[PREMIUM] Complete bloodwork journey — what worked for you?

Dr.GastroMayo said:

Quarterly for the first year is convention rather than evidence, and it is defensible for a simple reason: it is roughly the interval over which HbA1c…

Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. 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.

Dr.Martinez said:

I got a full panel before starting and a repeat at three months, and the second one is more useful than the first purely because I now have something…

Shot day Friday report relevant to baseline bloodwork:

Week 42. Currently on 1.7mg. Down 48 lbs from starting weight of 260 lbs.

This week's observations: Slight injection site redness, resolved in 24h.

Labs due next week — looking forward to seeing the metabolic panel. I'll post results in the Lab Results section when they come in.

pete_manc_UK said:

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

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

One thing that is still open after sarah_nash92’s answer:

How often to repeat it, because quarterly seems to be the convention and I cannot find the reasoning?

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

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