eGFR — my 8-week log, condensed into one table
bloodwork. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.
Everything else people worry about in c/scamalerts is downstream of it. Titration speed, early fullness, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort bloodwork out first, and almost nobody does.
I say this having got it wrong for 8 months. My eGFR was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.
best — the order this archive was captured in
What are your reference ranges?
redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
the 17 month eGFR check is the routine
Retitled to remove editorialising. Put the evidence in the body.
baseline is the most important bloodwork measurement, you cannot collect it later
Ferritin tanked from 22 to 11. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.
ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first
Slight fix: the number was 97.6, not 98.0. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.
Slight fix: the number was 97.6, not 98.0.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
nobody here can tell you what a result means for you
ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy
redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting
What are your reference ranges?
the 6 month eGFR check is the routine
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A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty
post reference ranges with your numbers, units differ by country and lab
the 15 month bloodwork check is the routine
That is net peptide content, not purity. Different number, different meaning.
ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it
That is net peptide content, not purity.
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
nobody here can tell you what a result means for you
This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.
HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking
Baseline TSH: 98.9. Week 63: 99.1. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.
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