Hi Girls;
Well it has been nearly 10 months since I last posted my progress on the Luna Nyan conversation. Here is what my situation is.
I have been on a combined Oestrogen and Progesterone regime now for nearly two years (6.5 years on Oestrogen only) and just under 2 years on Prometrium. I am on a 14 days Oestrogen only regime (taken twice a day at 10am and 10pm) and 14 days on the combined regime. I take Prometrium at night time after my evening Oestrogen tablet. Prometrium tends to make me very sleepy and it apparently promotes a relaxed sleep.
Since commencing it, for the last 14 days I find that I am emotionally very stable and just feel very feminine and a lot more relaxed.
In the last 6 months I have had some minor surgery with another bit (repair of a small hernia )due soon. For these periods I was asked to stop my HRT program three weeks before surgery. I found this period very difficult, in that after 2 weeks I had recurrence of the dysphoria again which combined to make me very depressed. However once back on my combined regime, 1 week after surgery I was much better, although on the combined regime I noticed that I had the recurrence of symptoms such as Hot flashes, morning headache and brief nausea. My Endo explained that was because of my body re-adjusting to from my low levels of Estrogen and Progesterone.
I am still on the 14 day cycle regime with my Progesterone as, although my Endo has suggested now the i should do it continuously I do find that by Day 28, the progesterone felt very cloying and I need the break.. However interestingly when I cycled down before the surgery from 2 tablets of my Oestrogen to 1 and then to zero, I found that one plus the Progesterone capsule at night didn't have the same effect.
Interestingly in the last 12 months, despite reaching a plateau with breast growth at the 5 year level 44C (small C) in the weeks on the combined regime I have been getting bouts of itching and soreness in my Areolae and Nipples again every month. During this latter 14 day period, my nipples seem to be permanently erect and my nipples have now grown exponentially into very obviously womanly nipples. They are about 6cms wide now.
I have also had upper pole growth of my breasts and also much more tissue in the breasts especially towards the armpit. This makes them look more rounded, however unless pressed together in a balconnet bra, I still don't have the volume to give me a good cleavage.
My Oestrogen levels are overall now quite high each month at last reading in February it was 498 pmol/L and Progestrogen as 14.9 nmol/L, with my T levels under 1.0. Interestingly my Prolactin levels were 283 mIU/L (My endo checked it in relation to the Progesterone levels)
I am still finding that I get the PMS type feelings around the 12th to 14th of every month A when I get very moody, cry a lot at the slightest thing and even get tummy cramps. My skin is also super-soft on the 2nd part of the month. Also my libido rises on the second cycle and I generally seem to notice men's scent then.
My nails are a lot less brittle and overall stronger. Also my body hair has become very vellus type and lighter and in some parts especially my décolleté and tummy and pubic region almost completely disappeared (mind you I have had laser treatment there), but re-growth has been almost non existent. I recently had a full bikini line wax with a bermuda triangle with a very satisfying result. I then followed with laser treatment of the area after three weeks. Now 13 weeks later, I have had almost no re-growth and what hair there is, is very soft and downy.
Since starting on Progesterone, my buttocks have become quite rounded. I have continued to add fat to my buttocks and girlfriends and men have commented on how I now have a very nice rounded bottom and apparently I am getting a pronounced S curve from my back to buttocks
I have also put on fatty tissue on my thighs and lower abdomen below the belly button and down to the Pubis.
My Endo said this is atypical womens fat
Overall I really like the results, but I am not sure I could take a full month on the combined regime.
Judith
