Dr.NutriCornell 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…

Pushing back on Dr.NutriCornell here. 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.

marco_milano 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.

Shot day Wednesday report relevant to baseline bloodwork:

Week 37. Currently on 1.0mg. Down 33 lbs from starting weight of 245 lbs.

This week's observations: Mild fatigue day 1-2 post-injection, then fine.

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

Dr.RenalNash said:

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

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

Following on from patPC_UT — and this may be the naive question:

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

Closing the loop on my own question.

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