Does relying on hrt ever dishearten you?

[GhostTown11]

Like the idea that your body isn't really "genuine" or something. Or that your body is kind of a creation of modern medicine. Blah. It just gets me down having to rely on pills and injectables so that I don't feel like total crap.

[Sarah Louise]

Taking estrogen is no different than the thyroid medication I take daily or the insulin shots I take they are all hormones.  They are just something my body needs.

[GhostTown11]

I suppose so. It just gets annoying to strive to get where most people start off.

[King Malachite]

On the other side I can kind of relate.  I haven't started T yet but just the thought of having to take this forever and to rely on it saddens me since a lot of cis people have it naturally pumping into them.  I'd rather have a late "man made" start than no start at all though.

[pretty]

Yep, definitely. Honestly I hate medications in general...

It's true that aside from silly "omg what if the zombie apocalypse starts tomorrow" scenarios it shouldn't be a problem these days but yeah it is kind of a bad reminder, at least when you feel like some kind of mutant or freak.

I'll be pretty glad when they have some implant or something that controls your hormone levels 

[Nero]

Like the idea that your body isn't really "genuine" or something. Or that your body is kind of a creation of modern medicine. Blah. It just gets me down having to rely on pills and injectables so that I don't feel like total crap.

Even "genuine" bodies need HRT sometimes. Many cis women take HRT for menopause. And some younger cis women also need some form of HRT sometimes - such as birth control for heavy periods.
Any woman who had a complete hysterectomy for any reason needs HRT.
There are also cis women who need HRT for similar reasons as you as well - high testosterone or low estrogen levels. It may not be particularly common, but neither is our situation.

[Elizabeth K]

I donno

I am on insulin forever - I am on some sort of statins for cholesterol (how long I don't know)   BUT after SRS (for MTF of course) and with an Orchi - the T blockers aren't needed usually, and the estrogen is usually lessened a bit.

I guess I will take it anyway I can get it - to make up for the fact my body was not properly engineered in the first place!

Lizzy

[Naturally Blonde]

Like the idea that your body isn't really "genuine" or something. Or that your body is kind of a creation of modern medicine. Blah. It just gets me down having to rely on pills and injectables so that I don't feel like total crap.

Wish I could get injectable HRT! it's not licensed in the U.K. What disheartens me is not having a choice in my country.

[peky]

R U kidding me? Mother nature is a bitch! and I for one would use anything to fight back the bitch!! Blessed be the drugs, specially estrogen, spiro, finasteride, crestor, and aspirin, and also all the cold medicine and anti diarrhea stuff, and gas X, and ... Help?

[Miharu Barbie]

Like the idea that your body isn't really "genuine" or something. Or that your body is kind of a creation of modern medicine. Blah. It just gets me down having to rely on pills and injectables so that I don't feel like total crap.

Oh, you know, my little sister had "female problems" when she was 18 years old and had her reproductive organs removed as a result.  She's been on HRT her whole adult life.  Tell her that she's not genuine at your own risk.  For that matter, tell her that I'm not genuine at your peril too.

Peace,
Miharu

[Miharu Barbie]

Yeah it kind of sucks. I wish I could get it over the counter or something. I had to go without E for 6 days due to stupid red tape crap. Being post-orchie (not post-op) with no E for several days is no fun at all.

Oh Laura!  Get on the injectibles if you can.  I take 1 shot every 28 days, on the new moon every month.  Needles are the bomb, sister!

Peace,
Miharu

[peky]

*shudders and backs away slowly*

Without it I will be bald; what is to be so afraid?

[Miharu Barbie]

Nope.
No Way.
Nu Uh.

I HATE needles with a passion!

Oh, if I had a dollar for every needle I've stuck in my butt over the past 14 years (twice a month prior to surgery)... well, I'd take us all to Disneyland!

Miharu

[JoanneB]

I think of it this way. Without HRT my body will be that old phonie body I didn't want to be in at all. Thanks to HRT I don't hate my body as well as hating myself for being just as big of a phonie. I dreamed, prayed, wished a good part of my early life that I can somehow be a girl. Now I almost am.

[Alainaluvsu]

No. I'm thankful for modern medicine like u wouldn't believe.

[JoanneB]

Better living through modern chemistry

[Jamie D]

I suppose so. It just gets annoying to strive to get where most people start off.

Well, Erin, people like us (the transgendered) comprise about 1 out of every 333 people.

That makes us rare.
It also makes us special.

[GhostTown11]

Thats what they say to the kids on the short bus   

[A]

It does annoy me. "If I forget my pill tonight, what will happen?" Not even to mention bad scenarios in which I would be stuck somewhere without access to my medications...

But to be honest, it doesn't anger me nearly as much as the permanent damage testosterone did in the past. I'm the kind of person who is always extra careful as to not be stuck with bad consequences afterwards, and it drives me crazy to have that crap and know that I didn't do anything when I could at 11 years old.

I don't think I hate anything more than the knowledge that something is my fault.

[Alainaluvsu]

Thinking about it again, there is 1 thing that bugs me. The only thing I hate is worrying if my testosterone is suppressed enough. That ends with an orchiectomy.