Have you had any surprise side effects from HRT?

[Amy1988]

I've experienced a profound loss of muscle.  I didn't have any to begin with so I couldn't afford to lose much but boy I sure have and it affects me daily.  Fortunately some of the guys and sometime even gals I work with see me struggling and help me with heavy stuff.  It's kind of embarrassing.  My sense of taste and smell has changed.  I use to drink diet Dr Pepper exclusively but now I crave fruity drinks.  Because of muscle loss,  I've gone down one shoe size. I now wear a size 7B from size 8.  I notice dudes checking me out quite a bit.  Didn't really expect that.

[Lady Smith]

I suppose the biggest surprise I got was when the supernumerary nipple under my right armpit turned into a miniature breast.  Before HRT I didn't know it was a supernumerary nipple though, I just thought it was a skin blemish.  It took until year four before it woke up and bloomed into a proper little type 1 supernumerary nipple.  It's actually very cute, and no I won't show you a picture because you'll have to marry me first to see it and I'm very fussy about whom I would allow to be that close to me.

When it happened I thought something awful was going on like some kind of icky cyst or something and I was worried, but once I found out what it was I didn't mind in the slightest.  My daughter has one too, but because it's away from the milk line her one just stayed being a tiny blemish.

[enigmaticrorschach]

my taste buds changed. just noticed today. maybe I can start to eat seafood again and other things that I didn't like such as beets