newstart_MO said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
Right, and the exception is worth naming rather than left implied, because the exception is where people get into trouble.
If somebody has the primary source to hand I would rather cite it than paraphrase it.
CanadaChris said:One addition: if the lab changes analytical platform between your draws, the comparison breaks and nobody tells you.
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
newstart_MO said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
I am going to disagree with the direction of travel here. The thread has converged on the tidiest answer rather than the best-supported one, and those are not the same thing.
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View ResultsAdding the numbers, since they settle part of this. If you are comparing against somebody else’s result, check that you are comparing the same measurement taken the same way. Most of the apparent contradictions in these threads dissolve at that step.
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