Spotting - WTF?

[GQjoey]

I've been on T for 7 years, and haven't seen any signs of blood since before my first shot. I woke up this  morning and went to the bathroom, and there was a little spotting. Like, light brown, not a lot but enough to make me say "WTF?!"
I also just realized my T, expired the end of September, not sure how I  missed that, guess I don't pay attention to the vile when I do my shots (every week). I have a new script ready, just haven't picked it up, cuz I had a few shots left in my other vile.
I'm going to go get my new vile next week, but do you think this is from using expired T for the past month in a half? Like, it lost its potency? I wouldn't think spotting would come back that quickly. I'm not in any pain or have any cramping, it's just weirding me out.

[mm]

Sorry this happened GQjoey, I can just imange how you must feel after not having any signs of blood down there for 7 years.  I don't know enough about your form of t to say what its strength is at its expired date.  Call your dr and ask they will know much better or call your drugist as that is another good source of information.  I hope you see any more spotting signs.  You probably don't even have any supplies now after not needing them for 7 yrs.  Mine started yesterday but I can't give you any of mine from here.

[Arch]

I'm not a pharmacist, but I doubt that using slightly expired T will cause dramatic issues. It's not as if the T has a little alarm clock in it and just goes bad after the date on the vial!

However, if you still have the innards, remember that they are not built to run on T. The smartest move is to see your doctor.

I started having minor bleeding issues--occasional rusty spotting/discharge, mostly--around the five-year mark. I talked to my doc the next time I saw him, and he ordered ultrasounds. I wasn't thrilled about the procedures, but his nurse hand-picked the ultrasound tech, and I survived. Now I have a clean bill of health; I think that the parts are just running on the wrong juice. I think that's why trans-savvy doctors recommend hysto by that point in transition.

[Kreuzfidel]

I'm almost 3 years in and I get spotting from time to time.  Other than possible small fibroids, I have nothing sinister going on.  But I agree with Arch - speak to your doctor to be sure.

[GQjoey]

I was in last month for blood work results. Levels were good, no change really. It stopped all day, now its back, argh! Still no pain, just a realization I was born with these tools. And odd I forgot in the past 7 years how bad this sucks. Hope its just old T.

[GQjoey]

I asked my doc about the hysto thing, cuz I've been pretty set on getting it done. She told me as long as I have no issues, its safer to keep the tools. I know doctors have their own advice, but she told me its riskier as my age (31) to have it done when I'm no where near menopause. She's a very well respected gyno in the Midwest, and very involved in the trans community. I still want a hysto, and plan on speaking about it again with her, but she seemed pretty adament on the issue of keeping things how they are unless issues arise.

[Arch]

Does she have some sort of ulterior agenda? Is she perhaps hoping that you'll detransition? What reasons does she have for recommending that you keep the parts? What does menopause have to do with it when you've already been on T for years? I'm curious.

The trans specialists recommend that we have the parts removed, usually within five years. However, that recommendation may not be based on good medical science. I'm not sure whether everyone's worried that we'll all get cancer, or what--and there's no hard evidence that we are at a higher cancer risk than cis women who have the same parts. Still, I've run across a number of trans men who start having bleeding and that sort of thing after being on T for a while, and I know that the parts are not likely to remain healthy if they are deprived of the juice they normally run on. But the kinds of health problems I hear about are, as I mentioned, bleeding and that sort of thing--not cancer.

[ChaoticTribe]

When I'd been on testosterone for a while I began to bleed every single day accompanied by very painful, almost debilitating cramping. It lasted many months and eventually insurance covered a hysterectomy, but I was in terrible pain and hadn't been able to alleviate the suffering or the bleeding and my doctor refused to prescribe me pain medication for it.