Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: LynnER on July 03, 2006, 01:01:01 AM Return to Full Version
Title: It hurts....
Post by: LynnER on July 03, 2006, 01:01:01 AM
Post by: LynnER on July 03, 2006, 01:01:01 AM
:D Been back on hrt for 2 weeks now after a 6 month well... those who have stopped know the horror. Anyways I guess my body is still very receptive and Im allready starting to get the soreness again..... It made my temp job a total pain in the chest. <carying/moving heavy large boxes and such... and people who dont understand throwing them to you LoL> Anyways it hurts and I love it. Oh and my angsiety atacks have allmost totaly stopped again :) Laters...
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: Dennis on July 03, 2006, 01:06:08 AM
Post by: Dennis on July 03, 2006, 01:06:08 AM
LoL Lynn, welcome back. I like the pain only cause it means I'm building muscle :)
Dennis
Dennis
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: stephanie_craxford on July 03, 2006, 07:54:13 AM
Post by: stephanie_craxford on July 03, 2006, 07:54:13 AM
Quote from: LynnER on July 03, 2006, 01:01:01 AM
:D Been back on hrt for 2 weeks now after a 6 month well... those who have stopped know the horror. Anyways I guess my body is still very receptive and Im allready starting to get the soreness again..... It made my temp job a total pain in the chest. <carying/moving heavy large boxes and such... and people who dont understand throwing them to you LoL> Anyways it hurts and I love it. Oh and my angsiety atacks have allmost totaly stopped again :) Laters...
I know what you mean. I was forever knocking my boobs on things. I guess it's better than having a pain in the butt. :)
Steph
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: LostInTime on July 04, 2006, 06:48:42 PM
Post by: LostInTime on July 04, 2006, 06:48:42 PM
Lynn,
I just started training for next year's soccer season, the first for me as a woman. Using my chest to control the ball...well, ouch.
When I first started to develop it seemed that my chest found every door frame and circle clothes rack. Ouch.
I just started training for next year's soccer season, the first for me as a woman. Using my chest to control the ball...well, ouch.
When I first started to develop it seemed that my chest found every door frame and circle clothes rack. Ouch.
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: JenniferElizabeth on July 11, 2006, 11:28:19 PM
Post by: JenniferElizabeth on July 11, 2006, 11:28:19 PM
Well those may hurt. But I have a worse one for you.
I work as a hand held computer agent for a car rental co. So, all day I check in the people who bring the cars back.
Well, I've had my nipple hit by the top of a cars' door. The pointy edge!!!!.ANd Im not smart to learn the first time!!! Ive done it 5 times so far.OUCH!!!!
The first time it happened I bent over and yelled. And everyone around me was busting out over it(but not knowing why). The 3rd time, same reaction ( but with manager there, and they all know) She grabbed the printed and helped me until I could stand up. Then she got another agent to cover and took me to her office and checked it out for me. Each time Id have a bruise across my nipple and around it.
I work as a hand held computer agent for a car rental co. So, all day I check in the people who bring the cars back.
Well, I've had my nipple hit by the top of a cars' door. The pointy edge!!!!.ANd Im not smart to learn the first time!!! Ive done it 5 times so far.OUCH!!!!
The first time it happened I bent over and yelled. And everyone around me was busting out over it(but not knowing why). The 3rd time, same reaction ( but with manager there, and they all know) She grabbed the printed and helped me until I could stand up. Then she got another agent to cover and took me to her office and checked it out for me. Each time Id have a bruise across my nipple and around it.
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: Melissa on July 11, 2006, 11:50:47 PM
Post by: Melissa on July 11, 2006, 11:50:47 PM
You're going to know your nipple off one of these days. :D No problems with breasts for me. It just feels natural to have them. In fact before transition, I always felt like I was missing something on my chest and had to sleep with a pillow there for the weight since I was about 12. Now I can sleep fine without the pillow there, but I put it on my stomach a lot of times anyways out of habit.
Anyway, I can imagine how bad those panic attacks must have been. Just thinking about stopping scares me. I had panic attacks right before starting HRT because I needed it so bad.
Melissa
Anyway, I can imagine how bad those panic attacks must have been. Just thinking about stopping scares me. I had panic attacks right before starting HRT because I needed it so bad.
Melissa
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: Dennis on July 11, 2006, 11:59:29 PM
Post by: Dennis on July 11, 2006, 11:59:29 PM
Oh I'm so glad to be rid of those. Imagine what it feels like to not expect them there and hate their presence and constantly bump up against things. Bleh.
Dennis
Dennis
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: tinkerbell on July 12, 2006, 12:01:36 AM
Post by: tinkerbell on July 12, 2006, 12:01:36 AM
Oh yes...the pain, the beautiful pain.....okay now I'm getting a little bit masochist here....oh what the heck? we love this kind of pain, don't we, girls?
tinkerbell :icon_chick:
tinkerbell :icon_chick:
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: Melissa on July 12, 2006, 12:06:58 AM
Post by: Melissa on July 12, 2006, 12:06:58 AM
It's better to have the pain of my children occasionally hitting my chest than to not have them at all. Just today I was musing over how natural it feels to have breasts even though I've had them for such a short time. Sometimes I will grab one and it makes me smile to know that it's there.
Melissa
Melissa
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: LynnER on July 13, 2006, 08:56:02 PM
Post by: LynnER on July 13, 2006, 08:56:02 PM
Well, its a month in now..... and oh boy if I thought those boxes hurt I must have been on something LoL.... Got over zellous while drumming and whacked myself with a drumstick.... (realize even with the loss of musclemass I can break a glass bottle with one quick whack) but its all good. Im loveing it... :D
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: tinkerbell on July 13, 2006, 09:09:38 PM
Post by: tinkerbell on July 13, 2006, 09:09:38 PM
Hi Lynn:
I'm very happy for you. Things will definetely get better and BIGGER! ;)
tinkerbell :icon_chick:
I'm very happy for you. Things will definetely get better and BIGGER! ;)
tinkerbell :icon_chick:
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: LynnER on July 13, 2006, 11:33:31 PM
Post by: LynnER on July 13, 2006, 11:33:31 PM
LoL, no kidding.... I was at a B before stopping HRT the first time around. Allready Im noticeing a size diffrence... and Ive got the "bounce" back :D and this time Im not ballooning heh.
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: stephanie on July 14, 2006, 11:18:51 AM
Post by: stephanie on July 14, 2006, 11:18:51 AM
I recently lost my job and so now I can't afford to buy my hormones. I've been off them for a month, after having been taking them for 5 months. I wasn't really developed that much (having an operation to remove skin cancer across one of them doesn't help either - my "larger" of the two is now the "smaller"). I haven't seen much reduction yet, but the emotional turmoil has been taking its toll on me greatly. I can't wait to start back up, and I'd rather have the pain of development than the pain of withdrawl.
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: Melissa on July 14, 2006, 11:37:53 AM
Post by: Melissa on July 14, 2006, 11:37:53 AM
I was wondering what happened to you stephanie. I remember you starting hormones shortly before I did. I'm sorry to hear you aren't able to afford them. For me, they are a higher priority than food, but then again, I can afford both.
On the positive side, one thing I've heard though is people who have stopped and then started again notice a sudden jump in breast growth. :)
Melissa
On the positive side, one thing I've heard though is people who have stopped and then started again notice a sudden jump in breast growth. :)
Melissa
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: LynnER on July 15, 2006, 03:19:33 AM
Post by: LynnER on July 15, 2006, 03:19:33 AM
Honestly Id sell my drumset before going through the pain of withdrawl again ... I understand not being able to afford them.... was 7 months on, 6 months off.... and that 6 months was hell... between the physical pains, Loosing most of what I gained, the return of the anxiety atacks, the agitation <which helped force me leave my better job which made things even worse>, and finaly the morbid depression setting back in <which was a driveing cause on my part of the end of my relationship>. Never Never again... unless its for actual health reasons...... and even then I'll try to find a way LoL
Title: Re: It hurts....
Post by: stephanie_craxford on July 15, 2006, 06:15:19 AM
Post by: stephanie_craxford on July 15, 2006, 06:15:19 AM
Reading this topic makes me realize how lucky I am to live in a country with the medical system that we have. Sometimes I/we tend to take things for granted, I learned not to do that anymore. The only time that I came close to losing my HRT was last year when my family Dr. closed her practice and I was low on meds. I was in a bit of a panic as my prescription needed to be renewed, and before that had to be done I would need a Dr. to renew it. Long story short, I found a new Dr. and immediately asked for and received a prescription for a year at a time. I was not going to run that risk again.
Steph
Steph