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c/reconstitution·submitted 3 days ago by u/katrin_marchetti

[PSA] your bac water is fine, your fridge door is not

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Been lurking in c/insurancefights for about 17 months and finally have something worth posting. Short version: week 14, 10mg, and dead space is the bit I still cannot get a straight answer on. I have read the wiki, I have read the last 29 threads, and the answers split roughly down the middle. What I actually want to…

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u/viktor_erdogan36 points·1 days ago

I love that this community will spend 40 comments on a detail. That pedantry is why the numbers here matter.

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u/katrin_marchettiOP21 points·1 days ago

the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step

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u/clara_weiss17 points·1 days ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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