So I started HRT about a month and a half ago with my regimen being (no dosages posted so I hope I am fine here) 1 Spiro and 1 Premarin in the morning and 1 spiro at night.
That has been my deal.
Over that period I definately started to notice certain things like a more balanced emotional state, the ability to handle things more calmly without flying off the handle (even for the big stuff).
Physically the first thing I noticed is my scent changed COMPLETELY. I have none. When I sweat, there is moistness but no odor. Not like I smelled like a highschool locker room before but I did have a manly musk about me, especially after stretching them there muscles.
My skin has gotten softer and my body hair (that has regrown since I began HRT as I slash and burn as often as I can) is coming back a lot more sporadic, less course and lighter in color. Again, not like I was the sasquatch, but after a week of "letting it go" there wasn't an angle I was passable from.
The pores on my face have all but disappeared they have gotten so small.
I was starting to wonder if my chest was sitting this one out, but last week I woke up one morning with a bit of soreness around my nipples. Santa came early. It is completely bearable but there is a continued soreness there and I can feel that my nipple area is seeing some activity.
The only negative effects I have noticed was occasional fatigue and muscle pain from the drop in T and the more frequent need to pee from the effects of spiro.
I am sure it helps that I have been dieting and watching what I eat along with quitting smoking and exercising that I have also lost 41 pounds since June. (I am now at 178 with a target around 155-160.)
SOOOOO..... to get to the title topic, I saw my endo yesterday and after looking at all my bloodwork she said that my T levels are dropping quite nicely (Started at 439 and now at 183) and that my liver is upping the production of the sex binding globulin (about 56)so she sees it ok to up my E (which is still only in high 30's) so she is having me up the dosage on the premarin to one and a half and then 2 a day after two weeks so long as my body can handle it.
She said the chest soreness will get "worse". (It is a happy pain, that I am more than willing to endure.) She did say that you don't want to go too quickly as you can get stretch marks around that area.
All I can say is those little buggers are hard to break in half. LOL.
