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c/bloodwork·posted 1 year ago by u/vito_chowdhury

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I have had 14 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 by about 4 days on nominally the same lane, which matters more in summer than in February.

The independent number came back 93.7% against a claimed 94.2%, which I read as agreement rather than a discrepancy — inter-lab variance on this assay is a point or two either way and treating one lab as ground truth is how people end up in pointless arguments with vendors.

Batch number is in the comments. Ask if you want the method.

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u/sanne_novak215 points·1 year ago

Is that fasted?

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u/peptidemeter_pat124 points·1 year ago

eGFR from 20 to 10 is movement, not noise

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u/vito_chowdhuryOP74 points·1 year ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/vito_chowdhuryOP39 points·1 year ago

Baseline A1c: 96.2. Week 78: 98.4. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.

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u/valeria_karlsen26 points·1 year ago

the 4 month bloodwork check is the routine

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u/mariam_mensa48 points·1 year ago·edited

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/lipid_panel_larrybloodwork21 points·1 year ago

ApoB over LDL-C, that is the hierarchy

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u/signe_grimaldi72 points·1 year ago

HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking

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u/kenji_kimani161 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. ALT is where you catch the liver story early.

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u/whois_wanda120 points·1 year ago

Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.

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u/step_therapy_s36 points·1 year ago·edited

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/yara_mensah24 points·1 year ago

Same lab both times?

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u/vito_chowdhuryOP36 points·1 year ago

nobody here can tell you what a result means for you

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u/sanne_novak29 points·1 year ago

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

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u/iman_falk55 points·1 year ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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u/andres_restrepo65 points·1 year ago

This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.

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u/liver_enzyme_lizMOD40 points·1 year ago

Flair changed to match the content. Read the sidebar before posting next time and we are square.

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u/leila_vasquez11 points·1 year ago

Slight fix: the number was 95.1, not 94.2. Decimal point, but a fairly consequential one.

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u/bence_zamora41 points·1 year ago·edited

eGFR noise on rapid loss is real. 12 week noise, 32 week trend. Do not panic at week 96.

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u/tomas_kimani29 points·1 year 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/hedda_adeyemi11 points·1 year ago

eGFR from 14 to 34 is movement, not noise

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u/lina_almeida4 points·1 year ago

hs-CRP from 12 to 33 is movement, not noise

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u/yara_boateng23 points·1 year ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/laila_yilmaz-22 points·1 year ago

No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.

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u/lina_almeida8 points·1 year ago

the 5 month bloodwork check is the routine

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u/nayeli_iyer3 points·1 year ago

the 18 month baseline labs check is the routine

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u/heart_rate_bump1 point·1 year ago

A1c moves slowly, quarterly is plenty

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u/no_refunds_nr13 points·1 year ago

No. This is the kind of confident post that gets copied into a screenshot and repeated for years. Where is the evidence.

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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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