12-week BPC-157 + TB-500 recovery log (with bloodwork)
Sharing a full log including pre/post bloodwork, dosing, and how my shoulder responded. Happy to answer questions.
Quick context: 34F, lifter for ~10 years, partial rotator cuff issue diagnosed via MRI in January. PT helped but plateaued by week 6. After a lot of reading (and a conversation with my GP), I ran a 12-week BPC-157 + TB-500 protocol alongside continued PT.
Dosing: BPC-157 at 250mcg twice daily (subq, near the site for the first 4 weeks, then rotated). TB-500 at 2mg twice weekly for the first 4 weeks, then 2mg weekly as maintenance.
Bloodwork (pre, week 6, week 12): CBC, CMP, hs-CRP, lipid panel, fasting insulin, HbA1c. Nothing moved outside reference ranges. hs-CRP trended down from 2.1 to 0.9 over the 12 weeks — not necessarily peptide-related (I also cleaned up sleep), but worth noting.
Subjective: pain at rest went from a steady 4/10 to 0–1/10 by week 8. Overhead pressing returned without sharp pain by week 10. Sleep improved as a side effect — fewer middle-of-the-night wakeups, which I did not expect.
Side effects: mild injection-site redness twice in weeks 2–3. Nothing else worth noting. I patch-tested each new vial because two different vendors were used over the cycle (both with batch-linked COAs).
What I would do differently: I'd skip the first two weeks of TB-500 next time — I think BPC-157 alone would have gotten me 80% of the way there. Also: take photos and video range-of-motion checks weekly. My memory of week 1 vs week 6 was much worse than the footage.