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 😅

  • WillStealYourUsernameEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    This might be of interest to you: https://transfemscience.org/articles/estrogens-blood-clots/

    Basically taking E has a reputation of giving you a higher chance of blood clots, but what we see is that this mostly a thing to worry about when taking non bio-identical E and when you take E orally. This is not to say that I recommend going back to 400pg/mL, but it is something to keep in mind since AAs have side effects of their own.

    Also, I have had rather varied blood tests from taking the same dosage of E for a long time. I’ve had between 170 and 320 pg/mL. How many blood tests did you take when on patches? I suppose it’s also possible patches are a bit more stable in what levels you get, and going back to that regime might be too much of a hassle anyways.

    • OldEggNewTricksEnglish
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      19 hours ago

      Thanks! Yeah, I saw that article (and I know my doctor reads that site too!), so I’ve been pushing back a bit.

      That’s a good point about blood tests. I don’t think I’ve yet had more than one test for any particular dose, so I can’t say for sure how stable my levels are. I can tell when things start to get out of whack (especially when T goes up) from my experience with injections, and I’m pretty sure that my T is consistently suppressed on patches, at least.

      I’m currently on 2 x 0.72mg / 2 days and 50mg spiro / day, which last test had me at 268 pg/mL E2 and 58 ng/dL T. I’m pretty happy with that, at least until I can get a few things chopped off.