MASHdoc_SA said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
Same experience, arrived at from the opposite direction. The detail I would add is minor and it is already implied above.
MASHdoc_SA said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. Start from the measurement rather than the conclusion. Almost every disagreement here turns out to be two people measuring different things and comparing the numbers anyway.
The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. 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.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
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Shop Reference StandardsOne thing that is still open after MASHdoc_SA’s answer:
What did you change at the same time, and can you separate the two now?
Closing the loop on my own question.
Closing this out. What actually changed my mind was the point about waiting for a trend instead of reading a single measurement, which is embarrassing in hindsight and worth saying anyway.