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c/bloodwork·submitted 6 months ago by u/whois_wanda

stalled for 3 weeks at 1.7mg and I refuse to panic this time

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stalled for 3 weeks at 1.7mg and I refuse to panic this time. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. The relevant figures are 3 weeks and 1.7mg, and they come from the same log I have kept the whole time. Took a baseline the week before starting purely because this board told me to. Best…

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u/employer_carveout21 points·6 months ago

Time of day, fasting state, hydration and recent exercise all move common markers. Standardising the draw conditions is free and it removes most of the apparent variability.

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u/whois_wandaOP16 points·6 months ago

assay method matters, especially between different labs

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u/liv_okafor20 points·6 months ago

ask whether the lab changed its assay between your two draws

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u/elin_trevino5 points·6 months ago

one measurement is a point, two is a line, three is a trend

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u/whois_wandaOP0 points·6 months ago

Small fix — a reference interval is not a treatment target, and the post above uses them interchangeably.

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u/liv_okafor1 point·6 months ago·edited

Yes. Repeat before you react. Almost every alarming single value I have posted here regressed on the repeat.

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u/rekha_mwangi7 points·6 months ago

fasting state and time of day change more than people expect

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