is real. 11 week noise, 34 week trend. Do not panic at week 41.

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u/thermal_mass_tom0 points·9 days ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/ravi_sandvik1 point·9 days ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork1 point·9 days ago

post reference ranges with your numbers, units differ by country and lab

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u/britt_marchand1 point·9 days ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose.

Adding to this: ApoB is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/india_generic_g1 point·9 days ago

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

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u/flair_enthusiastOP1 point·9 days ago

My triglycerides went from 17 to 11 in 56 weeks. The bloodwork story shows up in the trend, not the single number.

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u/jarno_karlsen1 point·8 days ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/nayeli_iyer1 point·8 days ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/chidi_abubakar18 points·9 days ago·edited

the 24 month eGFR check is the routine

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u/intent_to_treat12 points·8 days ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/rekha_mwangi0 points·7 days ago

baseline is the most important A1c measurement, you cannot collect it later

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u/micro_bump_mick1 point·7 days ago

eGFR noise on rapid loss is real. 6 week noise, 18 week trend. Do not panic at week 6.

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u/bence_zamora1 point·7 days ago

post reference ranges with your numbers, units differ by country and lab

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u/tomas_kimani1 point·7 days ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/emil_agyeman1 point·7 days ago

What are your reference ranges?

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What to measure before you start, what to re-measure, and how to interpret movement without panicking. ApoB over LDL-C, HOMA-IR as a crude free tool, ALT and the fatty-liver story, eGFR noise during rapid loss, and the deficiencies that a 1,100-calorie appetite will hand you.

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