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Not long back home from hip op #2, right hip (and already started back on the DHEA). I'd forgotten how stressful it felt being out of theatre and on the ward. I was there two nights, and you get no chance to sleep as you're woken every two hours to take blood pressure, oxygen saturation and...

Had a letter arrive in the post late yesterday - got the date for my other hip to be done. That means it'll be 10 weeks between surgeries, and not the 6 months i was originally told by the surgeon that i'd need to recover. I'm not sure if this is because he thinks i've recovered quickly like...

Me, left hip replacement in August. Getting the other one done in 3 weeks - i was originally told time between ops would be 4 to 6 months, but this will be 10 weeks.

'Self experimentation', yes, i've done a fair amount of that myself over the years too, lol. And i agree with you regarding the sun being a superior way to get your vit d (and according to Jack Kruse who i follow on IG, many other benefits too - i just wish i understood what the hell he's on...

Wow, 50k iu a day! What were your reasons for such a high dose, were you trying to resolve an autoimmune type issue? I have been tempted recently to increase my own to 30k iu, just to see what, if any, effect it has on my rheumatic thumb joint. But i'd want to do blood work to see where it puts...

Interesting, they sell allopregnanolone nasal spray too. https://russianstarpeptides.com/product/allopregnanolone-5mg-nasal-spray/

That's a fairly low dose to reach that level (and i'm assuming you meant ng/ml, not dl). I guess that's why blood work's always important - individual variation, plus, there's always the issue of supplement stated dosage accuracy, unless it's pharma grade.

Another vit D safety study from 2015 by Dr Michael Holick. https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(15)00244-X/fulltext "The evidence is clear that vitamin D toxicity is one of the rarest medical conditions and is typically due to intentional or inadvertent intake of extremely...

As a follow on from above - it's apparently important when taking vitamin d3, especially higher dosages, to also take additional vitamin A, vitamin K2, and magnesium. The vit A increases vit d's effectiveness, and vit K2 directs calcium the right way.

I reckon i need to up my dose then. For years i took 5000 iu / day, but recently (month or so before hip hip replacement) i increased that to 10,000 iu. My last blood test on 5000 iu (and i was sunbathing too, but keep in mind i live in the UK) was 92 nmol/l (37ng/ml). I've read a lot about how...

Above link only showed the abstract, full version below - https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4202165/v1

In mice, and not peer reviewed yet, but very interesting. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38766160/

Very interesting! Just had a quick google, Derek McMinn seems to still have a website running, no idea if he's still practicing. According to the R.O. Hospital site, the procedure was a joint partnership between McMinn and Mr Ronan Treacy, at the Royal Orthopaedic (i'm guessing the BMI you had...

Oh wow, how bizarre - looks like we were at the same hospital then (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, B'ham)?!

Great stuff! And would you say you're back to normal now, or has the procedure caused any limitations or niggles?

15 days post op. I'm quite impressed with the surgeon's handywork!

I'll keep that in mind if i do end up trying the GH, thanks. As to the diet, yeah i appreciate i'll have to be careful not to pile the weight back on. I had to get my BMI down for the NHS to let me have this op - i was 122kg last June, got down to 96.5kg this June when i got weighed and measured...

Nope, never used it before.

I can get all those things actually, as my trt is ugl diy anyhow. The bpc-157 i've used in the past, but wasn't overly impressed if i remember right (it was a few years ago - i think the bac water i had for is is still in the back of the fridge). The operation, combined with blood thinners i'm...

Just putting my glasses on...

Thanks aloetard - I should have read more thoroughly (i'm blaming poor, broken sleep since the op!) You've piqued my interest in the oxandrolone, i guess that's my next rabbit hole to go down...

I wouldn't have expected this (TRT to increase complications following joint replacement) - https://www.mdpi.com/1873-149X/30/2/11 "Rates of 90-day medical complications and 2-year joint complications were queried. Patients who received TRT had an increased risk of revision, periprosthetic...

I had thought of it before having the op actually. But to be honest, i just like the idea of getting improvement from replacing something (dhea in this case) that's known to drop off a cliff after surgery. Plus, i have a ton of dhea in my stash. Also, i've been feeling mentally stressed since...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6676517/ @Nelson Vergel @Cataceous @madman I thought this study was very interesting, especially now i'm one week on from my surgery. Thought you guys might be interested too. I have several bottles of 25mg DHEA pills, i reckon now would be a good...

When my parents passed away, i had my fathers powered recliner chair (he'd also had a hip replacement). I'm glad i had it - i couldn't get in my bed without help last night, and struggled to get out too (even in hospital with their powered bed i had trouble due to my other hip also needing...

Back home now. I know i'll sound a pussy saying this, i've gotta say, i found the experience pretty bad - not the op itself, but being back on the ward. I don't know what hospitals are like in the USA, but UK ones always seem to be very hot on the wards. After the first night, they had to change...

Currently lay in the hospital bed having had my left hip replaced yesterday (Thu 15th Aug). I hardly slept a wink all night as the nurses came in every 2hrs to take blood pressure, temperature and oxygen saturation levels. Finally fell asleep just before they put the lights on in the ward to...

Me too - i made my own for probably around 20 years, but of course it, and it's main ingredient, got banned (then, (unsuprisingly), brought out as a prescription only medicine called Xyrem). Depending where you are in the world though, you possibly can still get hold of a GHB pro-drug called 1,4...

I saw this featured on Dr Thomas O'Connor's IG page the other day, and thought it was interesting - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11167061/

Hopefully some day, my country (the UK) legalizes it so i can get to try something like your indica capsules Vince. Unfortunately, i have to get whatever weed my friend can get me off his friend. Indica caps sound great though!

Well you actually explained the reference right after that sentence - it was vilified, then attitudes went back the other way (at least here in the UK, so i'm guessing also in the USA).