sarah_TO said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
True, and it depends on a baseline nobody has stated. Without knowing where someone started, the same number can be an excellent result or a disappointing one.
MeganSA_TX said:One addition: if the lab changes analytical platform between your draws, the comparison breaks and nobody tells you.
Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework.
sarah_TO said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
I read this differently from sarah_TO, on substance rather than tone. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.
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Shop Reference StandardsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.