Trying hard to trust the process, and while I have seen other expected changes in skin, hair, and mood, I am getting anxious that nothing is happening under my shirt. I had some minor sensitivity within the first two weeks, but never anything painful.
This Friday will be 6 weeks on HRT. 2mg Est, 4mg Prog, 200mg Spiro daily.
Edit: thanks for talking me off the cliff everyone, I’m much less anxious now 😅
I have a horrible needle phobia, and even so I did a lot to overcome it so I could do injections. Ultimately I agree, injections are the best method. Transdermal (patches or gel) isn’t that bad of a route for lower doses, but pre-op I wanted to do monotherapy when bica didn’t seem to help my biochemical dysphoria enough.
Even post-op I still do injections, as my skin is very sensitive, so I was worried about getting rashes from the patches, and I also exercise a lot and worried about the patches coming off (they can be expensive to replace, this is just a major downside to patches).
Yeah, the patch coming off is what I would be worried about as well, especially also when showering. Patches would be my top alternative because they also last a while but it’s just an extra thing to have to be careful about.
Congratulations on overcoming your needle phobia! :)
I’ve not yet had one come off in the shower, and I’m not particularly careful. The adhesive gets a little loose, but it goes back to normal pretty quickly once you dry off. Having tried gel, injections and patches I have to say patches easily beat everything else for me! That’s assuming you don’t get irritation from them, of course.