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Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: MugwortPsychonaut on March 08, 2015, 06:36:14 PM

Title: More questions about tucking...
Post by: MugwortPsychonaut on March 08, 2015, 06:36:14 PM
I always hear that this gets easier when you're on HRT. I've been on hormones for a year now, and my balls are just as big as ever. Using a stripper g-string, I can sort of minimize the bulge... sort of. But it hurts when I sit down. And from there, I simply can't close my legs.

So... any thoughts?
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: Rachel on March 08, 2015, 07:18:37 PM
What is your T level? My gonads are a fraction of the size they once were but my T is low.
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: MugwortPsychonaut on March 09, 2015, 10:19:18 AM
As of November, it was 79. I'm sure it's lower than that now.
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: mfox on March 09, 2015, 11:32:00 AM
After 3 months of being on E, Spiro and Finasteride mine shrunk really noticeably.  They even started to ascend into the inguinal canals without trying which made tucking easier and non-painful.  Can you put yours "inside" like that? 
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: suzifrommd on March 09, 2015, 11:35:50 AM
Mine shrunk, but my T levels were much, much lower than yours. I never had readings above 20.
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: MugwortPsychonaut on March 09, 2015, 12:24:47 PM
Quote from: mfox on March 09, 2015, 11:32:00 AM
After 3 months of being on E, Spiro and Finasteride mine shrunk really noticeably.  They even started to ascend into the inguinal canals without trying which made tucking easier and non-painful.  Can you put yours "inside" like that?

Naw, they don't fit in there. They're just these big, obtuse balls. Je pron n'ami pas.
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: mfox on March 09, 2015, 01:22:22 PM
Quote from: suzifrommd on March 09, 2015, 11:35:50 AM
Mine shrunk, but my T levels were much, much lower than yours. I never had readings above 20.

Right, I also think T levels of 70 are probably too high (what units is that though?).  I imagine as long as there is a decent amount of  T in your system, they're going to be nurtured.  Are you on a T blocker?

Testosterone Ranges: 11-36 in males, 0.8-3.1 in females (nmol/L)
http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=630849603

I don't really subscribe to the "you don't need a T blocker" philosophy unless you are post-orchie.  You're going to produce T at times during the day unless you are somehow keeping the exactly right amount of E in your system 24/7 to stop the feedback loop.  To do that, you'd probably have to take a large/risky amount of it.  Right?
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: MugwortPsychonaut on March 09, 2015, 02:13:40 PM
The units are NG/DL. I have no idea what that means. Anywhere between 348-1197 is "normal" for XY folk. Those numbers seem pretty specific. And mine was 79 in November.

I did some research, and I think it means nanograms per deciliter.
Title: Re: More questions about tucking...
Post by: mfox on March 09, 2015, 02:26:01 PM
You're right, that seems OK after all. 79 ng/dl is 2.74 nmol/L which is within the normal female range but towards the high end according to that GP Notebook page.

http://www.endmemo.com/medical/unitconvert/Testosterone.php