Thyroid function monitoring on GLP-1 — looking for input

DeniseRN_TPA 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…

No disagreement, though it depends on where somebody is starting from, and this thread has been assuming a starting point nobody stated.

That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.

AussieAnna said:

True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group.

That reframing is the part I needed.

DeniseRN_TPA 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…

I read this differently from DeniseRN_TPA, on substance rather than tone. The objection nobody has made: this only works if the measurement is doing what we assume it is doing, and that assumption has not been tested here.

One concrete data point for the thread. Keep the original post as written when you update it, and add the correction underneath. An edited-away mistake is invisible to the next person who makes it.

Moderator note: a couple of off-topic posts removed.