u/first_pen_fear

i genuinely did not know they were different until about a month ago and i have no idea how i avoided the mistake.

week 3 and terrified. reading this at 1am. thank you.

bacteriostatic, about halfway through the window, and the room was cool. so all three of the things that would make it worse are absent.

week 3 and i was starting to think about doing exactly this. not any more.

following this because I'm at day 9 and already spiralling a little, good to see it's a whole genre of post

the "mild fatigue day 1-2" thing matches exactly what I've got at week 3, was starting to worry it meant something

going back through my own numbers now and yeah, there's a faint downward line the whole time, I just couldn't see it day to day

if I'd googled "week 4 stall" instead of just staring at the scale I'd have found your entire posting history and saved myself a week of panic

not sure what that said but replying anyway to say thank you for whatever it was probably trying to be supportive about

protein and resistance training, that is the entire intervention

Correcting myself upthread: 11 months between scans, not the figure I gave.

That protein figure is grams per day, not grams per kilogram. Different claim entirely.

How many weeks between the two scans?

keep every form, every date, every reference number

Agreed — write the application against the published criteria rather than around them.

Have you seen the special authorization criteria for your province?

Correcting myself upthread: 3 months between scans, not the figure I gave.

Same DEXA machine both times?

protein and resistance training, that is the entire intervention

Moved provinces and the coverage position changed completely. Same person, same history, different formulary.

grip strength and lift numbers are cheap longitudinal markers

the same DEXA machine or it is not a comparison

Is there a quantity limit involved rather than a coverage refusal?

lean mass loss during weight loss is expected, the question is how much

Quantity limits restrict how much may be dispensed in a period even where coverage exists.

Adding the fastest step — ask the pharmacist. They can usually check in minutes.

a denial letter names a criterion, that is your handle

Have you seen the special authorization criteria for your province?

Cosigning on quantity limits. They stop as many people as outright denials do and get discussed far less.

Started weighing protein rather than estimating it. The gap between what I thought and what I ate was embarrassing.