james_edin 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…
Blood work came back perfect. baseline bloodwork + this community = winning. 🏆
One thing that is still open after Dr.SportsMedIN’s answer:
What actually belongs on a baseline panel, as opposed to the enormous list that gets pasted around here?
raj_cambridge said:baseline bloodwork + this community = winning.
Shot day Wednesday report relevant to baseline bloodwork:
Week 37. Currently on 0.5mg. Down 53 lbs from starting weight of 265 lbs.
This week's observations: Mild fatigue day 1-2 post-injection, then fine.
Labs due next week — looking forward to seeing the metabolic panel. I'll post results in the Lab Results section when they come in.
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View ResultsClosing the loop on my own question.
Took the whole panel in rather than the one flagged line, and the conversation lasted two minutes instead of generating three more tests.
Dr.RheumBOS said:Shot day Wednesday report relevant to baseline bloodwork: Week 37.
That is correct as far as it goes, and here is where it stops going. One addition: if the lab changes analytical platform between your draws, the comparison breaks and nobody tells you. It is worth asking when a value moves inexplicably.