Do you continue to take hormones even when you're sick?

[Shelina]

Yes/No?

[LordKAT]

I have no reference but it would make sense that you do. Your body doesn't stop making them when your sick why would you not take them when your sick.

[Miniar]

Not on T yet, but the way I see it, if a man gets sick, he does't take his testies off. So I will not take any break in my HRT should I fall ill.

[shanetastic]

Yes

[Janet_Girl]

Definitely.

Janet

[gothique11]

Not on T yet, but the way I see it, if a man gets sick, he does't take his testies off. So I will not take any break in my HRT should I fall ill.

What?  Men don't take his testies of when they're sick? LOL j/k

Yep, like everyone else said -- unless your doctor tells you different -- you don't need to stop your HRT. Actually, stopping it all of a sudden can cause some shock to your system and you could even feel more ill. So, unless your HRT is causing a health concern and your doctor needs you to go off and re-evaluate you, having a flu, cold, etc, isn't a reason to go off HRT.

*thinks detachable male parts would have made her transition a lot easier, no need for SRS, just detach and and give to a FtM friend -- we could trade!*

--natalie

[Hannah]

*thinks detachable male parts would have made her transition a lot easier...we could trade!*

Definitely the way to go.
Millions of Mrs/Mr. Potatoheads can't be wrong.

[Myself]

It might stress the body more when you are sick, but unless told otherwise, keep taking them

[Suzy]

Kristi

[Hannah]

I have to chew my spiro pill

Is that as gross as it sounds or do they make a chewable version?

[Cindy]

General advice is to keep taking any medication as normal if you are sick. Be aware if you are on anti-depressants or anti-epilectic drugs (etc)you should try and keep a record of when you voided (sorry) so if you have a problem the medics know that you may not have peak levels. They will then boost you safely.

Happy Chucking

Cindy (aussie expression)

[Syne]

Depends. Run of the mill illnesses, yes. Recent bacterial infection that left me in bed for two weeks, not so much. I am only on estrogen and I took it here and there. I might have done more but one day bled into the next and before I knew it a week had gone by.

[Naturally Blonde]

Re: Do you continue to take hormones even when you're sick?

No, I stop if I need to. Especially when I get high prolactin levels.

[Kaweah]

Actually, it is quite tolerable. Chewing the finasteride (which I no longer take) or my huge multivitamin pills was/is worse.

Yes, I would imagine multivitamins would taste terrible.  And some of them are enormous, so I can see why you might have to crush or chew them.  But why do you chew spiro or finasteride? 

[Hannah]

I forgot about this discussion. What is the reason for chewing the spironolactone, I was trying to figure that out but something shiny happened by and you know how it goes.

[aurora17]

Absolutely, unless my sickness is the result of a bad dosage or bad intake method, in which case I modify the method and/or the dosage until the new balance is attained.

[noeleena]

Hi...
This would depend on a number of things . for normal  colds & flues. it would not seem to be a problem. so yes . keep takeing them .
Now age has a bearing . & depends what meds . & strength. they are .  i m 62 .
Lets look at two details . long haul flights . so  to much sitting will not help . & youll know about that . i came off my meds . for two sets of op.s . first one was for 5 weeks . i was on premirn  & spirolacton .
The 2 nd . was 11 weeks . when going over to phuket  for my ops s r s . & b a . some will say why so long . i was told 2 weeks before my ops & two after . with 23 days in phuket . i was not prepared to have any thing go wrong so i took more time . & yes was well worth it . oh i lost some breast growth . & that took months to regain it . a miner detail .   health wise . for some meds it takes your body 3 months to be totaly out of your boby . so 11 weeks was okay for me to have enough e to keep me stable my tests confirmed that .
we do need our meds of e for life ..no way out of that . now the other concern is if we have a accident . whats going to happen to us concerning blood clots & & oither details . some thing we have not talked about . so there are concerns that we do have.    thats why we check in with our endo.s . as they will have a better idear . of what can happen .   i.v changed over from premirn to progynova . so i will be doing my blood tests all over again just like i did in the begining . every 3  months for first year.   6 months the 2 nd . & then like i did.    now every year .so i know what is happening in my body . 
For some they wont bother, then when some thing goes wrong they wonder why . its not a game for some of us its life or death .
I.v been on h r t for over 5 years now so i have a better idear of what.s going on . now most of the changes have taken place so its just maintaning . my body ,
The other point is these med.s are for women . & we dont have a data base to look at . so really we are guinepig.s in many ways .  oh well female one.s at that .........
...noeleena...