u/micro_bump_mick
0.05mg bumps. My pharmacist thinks I am unwell. My stomach disagrees.
member · joined 13 Sep 2024
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comment on the semaglutide question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/semaglutide · -18 points · 7 months ago
stalled at 7.5mg, went up, and regretted it, the stall would have broken anyway
comment on [Results] 52 weeks, 35kg, and bloodwork was the hard part in c/bloodwork · 68 points · 7 months ago
nobody here can tell you what a result means for you
comment on [PSA] food noise is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/semaglutide · 14 points · 7 months ago
Dead space in the needle hub holds a small but non-trivial volume. On low-volume draws that can be several units.
comment on [PSA] food noise is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/semaglutide · 41 points · 7 months ago
Hard agree. Week 61 me needed this. Week 33 me is nodding smugly.
comment on [PSA] food noise is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/semaglutide · 3 points · 7 months ago
week 62 on the pen, 38kg down, this is the answer
comment on anyone else notice co-agonism kicking in around week 5 in c/cagrilintide · 15 points · 7 months ago
Strongly agree. REDEFINE is phase 5, not final.
comment on three years of transit time threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/intlshipping · 1 points · 8 months ago
the community lane table lives here
comment on small win: fertility stopped being a problem at week 55 in c/glp1women · 20 points · 8 months ago
The practical rule people converge on is 28 days at fridge temperature after first puncture, and that comes from the preservative, not the peptide.
comment on EMS: what the trials say vs what this community says in c/intlshipping · 3 points · 8 months ago
no tracking numbers, no full addresses, no label photos — instant removal
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring first time at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/newbiequestions · 9 points · 8 months ago
Inter-lab variance on this kind of assay is routinely 1–2 points. Different column, different gradient, different integration.
comment on the shipping question that gets asked weekly, answered properly in c/intlshipping · 61 points · 8 months ago
Customs held the package for 7 days. No problems, just time. Factor it into expectations.
comment on [Results] 96 weeks on 0.25mg, full numbers, ask me anything boring in c/newbiequestions · 5 points · 8 months ago
what is a COA — certificate of analysis, document from the lab
comment on small win: titration stopped being a problem at week 41 in c/semaglutide · 88 points · 10 months ago
Tried the split-dose thing for 23 weeks. Felt slightly smoother, lost at exactly the same rate. Went back to weekly.
comment on small win: titration stopped being a problem at week 41 in c/semaglutide · -11 points · 10 months ago
Stalled at 1.7mg, changed nothing, and it started moving again on week 83. Very nearly went up. Glad I did not.
comment on small win: titration stopped being a problem at week 41 in c/semaglutide · 11 points · 10 months ago
The confident tone is doing a lot of work that the evidence is not.
comment on week one: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/newbiequestions · 21 points · 10 months ago
Yeah, that is totally normal for week 7.
comment on genuine question about gradient that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/hplc · -31 points · 10 months ago
instrument quality is less important than analyst consistency
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 28 weeks to accept.
comment on [Lab] SGN sema — VendorInvestigate came back 93.7% against a claimed 98.6% in c/bloodwork · 267 points · 11 months ago
ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it
comment on contraception — my 11-week log, condensed into one table in c/glp1women · 6 points · 11 months ago
hair-loss on insulin resistance is real
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring Wegovy at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/semaglutide · 19 points · 12 months ago
Cosigning. The slow route gets the outcome, the fast route gets you the side effects.