I fit into my college jeans and I am not okay (happy tears)

stefan_berlin said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

I read this differently from stefan_berlin, on substance rather than tone. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.

stefan_berlin said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.

stefan_berlin said:

Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here.

That reframing is the part I needed.

From the other side of the consultation, briefly. Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the correction. That is slower than asserting, and it is the only version that survives being wrong.

PharmacoVig_BOS said:

Whatever the answer turns out to be, the method for getting there is the same: state the assumption, do the arithmetic in public, and invite the…

This matches mine closely enough to be worth saying so out loud.