Dag Erlandsen · 30-day experiment · plain-English lab report

Clean-month results: your body looks calmer.

The end-of-experiment blood and stool tests mostly point in a good direction. Your iron picture improved, the immune/inflammation signals were calmer, the repeat stool test no longer showed blood, and your sugar/insulin metabolism still looked excellent. The things to keep watching are not screaming danger signals; they are the stubborn borderline ones: platelets, fibrinogen, and IgA/protein-pattern follow-up.

Blood draw2026-05-27
Stool/SPEP2026-05-28
Contextzero alcohol/smoking month
Generated2026-05-30 15:06 ICT
IronStool bloodInflammationPlateletsIgAMetabolicHeart-risk baselineIron: 88Stool blood: 86Inflammation: 82Platelets: 58IgA: 62Metabolic: 92Heart-risk baseline: 48
ImprovedIron recovered

Your iron stores went up, the amount of iron circulating in the blood went up, and your hemoglobin was normal. In plain terms: this does not look like ongoing iron-deficiency anemia right now. It looks like your body had more usable iron by the end of the clean month.

No blood on repeatStool blood

In April, the stool test saw hidden blood and red blood cells. On 2026-05-28, the repeat stool test did not. In plain terms: the bleeding worry is much calmer now, but if visible blood or another positive test appears later, it still matters.

Mostly calmerBlood-count calming

Your white blood cells came down from high to normal, and CRP stayed normal. That suggests less immune/inflammation activity than in April. Platelets also improved, but they are still a little high for Biomed’s range, and fibrinogen is near the high end of normal.

Lower, still highIgA / protein pattern

IgA came down, which is good, but it is still above normal. The protein-pattern test did not show an obvious sharp “single clone” spike on the saved graph. In plain terms: this looks more like something to monitor and formally interpret than something to panic about from this result alone.

ExcellentSugar/insulin signal

Your fasting sugar and insulin produced an insulin-resistance score around 1.61. In plain terms: your body seems to be handling sugar and insulin well. This does not look like the typical insulin-resistance/metabolic-syndrome pattern.

Executive read — plain version

Plain conclusion: this is a reassuring end-of-experiment set. The repeat stool test did not show the blood seen in April, your iron picture improved instead of getting worse, and your white blood cells returned to normal. This does not mean “everything is solved forever,” because platelets are still a bit high and IgA is still above range, but the overall picture looks much less alarming than before.
AreaWhat happenedPlain meaning
Best newsThe repeat stool test found no hidden blood and no red blood cells on 2026-05-28The April bleeding worry is much less concerning when the repeat stool test is clean, iron improved, and hemoglobin stayed normal.
Still watchPlatelets 444, fibrinogen 3.9, ESR 20This does not look like an emergency, but this part of the blood picture is not completely normal yet.
IgA immune-protein areaIgA is lower but still high; the protein-pattern test has no obvious sharp single spikeThis makes the next step less about panic and more about watching the trend and getting a proper formal read if needed.
Heart-risk contextLp(a) is still your fixed inherited heart-risk factorGood blood results do not cancel the need to manage blood pressure and heart/artery screening.
What the clean month suggestsSeveral unrelated tests moved in a better direction during the clean monthAvoiding alcohol and smoking probably removed a lot of body stress/noise. It does not prove that one single thing caused all the changes.

Iron recovered: stored iron and usable iron improved

328.5243157.572-13.5Ferritin normal zoneAvailable-iron normal zoneFerritin μg/L 2025-09-10: 93.81Ferritin μg/L 2025-11-07: 55.54Ferritin μg/L 2025-11-25: 49.2Ferritin μg/L 2025-12-22: 35.28Ferritin μg/L 2026-04-19: 54.01Ferritin μg/L 2026-05-12: 43.28Ferritin μg/L 2026-05-27: 61.6TSAT % 2026-05-12: 27.7TSAT % 2026-05-27: 33.409-1011-2504-1905-27Iron stores and usable blood iron over time

Ferritin, your iron storage marker, rose from 43.28 to 61.60. TSAT, a marker of how much iron is available in the blood, rose to 33.4%. Hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying part of red blood cells, stayed normal. In plain terms: your body does not look iron-starved right now; iron availability improved during the clean month.

Stool blood: the repeat test found no blood

Stool blood: no → yes → no2025-12-23No hidden blood; no red cells+2026-04-19Hidden blood present; red cells seen2026-05-28No hidden blood; no red cells

This is the main gut/bleeding update. The April stool result was real, but the repeat test on 2026-05-28 did not find hidden blood or red blood cells. Because your iron improved and hemoglobin stayed normal, the bleeding concern is much calmer. If you later see visible blood, iron drops again, or another stool test turns positive, that concern comes back.

Blood counts/inflammation: the April flare calmed down

14.410.56.52.6-1.3White-cell normal zoneCRP inflammation normal zoneWBC 2025-08-06: 12.6WBC 2025-09-10: 10.7WBC 2025-10-03: 9.8WBC 2025-11-07: 12.2WBC 2025-11-25: 7.2WBC 2025-12-22: 8.2WBC 2026-04-19: 13.1WBC 2026-05-12: 8.2WBC 2026-05-27: 7.7CRP 2025-09-10: 1.43CRP 2025-10-03: 2.36CRP 2025-11-07: 2.24CRP 2025-11-25: 2.89CRP 2025-12-22: 2.86CRP 2026-04-19: 2.91CRP 2026-05-12: 2.71CRP 2026-05-27: 2.5208-0610-0311-2504-1905-27White blood cells and CRP: April spike settled

White blood cells went from 13.1 to 8.2 to 7.7, which means they came back to normal. CRP, a general inflammation protein, stayed normal at 2.52. In plain terms: the inflammation/immune-stress signal in the blood was reduced compared with April, and the April spike looks more like a temporary reaction than a steadily worsening pattern.

Platelets/fibrinogen: better, but still watch

558445332220108Platelet normal zonePlatelets 2025-08-06: 520Platelets 2025-09-10: 427Platelets 2025-10-03: 415Platelets 2025-11-07: 431Platelets 2025-11-25: 460Platelets 2025-12-22: 439Platelets 2026-04-19: 494Platelets 2026-05-12: 452Platelets 2026-05-27: 444.0Fibrinogen ×100 2025-10-03: 350.0Fibrinogen ×100 2026-04-26: 370.0Fibrinogen ×100 2026-05-27: 390.008-0610-0311-2504-1905-1205-27Platelets improved; fibrinogen near high end

Platelets improved to 444. That is just under the common 450 cutoff, but still a little above Biomed’s normal range. Fibrinogen was 3.9 g/L, near the high end of normal. In plain terms: this part improved, but it is still the main blood-count item to keep watching.

IgA/protein pattern: lower, but still not normal

67551735920143IgA normal zoneIgA mg/dL 2026-04-20: 634.7IgA mg/dL 2026-05-28: 546.604-2005-28IgA over time

IgA fell from 634.7 to 546.6 mg/dL, so it improved, but it is still high. The protein-pattern graph did not show an obvious sharp “M-spike,” which would be more suspicious for one clone of immune cells making one protein. In plain terms: this is still abnormal, but the current result points more toward monitoring and formal interpretation than immediate alarm.

Sugar/insulin metabolism: quietly excellent

Sugar and insulin handling snapshotFasting sugar5.39 mmol/LFasting insulin6.7 µIU/mLInsulin-resistance score1.60502 indexCRP2.52 mg/L

Your fasting sugar and insulin give an insulin-resistance score around 1.61, which is good. Your triglycerides and HbA1c history already looked good too. In plain terms: the remaining inflammation/heart-risk questions do not seem to be driven by the usual sugar/insulin/metabolic-syndrome problem.

What this means for what to do next

AreaWhat these labs say nowPractical next step
Gut bleeding / iron lossMuch calmer: repeat stool test was negative, no red blood cells were seen, iron improved, and hemoglobin was normal.This result alone does not scream “do an endoscopy now.” Reopen the concern if you see blood, a repeat stool test is positive, iron or hemoglobin drops, stool turns black/tarry, or a clinician is worried.
Platelets / inflammation-and-clotting contextImproved, but not fully normal: platelets 444, fibrinogen 3.9, ESR 20.Repeat the blood count and fibrinogen on the planned schedule or with a clinician. More specialized blood tests only make sense if this stays unexplained or gets worse.
IgALower but still high; the protein-pattern result does not obviously look like one suspicious single-protein source.Keep the graph and numbers. Recheck immune-protein levels later. More specialized tests are mainly for if the formal read looks suspicious, IgA rises again, or warning signs appear.
Heart/artery risk from Lp(a)This is still the big inherited risk area. Good clean-month labs do not cancel out very high Lp(a).Blood pressure tracking, a baseline heart ultrasound/valve check, artery imaging decisions, and cholesterol-target discussion still matter.
Bloating / gut movementBlood tests alone do not explain bloating. It is reassuring that stool blood cleared and stool consistency has generally been okay, but that is a separate question from bloating.Look at the meal tracker, Apple Health, and stool-photo pattern separately. Bloating by itself does not prove bleeding, and it does not rule bleeding out.

Medical caution

This report explains your personal health data in plain language. It is not a diagnosis and does not replace a clinician. It is kept in the private protected file area because it contains health information. Source: refreshed medical overview cloud document, Health Knowledge Base topics, and Blood Test Explorer data updated on 2026-05-30.