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[Baseline] get these before you start, you cannot go back for them later
Been lurking in c/reconstitution for about 12 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 26, 1.7mg, and baseline labs is the bit I still…
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comment on [Baseline] get these before you start, you cannot go back for them later in c/bloodwork · 42 points · 2 days ago
Baseline eGFR: 99.3. Week 27: 99.1. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.
comment on [Baseline] get these before you start, you cannot go back for them later in c/bloodwork · 34 points · 2 days ago
baseline is the most important bloodwork measurement, you cannot collect it later
comment on [Baseline] get these before you start, you cannot go back for them later in c/bloodwork · 69 points · 2 days ago
Ferritin tanked from 2 to 27. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.
comment on [Discussion] the ferritin advice in here is 19 years out of date in c/bloodwork · 2 points · 1 months ago
ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it
Counter-anecdote: opposite result, same dose. Which mostly tells us the variance is huge.
comment on [Discussion] the ferritin advice in here is 19 years out of date in c/bloodwork · 86 points · 1 months ago
Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.
comment on ALT — 6 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/bloodwork · 68 points · 1 months ago
redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting
comment on [Question] NHS — what am I missing here in c/glp1uk · 19 points · 1 months ago
Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 6–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.
comment on baseline labs — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/bloodwork · 16 points · 2 months ago
ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it
comment on 6 months in and baseline labs is still the thing I get wrong in c/bloodwork · 120 points · 3 months ago
Do you have baseline to compare to?
comment on 6 months in and baseline labs is still the thing I get wrong in c/bloodwork · 243 points · 3 months ago
I love that this community will spend 40 comments on a detail. That pedantry is why the numbers here matter.
comment on tracking is the most under-discussed thing in c/coldchain in c/dosinglogs · 27 points · 4 months ago
My version of this: I was so worried about the injection that I put it off for eleven days. The injection is the easiest part.
comment on [Discussion] province is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/glp1canada · 14 points · 4 months ago
private plans vary by employer
comment on log vs weight — genuinely asking which matters more in c/dosinglogs · 19 points · 4 months ago
the UK here. Waited 7 months on a list, gave up, went private, and the total cost was roughly what I expected.
comment on tracking — 11 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/dosinglogs · 2 points · 4 months ago
include dose and date on every update
comment on private prescription vs tier 3 — genuinely asking which matters more in c/glp1uk · 21 points · 5 months ago
Spain: 10 month NHS wait, gave up, went private, cost was MHRA monthly.
comment on [Results] 87 weeks, 46kg, and MHRA was the hard part in c/glp1uk · 78 points · 6 months ago
England or Scotland? Different pathways.
comment on [Question] Ireland — has anyone got a straight answer on weekly update in c/dosinglogs · 50 points · 6 months ago
the boring consistency is the point
comment on help me understand UK, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1uk · 159 points · 7 months ago
MHRA supply notices change monthly, follow the actual list
comment on help me understand UK, I have read the wiki twice in c/glp1uk · 387 points · 7 months ago
the tier 3 pathway is the only free route, it is slow