Hey all
So i was reading today about HRT, I was just wondering if it is only injectable or can you also take it by tablets???
Quote from: justme19 on October 05, 2009, 05:09:05 AM
Hey all
So i was reading today about HRT, I was just wondering if it is only injectable or can you also take it by tablets???
Tablets, patch or shots. All are just as effective. It just comes down to which you'll be best at maintaining a regimen.
I prefer shots because I don't have to hassle with it every day. I self-inject twice a month.
It really isn't that bad.
-Sandy
Oh thanks,
I hate needles!!!!!! Ouch....
I hate needles too, which is why I've spent a good 30 hours total staring at self injection vids on youtube, trying to desensitize myself.
I have a great hate for needles myself. When I was very young,
I remember being literally drug back into the examination room for a shot
and being held down while it was administered. So, I feel for you but I was able
to get over it and am able to self inject. The first time, I was a little queasy
but I got over it. What I found surprising was how tough the epidermis is.
Once I was able to get over my case of the nerves, it was a breeze.
If you need it bad enough you can do it.
Quote from: heatherrose on October 05, 2009, 06:21:50 AM
If you need it bad enough you can do it.
Yup, but..... there are other ways :P
Most of us who are "of a certain age" are cautioned against pills. Patches and injections bypass the liver somewhat and are therefore better for us, maybe. I have used patches for years. When I had a chance to go with injections I jumped at it, just to finally get rid of those marks that the patches leave. I watched the videos on utube, assembled the prefilled progesteron contraption and almost fainted when I saw how long the needle was! I put it up against my thigh and wondered, "Isn't there a bone in there someplace?" Then I remembered having electrolysis just under my nose and thought that this can not be worse. Then it was over in a flash, doesn't hurt at all and one more milestone passed on the journey.
If pills are taken sublingual, it bypasses the liver also. I take my Estradiol that way and have never had a problem.
Janet
my movie idea: "Dr. StrangeFlan: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Injections"
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yeah, i know i'm not helping, but getting over injections usually involves getting over the initial prick of the needle
Oh i also hated injections, but eventually i gotten used to be given one, and later even self inject, and that is really not as bad as it sounds. :)
All HRT delivery methods have their "pro et contra" so you should discuss with your doctor which method of delivery is the best for you
regards
M.
I have no idea of the cost, but a compounding pharmacy can make a moisturizing cream w/bio identicle estrogen in it that comes in a despenser that automaticly measures out the right amount & you just rub it on once a day.
Post Merge: October 05, 2009, 07:33:22 PM
Quote from: heatherrose on October 05, 2009, 06:21:50 AM
I have a great hate for needles myself. When I was very young,
I remember being literally drug back into the examination room for a shot
and being held down while it was administered. So, I feel for you but I was able
to get over it and am able to self inject. The first time, I was a little queasy
but I got over it. What I found surprising was how tough the epidermis is.
Once I was able to get over my case of the nerves, it was a breeze.
If you need it bad enough you can do it.
I can top that one, when I was a kid, I had a similar experience, cept I was forcefully put under general anesthesia (literally held me down and injected me, a few seconds later, I remember waking up, lesson learned, DO NOT stop struggling to try and talk rationally, that's when they get you).
Took 10 years before I let someone get a needle anywhere near me again, thankfully I got over the resulting phobia before developing multiple sclerosis and having to self inject every 48 hours.
I know, my life rocks. ;D
Though, my injections are done with an autoinjector and tiny 30 gauge needles, I don't even feel the needle go in, they need something like that for your injections. It's literally just pressing the device to your skin, pushing a button, hearing a click, most of the time I don't feel a thing, I wouldn't even know a needle has pierced my skin, then in a few seconds there's another sound, and you're done. I can't imagine injections being any better than that.
Sure was better than a fun blood test I had the other day where the technician missed the vein, then bumped the syringe when she swapped the blood vials over, still got a nice bit of redness on my arm to remember that with.
Anyway, as someone who used to be terrified of injections, and now thinks literally nothing of them, I still don't know how to help except to say I pretty much stopped thinking of it in an irrational phobic sort of way on my own over time.
Injections were effective for me. However, I just could not self inject after about 11 months. It started to get worse and worse to the point where I'd sit there for an hour scared to death crying. Finally I gave up and went to my endo to discuss other options. I went with pills for now.
Self injecting for me was no problem at all. A little alcohol rub, make sure no bubbles in the syringe, quick plunge, nothing to it. 8)
Quote from: Maiden on October 05, 2009, 10:51:59 PM
Injections were effective for me. However, I just could not self inject after about 11 months. It started to get worse and worse to the point where I'd sit there for an hour scared to death crying. Finally I gave up and went to my endo to discuss other options. I went with pills for now.
Same!
Except I lasted like 6 or 7 months
There was no person on this planet before who could be more scared and terrified of injection than me then when I heard all the dangers of taking pills, I decided to take the big guts and do it. I WAS SHOCKED HOW MUCH I DIDN'T GET ANY PAIN AT ALL, I DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING AT ALL! AT ALL!! AT ALL!!! IT'S LIKE ALMOST NOTHING ENTERED THROUGH MY ARMS. Just need to do it SLOWLY.
I both inject myself and I can also bleed myself, an acquired art for people who are on call in pathology labs in the middle of the night and you need a 'normal' sample (I always have a giggle when I know I'm the normal control).
A little trick if you are nervous about the pain of the needle prick buy some babies toothing gel and rub a little on the skin, it desensitizes the area for a few minutes. Great for plucking eyebrows as well.
Cindy
Pills, patches and shots, I've done them all. I settled on patches after SRS as I needed only a lower doasage and I found that with patches there was less roller coaster highs and lows. I'm a little emotional.. OK I lied. I'm alot emotional though with patches mostly in a good way
Beni
I've never had shots in 10 years of HRT. If I did my life may have been better as they may have been more effective. The are not legal in my country, so it's not an option but I would like to try them as Pills and patches have not been very effective.