Am I being a dork for taking notes? Actually, what else should I track?

[Ruckus4519]

Am I being too much of a dork for documenting my research lmao

Planning to note when I reconstituted each vial, and then when I first pierce each aliquot for use, and when I discard it and why (finished vs. NASTY DISGUSTING EWWWW vs. accidental breakage). Maybe note how long it has been since reconstitution.

And then per aliquot, take notes of when I pinned?

I don't know what else to keep track.

In terms of routine, I'll take my weight and measurements on the morning of pin day. Saturdays, as of now. I've yet to get a smart scale.

I did get DEXA and labs, but it's just CBC, CMP, lipids, HbA1c, and thyroid stuff. I didn't think to check for iron, or vitamins, or anything else.

 

[Turbo-Farmer]

A big part of scientific research is documentation.

Sounds good to me, I have a journal which I document every calculation and then date and time every reconstitution. I also write little labels for the vials, with the date, dosages, concentrations, ECT.

I also plan ahead on a paper calendar.

 

[Cyberpunk]

I love taking notes, I'm always putting something in my notes app.

Sounds like a great idea man.

My recommendation:

Note the date you recon a vial AND note the date you initially opened your BAC water vial, especially if you are recon-ing multiple times with the BAC water over a span of days or weeks

can you explain what aliquot means?

 

[Ruckus4519]

also plan ahead on a paper calendar

What info goes there? Pin days, dosage?

can you explain what aliquot means?

Aliquot just means the vials you filter into. I use the term because I choose to filter, and I wanted to differentiate between the source vials and the reconstituted, filtered vials.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

From one dork to another: Nerd out!!!! Research is documentation. This is all for you. Do it however you want.

I write down all sorts of things I want to keep track of in my journey.

 

[lessthanhalf]

I have every dose of every peptide for the last 10 months written down in a txt file on my pc along with the date, side effects and weights and dose changes and why, and markers for when I started something so I can find it again.

 

[Fostradamus]

I keep a diary of what I've taken on what day and what dosage. If I didn't my feeble brain would just forget, and that way madness lies.

 

[Foggy-Hollow]

Am I being too much of a dork for documenting my research lmao

Planning to note when I reconstituted each vial, and then when I first pierce each aliquot for use, and when I discard it and why (finished vs. NASTY DISGUSTING EWWWW vs. accidental breakage). Maybe note how long it has been since reconstitution.

And then per aliquot, take notes of when I pinned?

I don't know what else to keep track.

In terms of routine, I'll take my weight and measurements on the morning of pin day. Saturdays, as of now. I've yet to get a smart scale.

I did get DEXA and labs, but it's just CBC, CMP, lipids, HbA1c, and thyroid stuff. I didn't think to check for iron, or vitamins, or anything else.

I found I didn’t document enough.

What I bought, from where, how much did I recon with. Pin location, any ISR, what I’ve tried to do to cure ISR.

Symptoms: how online up with blood levels?

These were the big holes I’ve found.

 

[Turbo-Farmer]

What info goes there? Pin days, dosage?

Aliquot just means the vials you filter into. I use the term because I choose to filter, and I wanted to differentiate between the source vials and the reconstituted, filtered vials.

When I am running as new experiment, I plan out which days on a calendar. For example if something is 3x week then I plan that out until the end by writing down what each week consists of and then how much from each vial, how many vials.

 

[ambot88]

I did none of those things because I'm lazy and disorganized, but in retrospect I wish I had, seems like cool info to have.

 

[BNLFL]

I keep an Excel spreadsheet with dates of shots, pin amount, my weight, fat%, what vendor, vial mg, total mg per COA, BAC mg, when they were reconstituted, reconstituted pin mg conversion for R50 and over and how many pins I should get out of a vial.

I have a smart scale and app that I transfer the weight and fat to Excel.

 

[Turbo-Farmer]

I did none of those things because I'm lazy and disorganized, but in retrospect I wish I had, seems like cool info to have.

It’s never too late to start.

The best benefit is if you’re going through a whole kit that you do the calculations one time for 10 reconstitutions.

 

[Estarossa19]

I would say the method you're doing is much more in line with what research actually is. I'm currently going straight off of vibes.

My wife and I recently had a newborn and I'm not sure if I took my dose of BPC this morning due to the lack of sleep. Writing something down probably would help

 

[CranberryRocker]

I’m a big fan of spreadsheets, and documenting dates, volumes, injection sites doses, supplier, cost, sides, measurements… but then I am an actual chemist/nerd and do actual research, so goes with the territory. But information is power. There’s no point in changing stuff if you have no idea why you are changing it.

I find this forum like cat nip, and it feeds my obsession.

 

[Airborne Daddy]

Am I being too much of a dork for documenting my research lmao

Planning to note when I reconstituted each vial, and then when I first pierce each aliquot for use, and when I discard it and why (finished vs. NASTY DISGUSTING EWWWW vs. accidental breakage). Maybe note how long it has been since reconstitution.

And then per aliquot, take notes of when I pinned?

I don't know what else to keep track.

In terms of routine, I'll take my weight and measurements on the morning of pin day. Saturdays, as of now. I've yet to get a smart scale.

I did get DEXA and labs, but it's just CBC, CMP, lipids, HbA1c, and thyroid stuff. I didn't think to check for iron, or vitamins, or anything else.

You have to. I use my phone calender: 10mg reta, 2mg sema.... next day: 5mg mots c , next day: 5mg tirz for da bride.... and i label the vials and the kit cuz after a month or so i either really like it or am unimpressed with this kit, only i forgot the vendor, so its labeled "WBS 5/25....Same with bac water, i label it w/ my 20 dollar printer "opened 3/15"

 

[randompersonrandom]

I have a calendar I keep up to date with how much of what I did when plus the plan going forward. When I change the plan, I go to the date where the plan is changing, update "this and following events" and switch it. So I've always got a record of what was happening.

 

[Ruckus4519]

I found I didn’t document enough.

What I bought, from where, how much did I recon with. Pin location, any ISR, what I’ve tried to do to cure ISR.

Symptoms: how online up with blood levels?

These were the big holes I’ve found.

Do you organize your inventory...? Any tips? I only have one pep, and the rest are supplies, but I bought a box of needles for recon and wew, recon and filtering take a lot of those. I'm trying to figure out the best way to organize them so I know what I should stock up on. (My goto BAC vendor ran out... Tiktok discovered them )

 

[Ruckus4519]

I’m a big fan of spreadsheets, and documenting dates, volumes, injection sites doses, supplier, cost, sides, measurements… but then I am an actual chemist/nerd and do actual research, so goes with the territory. But information is power. There’s no point in changing stuff if you have no idea why you are changing it.

I find this forum like cat nip, and it feeds my obsession.

Of all the basic things I forgot to document, I should've documented the costs and cash flow. It'll probably be easy to backtrack. Painful though. I had some crypto sitting in Solana before it crashed to 79 Rookie mistake.

I wanna do the injection site doses though, just in case I get any ISRs. I marked a 2x2 square, and I hope 4 weeks is enough to fully heal. Besides, what're the odds of hitting the EXACT same spot from before right?

 

[BNLFL]

Do you organize your inventory...? Any tips? I only have one pep, and the rest are supplies, but I bought a box of needles for recon and wew, recon and filtering take a lot of those. I'm trying to figure out the best way to organize them so I know what I should stock up on. (My goto BAC vendor ran out... Tiktok discovered them )

Hence my reasoning for stocking up on Reta and supplies. Looking for 4 kits of the at least 30mg Reta. I keep all my stuff in the original boxes in a garage cabinet. I have 2 containers for my stuff in the freezer and I label them with who I got it from, vial size and dates I got them. That cheap little $16 label maker from Amazon is awesome.

 

[BNLFL]

Of all the basic things I forgot to document, I should've documented the costs and cash flow. It'll probably be easy to backtrack. Painful though. I had some crypto sitting in Solana before it crashed to 79 Rookie mistake.

I wanna do the injection site doses though, just in case I get any ISRs. I marked a 2x2 square, and I hope 4 weeks is enough to fully heal. Besides, what're the odds of hitting the EXACT same spot from before right?

I got a rare bruise on my belly a couple weeks where I pinned myself. I should try my butt. Hahahaha