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• Help, advice, guidance on meds and dosages
• HRT related medical experiences and research
• Availability and pricing of medications
• Rational and scientific discussion

See following post for a pharmacy list.

Survey: https://1drv.ms/xs/s!AudRJceTA5C9c2G5lCV2Avq0kQ0
▶ Survey data: https://1drv.ms/x/s!AudRJceTA5C9cyIWo6_X14AvHyM
▶ HRTGen Data Analysis: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AudRJceTA5C9gRLLWnbpdzlIxe4r
▶ HRT Info Sheets: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AudRJceTA5C9gQnyM7wxZcBGWRzW
▶ Pill ID: https://www.drugs.com/imprints.php
▶ DrugBank: https://www.drugbank.com/
▶ Basic HRT: https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/assets/hormones_MTF.pdf
▶ HRT ranges: https://www.hemingways.org/GIDinfo/hrt_ref.htm
▶ Powers Method: https://powersfamilymedicine.com/s/Healthcare-of-the-Transgender-Patient-V60.pptx
▶ Endocrine Society Guidelines: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3869/4157558
▶ Transline Guidelines (with bicalutamide): https://transline.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/360047702053/TransLine_HRT_Guidelines_FINAL.pdf
▶ WPATH SOC: https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc
▶ TransDIY: https://www.reddit.com/r/transDIY
▶ Blood tests (US): https://www.privatemdlabs.com/, https://www.labsmd.com/
▶ Blood tests (UK, Ireland): https://www.medichecks.com/
▶ Blood tests (Canada Only): https://bloodtestscanada.com/
▶ Blood tests (Sweden): https://werlabs.se/
▶ Blood tests by mail: https://www.letsgetchecked.com/ DIY capillary blood samples. Expensive.
▶ Lab test guide: https://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu
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▶https://diyhrt.market/ - general HRT marketplace directory
▶https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/t-shipping.aspx- Has been popular in the US. Ships from Vanuatu to some countries.
▶euaibolitatgmaildotcom - Ships from EU to Worldwide.
▶https://unitedpharmacies-uk.md/(UK only) - Ships from HK.
▶https://unitedpharmacies.md/(US only) - Ships from HK.
▶https://alldaychemist.com/- Ships from India to some countries.
▶https://shape-shifter.webnode.page/- Ships from Turkey to Worldwide.
▶https://stayhealthynow.co/- Ships from Turkey to Worldwide
▶https://amazing4health.com/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://favskinhouse.com/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://goodstuffstore.net/- Ships from Thailand to Worldwide.
▶https://otc-online-store.com/- Ships from Russia to Worldwide.
▶https://www.weborderpharmacy.md/(US only) - Ships from India.
▶https://www.weborderpharmacy-uk.md/(UK only) - Ships from India
▶https://opengatelabs.com/ - Ships from US
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good morning saars
Can somebody please do the needful and revert to me where to buy progesterone for those within the United States?
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On a scale from 1 to 10 how serious is it if I don’t do bloodwork?
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Hello, I'm MtF. I've been taking cyproterone acetate (12.5 mg/day) and estradiol (in various dosages) since I was 17. I'm 22 now, and recently I've started having serious health problems: low mood and apathy, decreased bone mineral density resulting in terrible back pain, and a weakened immune system. Because of these symptoms, I stopped taking cyproterone in the hope that my testosterone would rise and my condition would improve. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

My current levels are:

· Testosterone: 0.23 nmol/L (6.63 ng/dL)
· Estradiol: 180 pmol/L (50 pg/mL)
· LH and FSH: 0

Right now, several diagnoses are being considered, but one thing is absolutely clear: I have completely destroyed my endocrine system, and my body can no longer sustain itself. I vitally need testosterone, and the only way I can get it is externally.

I'm not sure what levels I should aim for, but I think the standard female range of 1-2 nmol/L (20-40 ng/dL) might be sufficient. Maybe a bit higher.

I currently have Androgel on hand—it's a testosterone gel with a standard dose of 50 mg. How much of it should I take? What should I expect to see in my lab results? What will happen to me on such doses?

I'm very afraid to take testosterone, as I've spent my whole life avoiding it, but right now it might be what saves me.
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>>41087409
You need a fucking doctor
CPA is poison
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>>41087461
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>>41087409
Sounds like hormone deficiency. Women naturally have some levels of testosterone too. You've nuked your T way too fucken much. Taking whatever dosage of T to get to normal female levels will hopefully help your issues. And it wouldn't do anything detrimental for what you want.

>>41087359
1 to 10? I guess 7. It's fine-ish but it's not good if you want to be safe. Also it's critical to dose right y'know?
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>>41087461
It's the main anti-androgen in my country, and yes, I'm under the care of an endocrinologist. She recommends taking microdoses of exogenous testosterone. The question is, how will this affect me?
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>>41087666
Not negatively in any sort of way. It'll just bring all that stuff to where it should normally be. My bet is if the dose is right then as time goes on things should go back to normal for you. Your body going and making the levels of T you need? I've got zero idea. But you won't be hormone deficiency-ing yourself.
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>>41087666
Whats your vitamin d level?

I'm not a doctor but
I'd raise my vitamin d to at least 50
Take vitamin K2 mk7 every day
Keep testosterone between 30 and 50
Enough estrogen (>150)
And weight bearing exercise to recuperate bone mass

What country are you from
Considered a possibility that maybe your endocrinologist has no fucking clue what he's doing
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>>41087775
My vitamin D level is 28.3 ng/ml. And I'm from Russia.
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>>41087912
Very low
Go do what I said
Consider doing injections
CPA is poison

I was on it for a year and ended up with osteopenia, but I have a specific complication which is a propensity to kidney stones which means my kidneys like to secrete calcium because they don't give a shit about me

Good luck to us and I'm sorry for what you're going through
You should go talk to an orthopedist to discuss this better
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>>41087912
Also why do you have to supplement testosterone? You can't produce it naturally anymore?
In 30 days, assuming you quit CPA recently, your LH and FSH will start picking up again. Give it time and take some estrogen because in the meanwhile you won't have any sexual hormone which will make sleeping very annoying because of hot flashes.
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>>41087990
I am not producing any hormones on my own. I haven't taken cyproterone for three months now, and my LH and FSH are at absolute zero.
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>>41088008
Oh God that's messed up, that would warrant a testicle ultrasound

Do everything I said and do one pump of testosterone gel on your inner thighs and the estrogen

Are you able to buy estrogen from homebrewers?

I'm afraid of giving you wrong advice because this is pretty fucked up

Right now I'm having the opposite problem: I'm waiting for my injections to start suppressing my testosterone while I watch my mustache grow larger and larger

Do you have family support? Do you have access to doctors? What's your situation?
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>>41088044
My situation is as fucked up as it gets. And when I say that, I mean that my body falling apart might not even be my main problem. It is literally illegal to be transgender in my country. If state doctors find out about me, I will most likely be locked away in a psychiatric hospital for a long time. That's why I can't tell most doctors about my situation. The only person I have is an endocrinologist who consults with me from abroad. But that's all I have.

However, the situation with medication is decent enough — I can just go to a pharmacy and buy estradiol or testosterone. As for family, forget about it. I don't have one anymore.
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>>41088135
Raise your vitamin D to 60
Take vitamin K2 mk7 (the mk7 part is important, something like 150mcg dose should suffice)
Ingest 1 gram of calcium a day
Lower sodium intake
Weight bearing exercise (study this topic a little because you gotta start slooooow since you already have osteoporosis)
Get on estrogen injections, aim for at least 150pgml (you haven't told me if you can buy from astrovials)
Apply 1 pump of the testosterone gel on your inner thigh, aim for between 30 and 50 angel (I'm assuming here you have access to blood tests and the whole shebang)

I know how you're feeling and I wish I could hug you. These are my recommendations. Sorry you have to go through this in such a shitty environment.
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>>41088223
>30 and 50 angel
30 and 50 ng/dl*
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>>41088223
Yes, I have access to blood tests; I literally started my post with them. I'm not sure about AstroVials. I can't even open their website without a VPN. I've always taken estradiol in the form of pills and gel because they are easier to buy.
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>>41088308
Swallowing the pills is a bad idea because most of it is going to get converted to estrone, that's why your estrogen is so low.

If you can't then at least do 6mg sublingual. 2mg every 8 hours. You need far higher estrogen levels.

If those are your doctors hormonal regimen then I would stop seeing him altogether and take matters into my own hands. He fucked you over.
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am i doing something wrong if my e slowly drips into the needle instead of filling up when i pull it back?
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>>41088865
what size needle
how fast are you pulling it back
what temperature is the vial
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>>41088881
1ml
slowly ig
uhhh room tempature i guess i keep it in a drawer
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>>41087409
your estrogen is very low. the symptoms you describe sound like insufficient sex hormones. why not try increasing your estradiol level before your testosterone level?
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>>41088922
no like the needle size silly. i have 30g and they're pretty slow.
you shouldn't pull the plunger back any faster than it fills though.
try to warm it up in your hands for a minute
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>>41088962
like the lenght or the diamater?
call me silly more it makes me horny
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>>41088968
you're a silly dumb bitch. just tell me what they are ._.
i have 30 gauge 0.3ml 1/2 inch syringes. what do you have?
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>>41088993
kyaaaaa im a silly sluuuut
also i tried to find the amazon listing but i think it got taken down bc i cant heres a picture of the needles and the box if that does anything
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>>41089075
those look teeny. You don't have drawing needles that have a larger bore? with those it makes sense it takes a while to draw what's necessary.
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>>41089075
dumbass you managed to take a picture of everything while leaving out all the most pertinent info. what gauge are the needles!
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>>41089075
look at the top label since they never mark the side, I use shaotong too 18g for drawing and 21 or 23 for injection
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>>41089092
>>41089094
>>41089117
i dont know what any of the words in these posts mean ngl heres the top and side of the box tho
also im gooning to the one calling me a dumbass
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>>41089163
>32g
that is really really small
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>>41089163
you idiot!!! those are tiny... i use these and don't really have any issue
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P3JWP4G
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>>41089182
that wont ship to my country plz bully me more im bout to blow
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>>41089209
god you really are a pathetic loser. what kind of country could contain such a dumb bitch
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>>41089308
ireland >w<
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>>41089318
oh that's actually kind cool --- i mean wow what a gay country haha third world place don't blow my car up or anything idiot stinky. they really don't have 28 - 30ga needles in that shithole? -_-
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>>41089351
they might but ion really have money to buy new ones lol
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>>41089374
oh :( well just be patient and draw slowly i guess :)
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>>41089390
thats what i do but it sux 3:
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>>41089397
*holds your hand* better than being a man haha am i right
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>>41089406
*twerks on it* yeag i guess so
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>>41087140
What is the safety of batthub estrogen? I blew all my savings on drugs and I'm going to run out of hrt soon (8mg oral e a day, few weeks left) and my only option is free twitter estrogen. what are my options here?
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>>41090322
very safe. you're not gonna get poison or something unless you're getting it from a complete random serial killer. you're getting it from that one girl that offers it publicly right?
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Been on hrt for 6 months. Monotherapy, 4mg gel, scrotally. Split up 3x day. Took a break for 2 weeks. Pic rel.

Any tips for helping feminization? Thought about taking 5000 iu vit d every Sunday to help with igf1
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did fab skin house get nuked it wont let me on the site
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boomp
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i hate injections
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>>41095146
i love injecting
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hey hrtgen
I have been on hrt for almost 3 years now, but still have pretty much all of the muscle mass i started with, which was quite alot. I have a pretty nice lower body, nice legs nd butt and hips, but my upper body is still that of a buff 19y/o boy. It looks unsightly and makes it hard for me to wear small womens tops. How do I get rid of this? I didnt test levels for like 2 years, but I'm back to doing that now, so hopefully we'll see if my maybe my levels have been off? Is there anything, literally anything, i can do besides just starving myself? Is there anything I can take that will melt muscle mass? please help. thanks so much.
ill list my regimine that ive had for the last bunch of years (the prog is new to the last 3 months)

4mg estradiol sublingually morning
Bicalutamide 100 mg orally morning
2mg estradiol sublingually night
200mg progesterone rectally night
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bump again
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>>41096249
I wish I knew what to tell you but I lost muscle mass insanely quickly once on HRT, even while doing semi-physical work
IG you could try starving for a little bit but not too long
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Is 25mm/0.98 inches enough for thigh intramuscular?
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>>41099451
it is enough, but its better for either kids or very very skinny people
i use 30mm ones, they're the most recommended for that
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>>41099832
I'm 5'11 and 141 pounds I hope it's enough
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>>41099908
i believe it should work but ngl in the next applications try to buy 30mm ones ^^
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>>41087140
some of the links r broken, goodstuffstore for example is gone. pls fix
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is https://otkph.am/ the og and not a scam site stealing the name?
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>>41101623
goodstuffstore is dead. there's https://healthyareastore.com/store/ now.
should the OP be updated? Also what is the survey? The link's dead. The survey data analysis appears to be from 2016. So I don't got much idea about that. I wonder if the OP gets updated
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>>41101718
that's what's on here
https://diyhrt.market/stores/otokonoko-pharmacy
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pg8 night bump
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>>41099331
id need to starve for an insanely long time considering im 225lbs :( also it would be really fucking hard for me
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bump
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can someone please tell me i have to do my injection rn and to stop being a whiny bitch about "being scared of needles"?? please?
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When should I roughly start progesterone
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>>41104988
do your injections nona!!!! you can do it!!!! it wont hurt its a lot less scary than it looks!!!
>>41104998
ppl say after a year?
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>>41105266
the thought about poking myself, or hitting a vein makes it not easy
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Bump
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>>41105287
do it bitch jab that fucker in
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>>41105287
>the thought about poking myself
the thought of doing it is worse than actually doing it. i feel the same but you just need around 10secs of courage and you can make it!!!
>hitting a vein
do it on the vastus lateralis muscle. probably the safest place to do it, i have never got blood on the syringue when i suck it before injecting or blood spilling out after removing the needle!!!
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what is the second best method of adminstration behind injections? I can buy estradiol from a chemical supplier, but I don't trust myself to homebrew injections and if my parents found me fucking with needles I would be eviscerated.
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>>41106885
also whats the cheapest way to check levels
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>>41106885
i'm gonna be real with you chief
the answer is estrogel, but if you can make the gel you can make a vial. i understand what you mean though since gel goes on you instead of IN you.
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>>41106908
cool, i was thinking gel.

Whats so easy about a vial though? As far as I can tell I would need medical grade water and a pressure cooker for it to be sterile.
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>>41107071
i don't have any experience i'm just going off the guides i read. sterilize, insert 3 ingredients, crimp, and sterilize. is distilled water medical grade?
to be honest this gel guide i'm reading does sound less intimidating so maybe i'm wrong.
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how long should it take to draw .12ml with a 31g needle? subq with the easytouch diabetic needles

is it bad that there's still a bubble in the needle? i dont know how to get rid of it
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>>41107708
31g can take a bit longer but im not sure exacly how long

if the bubbles are small then you will be fine
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>>41107708
like a minute maybe a bit more. slow and steady. it can be tricky get a little bubble out since it'll kinda sit to the side of the needle. you just gotta practice but it really isn't necessary to get it out. you can inject a bubble subq.
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>>41107923
>31g can take a bit longer but im not sure exacly how long
i feel like i pull too fast

>>41107959
how do you draw slowly? do you very slowly pull the plunger back
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>>41108128
um okay so you know how the bubble gets big when you draw but then shrinks back a little when you stop for a second? just try to draw slowly enough that the bubble doesn't expand. if it expands you're pulling a vacuum on it because the plunger is moving faster than the liquid can pass through the needle into the syringe. if that makes sense!
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I’m getting scared. Live in a conservative state in USA, and my endo stopped seeing trans people for HRT.

The sites in op- are they affected by the tariffs? Any USA people who order from overseas pls lmk
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>>41109379
>my endo stopped seeing trans people for HRT.
is this for legal reasons? i live in a liberal state and i'm worried about it spreading here
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>>41109379
there are american sources for both vials and raw estradiol so you don't need to pay tariffs.
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bump again
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How widespread is the spiro shortage? Anyone else experiencing it
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how do u get hrt if ur too schizo to go to the clinic and ordering DIY u have no where to deliver it
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>>41112878
are you homeless
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>>41112924
No live with people I don't want them knowing I'm on hrt
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>>41112985
po box is $60
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>>41112993
I did that once but got kinda fucked up because I didn't want the people running the box to know
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>>41113047
you need therapy
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>>41113060
Howso
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>>41087140
Maybe stupid question, but if we're puncturing the top of the vial every week with a needle, does that not break the seal of the vial and expose the estrogen to bacteria and shit. Like yeah the needle holes are small but bacteria is way smaller.
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>>41113369
Estrogen in vials should come with an antibacterial. So any bacteria that is introduced should be fairly easily killed off. It shouldn't be of much concern unless you're really coring your vial
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>>41104988
do it nona
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switched to diy injections 5 weeks ago and am taking 7mg een/week, should i keep taking spiro just because? would there be any point in doing that? im on 100mg prog as well
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>>41114425
7mg een/week is supposed to be enough to suppress t on its own.
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>>41114425
prior to switching to injections my total t was 14.4 ng/dL and free t was 1.6 pg/mL
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>>41114430
yeah. i suspect i will be fine either way but im just paranoid idk
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>>41096249
Womens tops are meant to fit women’s ribcages. The idea that women have large hips is mostly a myth, they just have smaller ribcages. Look at other women your height and even if their shoulders are the same width as yours, chances are the bottom of their ribcage measures as a much smaller circumference than yours
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>>41109955
What are American sources for raw E?



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