This will be a little quick because I need to get to work but I was not happy with my labs.
- Fasting Insulin: hardly moved at all. From 5.7 to 5.5. I have heard of other people with much lower levels. This makes me think that this level of insulin is just my normal - which kind of makes sense as I have always "fattened easily". I have been fasting and keto since November of 2020!
- Ferritin: 245. That is high for the lab. Not by a ton (the outer edge of normal is 235) so I looked it up and it can be caused by red meat, but also lymphoma. Of course -- my body is so predictable. But I do think I have to cut back on the red meat -- even though I am not eating a ton.. just like 1x per week.
- SED rate: WHAT THE???? I just find out that inflammation can progress MGUS and then, my sed rate is through the roof. 28 -- my last one in January was 14. Outer edge of normal is 22. To me this make no sense. I am NOT EATING AT ALL every other day. But my only thought it that on Sunday I mistakenly ingested a ton of sodium.... I had a large can of beans forgetting that canned veggies can be high in sodium and yes... the can told me I took in about 1500 mg just with those veggies. I cooked them in the water in the can. One reason I figured it out was right after dinner I was sooooo thirsty. I am still waiting on inflammation markers CRP and HS CRP.
- Ha1c: Well, that is down to 5.0. Truly that is pretty amazing and a level I haven't seen since I was in my early 30s.
- Prothrombin time: This measures my clotting and it is right in the middle. It should be between 9.0 and 11.7 and mine was 10.6.
- CBC: Absolutely wonderful again but.... my WBC came back at 4.0 (low for me) and my RBC is high for me (4.7) but, I know that red meat can cause it to go high... and I do understand that eating less seems to push my WBC down lower... I am just not sure if that is a good or bad thing. This and the Ferritin makes me think I need to give blood again.. only I don't want to.. the company was so aggressive about it I blocked them on my phone. I also remain very unsure that it won't make MGUS progress.
