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c/reconstitution·posted 1 year ago by u/elodie_grimaldi

dead space — 17 things I got wrong before I got it right

Discussion Well Actually ×7 Slow Clap ×3

Week 40 update. 46kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 80.

Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I want to. Things that did not: everything I bought on the internet to help with early fullness.

The part that surprised me is how much of this is admin. Ordering, storing, logging, remembering. Nobody mentions that the hard bit is not the drug, it is the routine.

Happy to answer anything. Please do not ask me what dose you should be on.

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u/bac_water_banditreconstitution135 points·1 year ago

Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.

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u/cesar_ivaturi129 points·1 year ago

Spent 10 weeks confused about concentration math until someone showed me the table. 5mg, 1mL, concentration is 5/1.

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u/a1c_arcT2D32 points·1 year ago

What was the vial size and how much bac water?

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u/oskar_ibarra-26 points·1 year ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/erez_perrin1 point·1 year ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

Adding to this: insulin syringe is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/janek_ferrari26 points·1 year ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/emil_zamora16 points·1 year ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/batch_number_bertievetting8 points·1 year ago

Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.

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u/viktor_kirchner32 points·1 year ago

i am begging people to write down the concentration

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u/hedda_ekstrom46 points·1 year ago

stopper coring on the 5th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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u/vito_beaulieu99 points·1 year ago

Every time this gets posted it hits the front page and every time someone has to re-explain it.

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