Dr.LeslieOBGYN 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…
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Sending this to two other people who asked me the same thing last week.
Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice.
Blood work came back perfect. baseline bloodwork + this community = winning. 🏆
PharmD_Rodriguez said:PSA: get baseline labs BEFORE starting baseline bloodwork therapy.
Pushing back on PharmD_Rodriguez here. 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 StandardsOne concrete data point for the thread. 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.
Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part.