A1c

Update, and the title has the headline: 83 weeks, 13kg, and CGM was the hard part. The numbers the title promised, since a headline without them is worthless: 83 weeks…

anyone else notice lipids kicking in around week 9. Numbers below. Ask me the boring questions, they are the useful ones. Reference intervals are typically the central…

stalled for 13 weeks at 2.4mg and I refuse to panic this time. I have gone back and forth on this for months. 13 weeks and 2.4mg. Those are measured, not estimated, and…

is it normal to get muscle cramps at week 90, logged the same way every week so the comparison is at least internally fair. Different laboratories use different assay…

is it normal to get injection-site soreness at week 87. Same spreadsheet I have been keeping since the start, nothing retrofitted. Took a baseline the week before…

small win: CGM stopped being a problem at week 15, and the part I actually want to talk about is at the bottom. Time in range told me far more than the average did. Two…

Asking properly rather than in a comment on somebody else’s thread: genuine question about ApoB that I am slightly embarrassed to ask. Took a baseline the week before…

A1c — 9 things I got wrong before I got it right — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. Substantial weight loss independently moves lipids, liver…

The title is the whole question — what changed for me between month 11 and month 20 — but here is why I am asking. Certain conditions affect A1c independently of…

my fasting insulin moved and I cannot work out whether metformin is why. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. Kept fingersticks…

Genuine question, and the title is the question: can we stop arguing about baseline labs until somebody posts a number. Time of day, fasting state, hydration and recent…

T2D is not what most of this community thinks it is — with the reasoning, because a rule without a reason gets ignored. The diabetes and obesity programmes are…

unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about bloodwork is guesswork. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Different laboratories use different assay…

how much of what we believe about eGFR actually comes from A1c threads. Searched first, found three threads that contradict each other, hence the post. ApoB counts…

week 71 check-in — 23kg down, muscle cramps manageable, one thing confusing me. Posting the boring middle of the process, because the internet is full of the start and…

The title is the argument: unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about baseline labs are guesswork. Here is the rest of it. Reference intervals are typically…

what would you tell week-1 you about CGM. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source. Panicked over a first-day sensor reading and rebuilt my…

hs-CRP halved before the scale moved much, logged the same way every week so the comparison is at least internally fair. Compared two draws across two labs and spent a…

ferritin is doing more work than we give it credit for, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board. Different laboratories use different assay platforms with…

Reporting in. hypoglycaemia: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1. The diabetes and obesity programmes are separate, with different populations and…

Something I keep coming back to: unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about glycaemic control is guesswork. Time in range told me far more than the average…

The title is the argument: tried metformin for 12 weeks. here is what happened. Here is the rest of it. To save the first four comments: 12 weeks. The diabetes and…

The title is the whole question — someone explain baseline labs to me like I have not read a paper in years — but here is why I am asking. Nobody here can interpret…

tried T2D for 15 weeks. here is what happened. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. 15 weeks — those are the numbers, and they are the ones…

the glycaemic control rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining. Short post, long comment section, probably. Certain conditions affect A1c independently…