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5 months HRT update

Started by sam79, August 19, 2013, 09:58:43 AM

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sam79

Yesterday marked 5 months on HRT. Something to be celebrated I guess, except that it's not been smooth sailing. My T started off quite high before HRT, though after getting to a moderate E dose, and lowish S dose, I had some temporary gains with my T falling just below the normal male range. That was a fantastic result, and I was generally feeling great although there were some rough patches.

That last result was a month ago. Today I received my new blood test results. My heart sank as I was told that my T had tripped, and is now back in the middle of the normal male range :(. This body of mine is intent on fighting me every step of the way... On top of this, since starting HRT, depression has been occasionally hitting with an almost regular pattern ( 3-5 depressed days every 4ish weeks ), which I'm now on anti-depressants for. So with the news today, my endo asked me to swap from Spiro to Androcur. I'm aware that Androcur can cause depression, although I'm hoping that the anti-depressants I'm already taking will counter any of that.

I just don't know how to help myself any further... There's a real potential and likelihood to hit the 6-month mark and still not have T under control. And this has been limiting the bulk of physical changes, except for my girls which are happily growing.

So the problem I face now, in a few months time - maybe less - I won't be able to hide my breasts any longer. Add to that a seasonal change making it hot enough to be impossible to cover up, and a time-frame of about 4 - 5 months to remove the remainder of my facial hair ( plus a month to recover as my skin reacts so badly to electrolysis ). Then the lack of other physical changes in terms of skin and body hair... It's not a pretty picture compared to what I was trying to pull together. While I'm trying to go full-time as soon as I can, I have no wish to make it any harder than it has to be. I'm a timid and shy girl naturally, and am not sure I can summon the courage to handle going full-time before getting further along physically.

You know the saying, plan for the best, prepare for the worst? Well, I only planned for the best, and tried everything I could to set myself up for that. Guess that made me foolish :(.
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Rachel

You are not foolish.

I would keep on going into 3,4,9,12 month projections with my therapist. I finally stopped. She kept reeling me in to the now and present.

I know what you want, we all do; our bodies can only do so much and on our bodies schedule not ours.

Hugs.
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Vicky

OK Hun -- I am 4 years and a month .5 on E at a dose that most people would consider ineffective, and have had exactly 3 hormone level tests in all that time.  What I have had plenty of is tests for liver function, pancreatic function, cholesterol levels, antibody presence tests for a short ton of cancer items, and potassium and vitamin D3 levels .  Why not more Hormone tests? My mental balance, my bodily changes and other stuff is fine, and I am receiving nothing toxic from the Hormones.  I often wonder if our doctors really do us a favor in giving us some lab test results, because the lab results measure the levels in our blood stream, which is different than the ones working in our actual organs.  My endo at one point told me she hoped my blood hormone levels were low, she knew how much she was putting in me, and could get some idea of what I was peeing out, but had no test at all for the working molecules.  The hormones themselves are not doing the work, they are merely the local supervisor that tells body cells to get busy. 

As said above, let the numbers alone, they are the doctor's problem and if the stuff is not killing you go along for the ride, at your time period on the mones, it is very early to know what your body will do with them whether or not you make a "magic number" for any of the stuff.  Four years, and life is good, I am calm, I have female anatomy created by the hormones that already had a cancer flag go up which resulted in a breast biopsy, oh yes and for 7 months here SRS had helped immensley.

Don't let the numbers stress you.  They don't mean what we sometimes want them to.
I refuse to have a war of wits with a half armed opponent!!

Wiser now about Post Op reality!!
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Azusa John

I have read some wheres that it is not uncommon for the body to 'fight back" with testosterone.  With there being some different t-blockers, you may have to try the other one to see.  I believe that it is the testosterone that is creating the depression.  Blocking may also block the depression.  Best wishes
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smile_jma

I was on spiro fir the first 3 months, and it didn't really do much in terms of knocking it down. It did, but very slowly. So then I was switched to androcur and after a few week  it was down considerably. From normal male range for my age to normal female range. After another month, it was low female range. I was also afraid of the depression with the andro, but it's not quite happening.
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