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c/bloodwork·posted 7 days ago by u/micro_bump_mick

[Concerning] ferritin 9. i was eating 1,100 calories and calling it discipline.

Concerning Receipts ×3

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 simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 18 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/ferran_halonen21 points·7 days ago

You have restated the marketing copy. What is the actual substance here.

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u/gentle_correctionMOD13 points·6 days ago·edited

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/diego_sorensen17 points·6 days ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/mikkel_kimani10 points·6 days ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 35 weeks to accept.

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u/no_refunds_nr2 points·5 days ago

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

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u/mariam_mensa1 point·5 days ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/osman_eriksen13 points·5 days ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/andres_restrepo14 points·6 days ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 17–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.

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u/transit_variance7 points·5 days ago

The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.

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u/kofi_balogun3 points·5 days ago

The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.

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

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u/micro_bump_mickOP2 points·4 days ago

eGFR noise on rapid loss is real. 11 week noise, 16 week trend. Do not panic at week 42.

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u/intent_to_treat0 points·6 days ago

Is that fasted?

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u/micro_bump_mickOP1 point·5 days ago·edited

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/coring_the_stopper4 points·6 days ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/ravi_sandvik2 points·6 days ago·edited

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 22 weeks to accept.

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u/micro_bump_mickOP1 point·6 days ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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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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