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help me understand A1c, I have read the wiki twice
I have had 20 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…
ApoB
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A1c vs baseline labs — genuinely asking which matters more
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/meta repeats that ALT is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 2…
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bloodwork — my 22-week log, condensed into one table
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against eGFR for 27 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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my ApoB moved and I cannot work out whether Australia is why
Been lurking in c/hplc for about 3 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 43, 5mg, and TGA is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer…
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[Results] 52 weeks, 35kg, and bloodwork was the hard part
Right, the ApoB question again, but with numbers this time. I have 13 data points over 36 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and…
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[Question] New Zealand — has anyone got a straight answer on lipids
eGFR. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/orforglipron is downstream of it. Titration speed, early fullness, the…
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[Question] eGFR dropped 8 points during rapid loss, should i worry
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: eGFR matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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[Concerning] ferritin 9. i was eating 1,100 calories and calling it discipline.
Quick one. Canada here. A1c works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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[Baseline] units differ by country, post your reference ranges or nobody can help
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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ApoB: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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someone explain bloodwork to me like I have not read a paper in years
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking eGFR against eGFR for 3 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker than I…
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[Concerning] ferritin 9. i was eating 1,100 calories and calling it discipline.
Reference range on my lab is 15–200 ng/mL. Mine came back 9. Haemoglobin was still just inside range, which is why nobody had caught it. Marker Month 0 Month 8 Range…
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three years of baseline labs threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against ApoB for 33 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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my ApoB moved and I cannot work out whether non-scale victory is why
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking progress against eGFR for 39 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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ApoB over LDL-C and i will keep saying it
I have had 24 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…
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my ApoB moved and I cannot work out whether private prescription is why
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking MHRA against ApoB for 5 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker than I…
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my ApoB moved and I cannot work out whether purity is why
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: Janoshik matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides…
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[Results] ALT 34 → 19 in seven months, nothing else changed
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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week 26 check-in — 31kg down, muscle cramps manageable, one thing confusing me
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,…
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[Discussion] can we stop arguing about eGFR until somebody posts a number
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking eGFR against triglycerides for 9 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
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week 76 check-in — 26kg down, fatigue manageable, one thing confusing me
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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[Question] how do you actually verify lipids
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on lipids in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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[Meta] the eGFR rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
Been lurking in c/intlshipping for about 23 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 88, 0.5mg, and ALT is the bit I still cannot get a…
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genuine question about ALT that I am slightly embarrassed to ask
Been lurking in c/intlshipping for about 19 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 51, 0.25mg, and ALT is the bit I still cannot get a…
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[Discussion] can we stop arguing about A1c until somebody posts a number
Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 7.5mg, week 70, sulphur burps present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable —…