You know I have nothing but respect for you, and while the number I gave was purely for arguments sake - I can do the math for you.
The formula used would be exponential decay, which is given as:
P(t) = P0e^r(t). P being the amount of remaining hormone, P0 being the initial value, t being the time period, and r being the half-life decay rate. We know some of the values and can fill in the blanks for the rest to find our variable "r", in order to demonstrate the number I have given.
For this example, let's assume that we're on 800mg of deca, which (assuming similar metabolism as testosterone cleavage), should give blood serum values of around 4000ng/dL. This is not an exact figure, but to provide explanation for my reasoning should be sufficient.
So we use P(t) = 4000, and knowing that decanoate has a half-life of 15 days can solve for r. 2000 = 4000e^-r(15). 2k is half of P0, which occurs at t=15, we plug this in and find that r = 0.0462098120373 = 4.62098120373%.
Now that we have r, we can solve for any other part of the equation. Be it time, initial values, or final value from decay.
So... Let's see what happens at t = 6months (180 days):
X = 4000e^-0.0462(180), X being the amount of hormone at that time. Solving for X gives us 0.978288796202ng/dL. Okay, so my example was off by a couple hundred-billionths of a gram.
Do you really think that less than 1ng/dL is going to provide ANY hypertrophic response? I had 120x that value of testosterone for a decade, and all I did was atrophy and get fat.
Sorry man, but a drug is a drug. All the ester can be is a small modification to the molecules - slowing absorption by requiring the body to cleave it, before recognizing the molecules for what they are.
I'm the last guy on here to jump up and scream, "No ur dumb!", and I always love being shown when I'm wrong, but I can't ignore the math either.
Now this is NOT me saying AAS is without risk, nor am I stating that there aren't things we don't fully understand yet, but I really have a hard time believing that a simple change in the 17th position of a carbon (I think it was the carbon molecule) can make a substance suddenly more dangerous in this application.
Sorry for grammar and sloppy mistakes if any, typing on my phone while on the bike.