My bloodwork is SO much better - showing my doctor was worth it

Dr.AddMedPHL 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…

I read this differently from Dr.AddMedPHL, on substance rather than tone. I would drop the "get everything" instinct further than this thread does. Every extra test is another chance at a false positive, and incidental findings have their own cost in scans, biopsies and worry.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

BethLabQueen said:

My prescriber ordered three tests and this board recommends about twenty, and I would like to know which of those two lists is right.

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

PharmacoVig_BOS said:

I would drop the "get everything" instinct further than this thread does.

Shot day Monday report relevant to baseline bloodwork:

Week 43. Currently on 0.5mg. Down 39 lbs from starting weight of 251 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.

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

What actually belongs on a baseline panel, as opposed to the enormous list that gets pasted around here?

Reporting back.

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