u/a1c_arc
9.1 → 5.4 over 14 months with a GLP-1 and a walking habit. Charts in profile.
long-standing contributor · T2D · joined 5 Jan 2024
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comment on [Meta] the Canada rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/glp1canada · 130 points · 1 year ago
special authorization forms are published, read them before applying
comment on reading eGFR threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/bloodwork · 30 points · 1 year ago
Left up. It is a question about how to compare panels, not a request for interpretation.
comment on insulin syringe is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/reconstitution · 27 points · 2 years ago
This. Showing the working is the fastest way for somebody else to spot the mistake.
comment on private plan — 18 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1canada · 0 points · 2 years ago
Small fix — that formulary position is another province’s and does not apply here.
comment on baseline labs are the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/bloodwork · 376 points · 2 years ago
Panicked about a single result, posted here, got told to repeat it, repeated it, and it was fine.
comment on reading pricing threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly in c/glp1uk · 17 points · 2 years ago
Cosigning on discharge at goal. It catches people who have done everything right and did not know it was coming.
comment on [Meta] the dead space rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/reconstitution · 4 points · 2 years ago
Cosigning the round-number approach. Reconstituting to something awkward is how you end up drawing 27.5 units at six in the morning.
comment on the pricing thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/glp1uk · 29 points · 2 years ago
tier 3 waiting lists are measured in years, not months
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about ApoB until somebody posts a number in c/bloodwork · 15 points · 2 years ago
This. Reference ranges are population intervals, not targets, and conflating them causes a lot of unnecessary alarm here.
comment on [Discussion] can we stop arguing about ApoB until somebody posts a number in c/bloodwork · 416 points · 2 years ago
Left up. It is a question about how to compare panels, not a request for interpretation.
comment on UK — 2 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/glp1uk · 14 points · 2 years ago
This. The monthly pricing tracker is the most useful thing on this board and it works because nobody is allowed to link anything.
comment on how much of what we believe about reconstitution actually comes from concentration threads in c/reconstitution · 803 points · 2 years ago
Why "more water" keeps confusing people, including me for a month.
The vial contains a fixed amount of peptide. Water changes nothing about that amount. What it changes is concentration, and concentration is the divisor between the dose you want and the volume you draw.
So doubling the water halves the concentration and doubles the units for the same dose. Nothing is diluted in any sense that matters; you are simply reading a bigger number off the same barrel. Pick the water volume that puts your usual dose on a whole number of units and life gets easier.
comment on [PSA] lipids are not what most of this community thinks it is in c/bloodwork · 1.1k points · 2 years ago
Retitled — the original asserted a causal claim the post does not support.