Just another part of my daily routine. It seems like a choice but in reality it is not. For me and probably others, it's a need that I gladly volunteered for, if that makes any sense.

Think of it as taking your vitamins.

I've been on HRT for several years, and the pills aren't a big deal, but I am starting to get tired of the injections, so I'm thinking about trying pellet therapy, as I've heard good things about it.

Just like others here to me it's no different than other medicine I take daily to keep me healthy. I have a chronic pain issue I take pain meds for I'll likely need for the rest of my life, I take medicine to combat PTSD I'll prolly need the rest of my life, and after my upcoming SRS I'll need a maintenance dose of E even tho I do have 1 ovary so a shot a week, or every two weeks is no big deal to me.

Best wishes everyone.

Ally

I drink everyday, just as well add a pill to it . Not even sure if you take HRT like that actually but eh.. just a way of saying I don't mind it at all. It will just be routine xD.

The only real issue for me is fear of being unable to access it at some point, due to funds or something else. A once a week shot is no biggie.
Paraphrasing something I read awhile back:

If a doctor told you that you had a bacterial infection that could never be cured, only controlled through treatment, and you had to administer treatment at least twice a day for two minutes - AND you would periodically require longer, professional treatments - or an important part of your digestive system would slowly be destroyed and possibly start a chain reaction of other health maladies, what would you think of that?

But chances are you probably brush your teeth and think nothing of it. It's just something you have to do to be healthy.

The comparison to having to rely on contacts/glasses made me feel a lot better. Now that I think about it, I'm used to putting contacts in every morning and being blind without them...so actually I would rather get HRT once in a while than have to deal with that if I had to choose between the two, haha!

Chronic condition check!

Hearing Aids.
Anti-depressants.
Pain medication (2 types and highly regulated).
Muscle relaxants.
And I used to wear glasses but they were determined to be of little use to me so no longer.
I also wore a back brace as a kid to attempt to correct severely progressive scoliosis, so a binder doesn't really bother me and T would be no more than another medication.

What bothers me is what are we supposed to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse? It'll be bad enough foraging for water and tins of beans let alone keeping up with our HRT.

Might be time to stock up on Zombie venom.

Quote from: Jessica-Louise on November 20, 2014, 10:42:14 PM
What bothers me is what are we supposed to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse? It'll be bad enough foraging for water and tins of beans let alone keeping up with our HRT.

If this^^___^^ case could really happen, I'd just eat my gun and get it over with, lol! But then again, I don't believe in zombies or a zombie apocalypse.

Ally

Quote from: Allyda on November 21, 2014, 01:03:27 AM
If this^^___^^ case could really happen, I'd just eat my gun and get it over with, lol! But then again, I don't believe in zombies or a zombie apocalypse.

Ally

Zombie apocalypse" is code for any society destroying event and it happens to every culture eventually. Given that our cultures are heavily interdependent if not becoming world wide, it's more a question of "when" not "if". The only real salvation is to move into an environment where distance makes that kind of interdependence impossible. Wonder where that could be?

In any case, in the event of complete collapse, I will struggle on to the end of my strength, with or without E. If I was inclined to the Final Solution, I would have done it by now. I'm probably the most optimistic pessimist you'll ever meet. Maybe the horse will learn to sing!

We seem to have drifted a bit. We now return you to your regularly hijacked thread.

I'd be one of the first to die, without synthesis of insulin using genetically modified bacteria I'm pretty much a goner after I deplete my 3-6 month supply I keep in my fridge.

In such an even we would be talking about 90%+ of the population perishing in any case. The cruel reality is that not only are very few of us capable enough at survival but our bodies have evolved over the last 10-20 thousand years for an agricultural society providing high energy density foods.

To put it simply we have domesticated ourselves and it will take at least 10-20 generations for the genes that have been de-activated to be re-activated for a larger stomach and natural selection of other traits that would assist for surviving in the wild.

Quite simply all of us living the western lifestyle would die.

Quote from: Dee Walker on November 21, 2014, 09:38:03 AM
Zombie apocalypse" is code for any society destroying event and it happens to every culture eventually. Given that our cultures are heavily interdependent if not becoming world wide, it's more a question of "when" not "if". The only real salvation is to move into an environment where distance makes that kind of interdependence impossible. Wonder where that could be?

In any case, in the event of complete collapse, I will struggle on to the end of my strength, with or without E. If I was inclined to the Final Solution, I would have done it by now. I'm probably the most optimistic pessimist you'll ever meet. Maybe the horse will learn to sing!

We seem to have drifted a bit. We now return you to your regularly hijacked thread.

I think of worse things like, no HRT for a lifetime.

Quote from: Jessica-Louise on November 20, 2014, 10:42:14 PM
What bothers me is what are we supposed to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse? It'll be bad enough foraging for water and tins of beans let alone keeping up with our HRT.

I think you got other things to worry about then . And! If it ever gotten that bad you rarely ever see your reflection and well.. I dunno. When life isn't about feeling comfortable with me personally, getting a nice job and a partner to grow old with, but just about surviving. I might just prefer being tall, stronger and a bit more masculine o.o

But who knows, I might just be a weirdo.

Nah, I agree with you Kirey, I am pretty sure in such a situation there is bigger things going on!

Anyway we can raid the pharmacies. Who is gonna loot HRT meds lol

Well, in the inevitable event of a zombie apocalypse I personally plan on looking fabulous.

Seriously though, barring a cataclysm of some kind I'm actually okay with being on HRT for my whole life. I just wish Canada offered injections because dissolving the pills in my mouth several times a day is a bit tedious. Oh, and I'm really looking forward to being able to take less spiro (or none?) after SRS. That stuff makes me pee like crazy. Actually, I guess it is a bit annoying but it's so much better than the alternative that I'm happy to be on it.

Quote from: Jessica-Louise on November 21, 2014, 08:34:11 PM
...Oh, and I'm really looking forward to being able to take less spiro (or none?) after SRS. That stuff makes me pee like crazy. Actually, I guess it is a bit annoying but it's so much better than the alternative that I'm happy to be on it.

It's a good night when I can sleep four straight hours before I have to get up to pee. Two and a half is more typical. It's a good thing I fall right back to sleep. And yes, I'm thankful for it.

Taking meds for HRT could be likened to numerous different things, including food, water, air, excercise and many, many more things (some of which aren't really NEEDED, but needed all the same, such as chocolate ). My dad is on Insolin injections for his diabetes, so he'll be needing to jab himself everyday for the rest of his life. As many have said over the years, if it's a choice between life and death, then meds are really the best, and only, option.

Quote from: adrian on November 19, 2014, 12:35:21 AM
I'm a total medication-phobe (not sure that is a word ). But if it's doing those shots or leaving this planet, I'm in for the shots. Once I get there anyway.

Looking on Wikipedia, Pharmacophobia looks to be the word for a fear of medicine.

Quote from: Phoenix_2812 on November 22, 2014, 12:11:45 AM
Looking on Wikipedia, Pharmacophobia looks to be the word for a fear of medicine.

Heh, thanks! [emoji16]