I've been self medicating with estrogel for about a month but I've decided to see an endocrinologist so I can get them legitimately.  This from the advice of a GP who is a member of the country club we golf at.  Not my doctor but I talked to him about my female appearance.  He told me I didn't need hormones and suggested I was probably a hermaphrodite?  OMG!  Anyway I want to be sure that testosterone isn't going to eventually masculinize me as I get older.  Will the endo make me jump through hoops to get estrogen?  If so I'm afraid I'll keep self medicating.

I think they'll just start you off with a prescription- After you take hormones, suddenly stopping them would have a dramatic and possibly catastrophic effect on you.  Not sure, though.

Whether or not you will gain any kind of damage from testosterone depends on your age and genetics, if you've already gone through your first puberty with testosterone, chances are you're done with it- however aging with testosterone will be a little different than if you had less of it.

Ultimately the year he would throw you through hoops would be for the most part wouldn't be very problematic toward how testosterone levels will effect you unless you're still physically going through puberty.

Also, being intersex isn't that deduce-able.  You'd have to get genetic tests to know for sure, he's playing on your hopes for the most part I can see.  Never the less, you might be intersex but looking androgynous is definitely not the tell-tale sign. 

Also, technically being a transsexual in itself can also be considered some form of an intersex condition, though not genetic.

Quote from: Nidalexi on October 03, 2013, 04:58:25 PM
I think they'll just start you off with a prescription- After you take hormones, suddenly stopping them would have a dramatic and possibly catastrophic effect on you.  Not sure, though.

Whether or not you will gain any kind of damage from testosterone depends on your age and genetics, if you've already gone through your first puberty with testosterone, chances are you're done with it- however aging with testosterone will be a little different than if you had less of it.

Ultimately the year he would throw you through hoops would be for the most part wouldn't be very problematic toward how testosterone levels will effect you unless you're still physically going through puberty.

Also, being intersex isn't that deduce-able.  You'd have to get genetic tests to know for sure, he's playing on your hopes for the most part I can see.  Never the less, you might be intersex but looking androgynous is definitely not the tell-tale sign. 

Also, technically being a transsexual in itself can also be considered some form of an intersex condition, though not genetic.

Well tomorrow I'm off work so I'll try to schedule an appointment to see if I need hormones.  Hopefully I won't need to take any.

Quote from: Tatyana on October 03, 2013, 06:40:30 PM
Well tomorrow I'm off work so I'll try to schedule an appointment to see if I need hormones.  Hopefully I won't need to take any.

Tatyana, How did you make out at your doctors appointment today?

Quote from: cdjeannie on October 04, 2013, 12:33:41 AM
Tatyana, How did you make out at your doctors appointment today?

I haven't made the appointment yet.  I'll call them today and schedule one.  Will probably be next week though before I can see a doctor.  I think I have to go through my PC to see an endo since that is a specialist.

Well best of luck. Hopefully they'll be able to get you in quickly.

Let us know how things proceed.

Jeannie

Quote from: cdjeannie on October 04, 2013, 07:31:39 AM
Well best of luck. Hopefully they'll be able to get you in quickly.

Let us know how things proceed.

Jeannie

Thanks I will.