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c/bloodwork·submitted 29 days ago by u/janek_ferrari

week 26 check-in — 31kg down, muscle cramps manageable, one thing confusing me

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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…

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u/cormac_erdogan28 points·27 days ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/a1c_arcT2D7 points·27 days ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/mariam_mensa2 points·27 days ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/valeria_karlsen2 points·27 days ago

Not convinced.

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

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u/kofi_balogun0 points·27 days ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/liver_enzyme_liz1 point·27 days ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/transit_variance1 point·26 days ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/janek_ferrariOP1 point·27 days ago

Baseline TSH: 99.3. Week 16: 98.6. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.

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u/noor_cardoso22 points·27 days ago·edited

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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

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