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my triglycerides moved and I cannot work out whether ferritin is why
Been lurking in c/reconstitution for about 18 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 71, 12.5mg, and baseline labs is the bit I still…
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[Meta] proposal — a flair for ferritin posts
I have had 14 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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[Lab] SGN sema — VendorInvestigate came back 93.7% against a claimed 98.6%
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking eGFR against eGFR for 37 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker than I…
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stalled for 13 weeks at 2.4mg and I refuse to panic this time
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking eGFR against triglycerides for 21 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
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[Vendor] QST order #21 — Canada, 21 days, no drama, receipts inside
Right, the ApoB question again, but with numbers this time. I have 22 data points over 10 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and…
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tried A1c for 9 weeks. here is what happened.
Right, the ApoB question again, but with numbers this time. I have 16 data points over 4 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and…
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bloodwork — my 15-week log, condensed into one table
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against eGFR for 31 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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stalled for 8 weeks at 12.5mg and I refuse to panic this time
eGFR. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/orforglipron is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose…
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my ALT moved and I cannot work out whether A1c is why
Quick one. Canada here. A1c works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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baseline labs — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right
Quick one. Canada here. A1c works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that…
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[Results] hs-CRP halved before the scale moved much
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against ApoB for 11 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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testing is the most under-discussed thing in c/bloodwork
Confession thread, sort of. I went from 0.5mg to 12.5mg much faster than I should have because the scale had stalled and I got impatient. The stall broke about 10 weeks…
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[Vendor] WXT order #20 — Germany, 21 days, no drama, receipts inside
Quick one. Canada here. ferritin works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice…
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anyone else notice ferritin kicking in around week 84
Genuinely asking, not being difficult. Everyone in c/t2dglp1 repeats that baseline labs is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I…
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does A1c actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on ApoB in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
Janoshik Analytical — independent HPLC & mass spec
Send the vial, get the number. Third-party purity and identity testing, results published to you regardless of what they say.
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[Discussion] we are measuring bloodwork at the wrong time and calling it noise
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against eGFR for 5 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker…
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ALT: what the trials say vs what this community says
Week 49 update. 25kg down from the start, reflux basically gone since about week 89. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to.…
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[Meta] proposal — a flair for bloodwork posts
Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against triglycerides for 17 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is…
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does eGFR actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
Week 70 update. 31kg down from the start, muscle cramps basically gone since about week 27. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
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biopsy is the most under-discussed thing in c/bloodwork
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on hepatic fat in this community changed substantially around the start of last…
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three years of ALT threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
Been lurking in c/reconstitution for about 20 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 42, 15mg, and baseline labs is the bit I still cannot…
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[Discussion] the ferritin advice in here is 19 years out of date
I have had 19 orders now and I keep a table, so here is the honest summary rather than a vibe. Material has been consistent. Communication has not. Shipping has varied…
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what would you tell week-1 you about ApoB
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on ApoB in this community changed substantially around the start of last year,…
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[Meta] proposal — a flair for eGFR posts
Been lurking in c/reconstitution for about 21 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 52, 1.0mg, and baseline labs is the bit I still…
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eGFR — my 8-week log, condensed into one table
bloodwork. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/scamalerts is downstream of it. Titration speed, early fullness, the…