HRT monthly cost

[Donna]

I just found out that with my HMO provided by my employer here in Washington State, my HRT is going to cost me $18 per month. That's sixty cents a day. This I can afford. Not bad.

Now all I am waiting for is that heart to heart conversation with my wife.

[Dani]

Those of us who were or are married have all been there before.

Best wishes and be prepared for the unexpected reactions.

I found a slow and gentle approach works best.

Most important, let her know that our situation has been with us for a very long time and will not go away no matter what we tried.

[Harley Quinn]

Congratulations. And wow... $18 a month is cheap!

[SadieBlake]

Progesterone is costing me $5/mo, needles & syringes $8. Estradiol valerate presently costs me $1/month, if it were full price it would be $8/mo.

I should look into bulk syringe purchase as they might be cheaper that way than insured.

[Sharon Anne McC]

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The national chain here at Arizona offers 90-days for $10 pricing for many generic and named drugs.

Both estradiol and progesterone are on that schedule.

Further, MediCare reduces that to less than $3 each for 90 days.

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Yes.  Go slow with yoiur wife.

Your transition clock has been ticking for however many years you have known your self; hers will start ticking only from that moment when you tell her.

She will face her own challenges in her transition path as a SOFFA.

My best wishes to both of you and to your family.

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[AshleyP]

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The national chain here at Arizona offers 90-days for $10 pricing for many generic and named drugs.

Both estradiol and progesterone are on that schedule.

Further, MediCare reduces that to less than $3 each for 90 days.

The low dosage Spiro is also on the 90/$10 list. I find that it's much cheaper to buy them and take more pills than to buy the higher dosage pills and take fewer of them. I pay out of pocket, so I watch the pricing.

All the best,
--AshleyP

[MissGendered]

First, good luck with your wife, I really hope all goes as well as possible. Yes, slow is better than fast.. *hug*

It is so nice that HRT has come down in price, that is really affordable!

I have Medicaid, and because I have an intersex issue, all my hormones are covered. But the insurance carrier I now use is very particular and won't pay for injectable E, which I prefer, so I am back on tablets. They also refused to pay for my bio-identical progesterone soft-gels, but that was a blessing in disguise. But my gyno is clever, lol, and my insurance pays waaay more for a compounding pharmacy to make me bio-identical progesterone vaginal suppositories that have the added benefit of being suspended in an essential fatty-acid base, which has had a wonderful effect on my vaginal tissue and vulva. It also works wonders on my face if I use it as a moisturizer, which I often do. I can break them into smaller pieces for the days in my cycle that I only need a little bit of progesterone, which is something I could not do with the soft-gels. It is nice to have the right E/P balance all month as my cycle warrants, finally!

As a side note, when I started on progesterone, I was prescribed medroxyprogesterone, a synthetic, but it made me  depressed. The bio-identical does not do this. If any of you have a medroxy script, and you have depression, you may be eligible for the bio-identical, micronized stuff instead, which I find better in every way.