Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: EndlessEden on March 14, 2018, 08:08:34 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Needing advice [intimate]
Post by: EndlessEden on March 14, 2018, 08:08:34 AM
Post by: EndlessEden on March 14, 2018, 08:08:34 AM
Hello, i am Eden. Ive been on HRT since 11/16, pre-op and i am uncomfortably confused if this is normal. I am afraid something has happened and my levels have changed since certian changes seem to have receeded...
since about 2/17 ejaculatory fluid has been clear, then stopping all together.
Now all of a sudden in the last 2 months, ive expierenced a sudden return of both more fluid and occasionally semi-cloudy inclusion.
To add to it, the only thing that has changed since 5/17 is my injections are failing quite often since 11/17. (estradiol immediately vacating back out the injection site).
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Would this change, be contributed by a change in hormonal levels? or is it normal/triggerable.
since about 2/17 ejaculatory fluid has been clear, then stopping all together.
Now all of a sudden in the last 2 months, ive expierenced a sudden return of both more fluid and occasionally semi-cloudy inclusion.
To add to it, the only thing that has changed since 5/17 is my injections are failing quite often since 11/17. (estradiol immediately vacating back out the injection site).
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Would this change, be contributed by a change in hormonal levels? or is it normal/triggerable.
Title: Re: Needing advice [intimate]
Post by: sarah1972 on March 14, 2018, 08:59:14 AM
Post by: sarah1972 on March 14, 2018, 08:59:14 AM
If the injection vacate the injection site, then it did not work and your estradiol level may be too low. Pretty much all the E ends on on your skin end gets wiped away.
I am using pills so I am not an expert in injection estradiol but you may need to try a different site or technique for injection. And have your levels checked.
I can say that on pills, it did not come back at all. Even the "clear" part of it is now reduced to a drop,
I would start with a blood test and maybe ask one of the nurses at your doctor if there is a good trick for the injections.
I am using pills so I am not an expert in injection estradiol but you may need to try a different site or technique for injection. And have your levels checked.
I can say that on pills, it did not come back at all. Even the "clear" part of it is now reduced to a drop,
I would start with a blood test and maybe ask one of the nurses at your doctor if there is a good trick for the injections.
Title: Re: Needing advice [intimate]
Post by: Ellement_of_Freedom on March 14, 2018, 06:19:48 PM
Post by: Ellement_of_Freedom on March 14, 2018, 06:19:48 PM
I think your testosterone may have come back up...you should ensure your injections are successful everytime. Talk to your doctor ASAP.
Title: Re: Needing advice [intimate]
Post by: Northern Star Girl on March 14, 2018, 06:26:32 PM
Post by: Northern Star Girl on March 14, 2018, 06:26:32 PM
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@ Sarah: I am using pills also and I had exactly the same experience about 7 months into my HRT. Now that I have been on HRT for just over 3 years... no erections, no ejaculations, nothing. Now a useless appendage which is just fine by me!!!
Danielle
Quote from: sarah1972 on March 14, 2018, 08:59:14 AM
I am using pills .......
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I can say that on pills, it did not come back at all. Even the "clear" part of it is now reduced to a drop,
@ Sarah: I am using pills also and I had exactly the same experience about 7 months into my HRT. Now that I have been on HRT for just over 3 years... no erections, no ejaculations, nothing. Now a useless appendage which is just fine by me!!!
Danielle
Title: Re: Needing advice [intimate]
Post by: KayXo on March 16, 2018, 07:44:06 AM
Post by: KayXo on March 16, 2018, 07:44:06 AM
Quote from: EndlessEden on March 14, 2018, 08:08:34 AMTo add to it, the only thing that has changed since 5/17 is my injections are failing quite often since 11/17. (estradiol immediately vacating back out the injection site).
Try the Z-track method, it helps prevent leakage. Inject slowly and once the needle is out, press on the site with a gauze. Worked for me. :) Check with a nurse.
Title: Re: Needing advice [intimate]
Post by: Daniellekai on March 18, 2018, 02:32:40 AM
Post by: Daniellekai on March 18, 2018, 02:32:40 AM
I had to switch to pills for a while, and that was what happened for me during that time, it turned out my levels WERE quite wrong, testosterone was high, AND estrogen was low, back on injections now, and I can say everything is back to (ab)normal, although I haven't had levels tested again yet. So you can basically take 3 months off my HRT counter >.>