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help me understand ferritin, I have read the wiki twice
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: eGFR matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
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comment on unpopular opinion: fraud is massively overrated in c/scamalerts · 90 points · 1 year ago
The PeptideMeter results I got back showed 98.3% but MKM claimed 98.0%. Same vial, two services. I posted the receipts.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring bloodwork at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/bloodwork · 16 points · 1 year ago
This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.
comment on small win: Ozempic stopped being a problem at week 70 in c/semaglutide · 90 points · 1 year ago
stalled at 1.7mg, went up, and regretted it, the stall would have broken anyway
comment on small win: Ozempic stopped being a problem at week 70 in c/semaglutide · 1 points · 1 year ago
my eGFR moved before the scale did and i nearly missed it
comment on why does nobody talk about lipids in c/bloodwork · 2 points · 1 year ago
ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it
comment on help me understand ferritin, I have read the wiki twice in c/bloodwork · 18 points · 1 year ago
HOMA-IR is crude but free and useful for tracking
comment on help me understand ferritin, I have read the wiki twice in c/bloodwork · 1 points · 1 year ago
Not to be pedantic but ALT and A1c are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
comment on help me understand ferritin, I have read the wiki twice in c/bloodwork · 1 points · 1 year ago
Baseline fasting insulin: 97.9. Week 29: 97.4. Same lab, fasted, same time of day. Trend matters.
comment on help me understand ferritin, I have read the wiki twice in c/bloodwork · -14 points · 1 year ago
This is correct. ApoB is the better marker.
comment on genuine question about external review that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/insurancefights · 23 points · 2 years ago
prior auth criteria are state-specific, prior authorization differs
Yes, exactly this, and it is the bit that took me 40 weeks to accept.
comment on anyone else notice exit scam kicking in around week 75 in c/scamalerts · 291 points · 2 years ago
The WXT exit scam collected 19 orders and disappeared. Order ids 34 through 19 all silent.
comment on anyone else notice exit scam kicking in around week 75 in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 2 years ago
PDF metadata said the COA was created in a browser four months after the date printed on the page. Worth flagging.
comment on anyone else notice exit scam kicking in around week 75 in c/scamalerts · 79 points · 2 years ago
PDF metadata said the COA was created in a browser four months after the date printed on the page. Worth flagging.
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anyone else notice exit scam kicking in around week 75
Trying to settle this properly because the thread from last year went in circles. The claim: scam matters. The counter-claim: it is measurement error. Both sides have…
comment on fraud: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/scamalerts · 13 points · 2 years ago
Small correction: the trial was 11 weeks, not 4. Does not change your point but people will quote it.
comment on fraud: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/scamalerts · 15 points · 2 years ago
PDF metadata said the COA was created in a browser four months after the date printed on the page. Worth flagging.
comment on fraud: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1 in c/scamalerts · 27 points · 2 years ago
Dated screenshot or is this from memory?
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fraud: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1
Week 57 update. 28kg down from the start, early fullness basically gone since about week 14. Things that worked: consistency, protein at breakfast, walking more than I…
comment on what would you tell week-1 you about cloned site in c/scamalerts · 15 points · 2 years ago
Dated screenshot or is this from memory?