Finally in the normal range for everything - first time in 20 years — anyone have experience?

marcus_mpls said:

A defensible baseline is short: HbA1c and fasting glucose, a lipid panel with ApoB if you can get it, ALT and AST, creatinine with eGFR, TSH, ferritin…

Shot day Monday report relevant to baseline bloodwork:

Week 19. Currently on 1.7mg. Down 55 lbs from starting weight of 267 lbs.

This week's observations: Appetite very well controlled, no cravings.

Labs due next week — looking forward to seeing the metabolic panel. I'll post results in the Lab Results section when they come in.

One thing that is still open after Dr.NateNeph’s answer:

How often to repeat it, because quarterly seems to be the convention and I cannot find the reasoning?

quinn_sf said:

Shot day Monday report relevant to baseline bloodwork: Week 19.

Blood work came back perfect. baseline bloodwork + this community = winning. 🏆

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Took the whole panel in rather than the one flagged line, and the conversation lasted two minutes instead of generating three more tests.

Dr.ObesityLA said:

baseline bloodwork + this community = winning.

Agreed, and reference ranges are laboratory-specific. Comparing your number to somebody else's range, or to a screenshot from another country, is how people convince themselves something is wrong.