Not taking your hormones for 4 days

[missy1992]

Hey yall!
I left wednesday morning for a 15 hour drive to my "vacation" destination and i have arrived, however, I forgot my hormones at home. I will not be back until saturday late night. I took my hormones in the morning wednesday however.
What will happen to me, honestly? Hot flashes? Anxiety? Death?!
I am post op fwiw
thanks in advance

[Katie]

Your POST OP and your asking this question? I am sorry but I would guess you already knew the answer.........

[Muffinheart]

Your POST OP and your asking this question? I am sorry but I would guess you already knew the answer.........

Yep  I agree.
Only Meds I'm on now is estrace...and I doubt there'd be any impact forgetting for a few days.

[Sammy]

Your POST OP and your asking this question? I am sorry but I would guess you already knew the answer.........

So, Katie, do You think that the OP would need another round of SRS then?

[missy1992]

Your POST OP and your asking this question? I am sorry but I would guess you already knew the answer.........

y u mad tho?
I didn't stop taking hormones leading up to my surgery btw if thats what you mean.

Am worried that i'll have a significant drop in my "mood" as I have a lot of homework to complete and a 15 hour drive back and i don't need that right now. If anyone can help me with an answer thad be great *heart*

[V M]

I doubt a few days without it will have much if any effect at all, if I understand correctly most Dr.s require folks to go off HRT at least a week before any type of surgery

[Muffinheart]

y u mad tho?
I didn't stop taking hormones leading up to my surgery btw if thats what you mean.

Am worried that i'll have a significant drop in my "mood" as I have a lot of homework to complete and a 15 hour drive back and i don't need that right now. If anyone can help me with an answer thad be great *heart*

This doesn't make sense as every surgeon I know requires you to be off all hormones weeks before surgery.

[Sammy]

This doesn't make sense as every surgeon I know requires you to be off all hormones weeks before surgery.

Maybe she went to someone You don't know then? Oh, and thumbs up for everyone - very constructive and informative exchange on the topic so far!

[missy1992]

Maybe she went to someone You don't know then?

I went to a well known Canadian dr. however I did not stop hrt they still operated. Maybe I literally stopped the day before and day after. As such I have no idea what to experience these next 4 days and am looking for help on what will happen.

Also, inb4tl

[Muffinheart]

Maybe she went to someone You don't know then? Oh, and thumbs up for everyone - very constructive and informative exchange on the topic so far!

There is only 1 place to have surgery in Canada, and they require hormones be stopped at least a week before.
In the pre check in, they ask again how long you've been off hormones as there is a risk to your health.

Kind of a snarky reply you have for people who know you don't continue meds to day before surgery.
Also, if one has a question about hormones, wouldn't you contact your family doctor or endo?

[missy1992]

There is only 1 place to have surgery in Canada, and they require hormones be stopped at least a week before.
In the pre check in, they ask again how long you've been off hormones as there is a risk to your health.

Kind of a snarky reply you have for people who know you don't continue meds to day before surgery.
Also, if one has a question about hormones, wouldn't you contact your family doctor or endo?

K here is a cool story:
I drove 15 hours to visit a friend. I am now at friends apartment and realized I forgot my hormones at home and since I am 3 provinces away from my home province I thought I could possibly get an answer as to what would happen via the internet.

[missy1992]

Maybe someone in Nova scotia can help a girl out! 

[Muffinheart]

Maybe someone in Nova scotia can help a girl out! 

I'm from Halifax, but Obviosul I've burned down the "friendship bridge"

Can you not call your doctor or endo?

[missy1992]

I'm from Halifax, but Obviosul I've burned down the "friendship bridge"

Can you not call your doctor or endo?

Aww man! I'm right near dalhousie right now, near the bridge.

My Dr. recently retired and I left a message at the endo (Hes in Quebec so I'll probably get a reply sometime next year)

[Katie]

Let me just say this. For centuries there have been men that were fixed. I believe they were called unicks or something like that. They did not take any hormones once the stuff was taken out. They SURVIVED!

Crap I often wonder why I take a tiny does of estro years after SRS. I do care for a woman who has had srs way back in the 90s and she has not had any hormones in at least 10 years.

[Jenna Marie]

Hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, possibly. Shouldn't be a big deal, and it'll ease up as soon as you go back on HRT. I've been off twice, once 3 weeks total for surgery and once for about 4-5 days while my liver was retested. No symptoms at all the latter time, but I was pre-op then. For GRS, I didn't have any significant issues until over a week into the withdrawal. Except that in the first week my, ahem, lower regions resumed normal size and operations. But that won't be a problem for you!

[Amy The Bookworm]

K here is a cool story:
I drove 15 hours to visit a friend. I am now at friends apartment and realized I forgot my hormones at home and since I am 3 provinces away from my home province I thought I could possibly get an answer as to what would happen via the internet.

Fair enough. Rock the shades, kitty!

I'd say, based on your incredibly cool story, that you may experience some post menopause. I know that for me ... I forgot to take my medication for one morning and personally just felt super aggressive, but that stopped as soon as I took my medication later. Could have just as easily been a psychotropic response ... though even though I knew that it still didn't help my mood! 

I think you'll be fine, Missy. Have fun!

[Violet Bloom]

Gee, what the heck was going on in this thread - did everyone go off their hormones or something?

  I'd like to know the answer to the OP's question for future reference in general and also because I have to go off hormones soon for FFS.  For whatever reason my system really needs to keep its levels stable.  Maybe it's side-effects but when I delay my oral dosage too many hours I often start to get very tense, buzzing nerves like before I started HRT.  This may be more related to Spiro since I'm taking both that and E and I could just be unusual.  There was also one particularly bad emotional-crash incident at work where I had to leave two-hours into my shift - something went completely wrong with my system that morning.  I'm not taking any chances it was a fluke and neither is my employer any more.  It is very serious stuff when you have no reason to be upset and yet are uncontrollably sobbing in front of everyone when it is completely out of character.

  The differences between suddenly stopping versus a controlled taper-off as with surgery would be interesting to know about.  I've always wondered how quickly the two major hormones can rise and fall.  I'm sure there's a good reason my doctor requires me to spread my dosage out over the day.

[Jenna Marie]

(Violet : I should probably clarify, there was no tapering for me. I'm on patches, so it was cold turkey; took the patch off on the mandated day and didn't use another until I left Montreal.)

[JoanneB]

From a pre-op point of view with chemically induced very low T it takes several days to a week to really notice. ( WTF am I doing experiences ). From what I understand post-op dosages are far lower. So we're not talking a major drop to begin with.

Now, considering you're freaked out over maybe freaking out..... I'd say 15 Hrs