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c/bloodwork·submitted 7 months ago by u/micro_bump_mick

week 31 check-in — 11kg down, sulphur burps manageable, one thing confusing me

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week 31 check-in — 11kg down, sulphur burps manageable, one thing confusing me, logged the same way every week so the comparison is at least internally fair. The relevant figures are week 31 and 11kg, and they come from the same log I have kept the whole time. Nobody here can interpret your panel and this comment is…

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u/cormac_erdogan0 points·7 months ago

That comparison crosses two labs with different assays. The difference you are describing may be the method.

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u/lina_falk1 point·7 months ago

This. Reference ranges are population intervals, not targets, and conflating them causes a lot of unnecessary alarm here.

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u/andres_restrepo1 point·7 months ago·edited

Draw at the same point in the week now, fasting, same lab. The noise dropped enormously once I standardised.

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u/freya_baptista1 point·7 months ago

Right, and weight loss itself moves several markers, so attribution is harder than these threads assume.

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical1 point·7 months ago

Same lab as the previous draw?

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u/micro_bump_mickOP1 point·7 months ago

ApoB is the one worth adding if you only add one

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u/tidy_vialdrawer_watch1 point·7 months ago

hydration status moves a surprising number of markers

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