Quote from: J.T. on August 13, 2008, 05:45:26 PM
back to the original post... yeah i'm almost five months on T and that issue still hasn't disappeared completely.  I'm not on full dosage yet though.  I know how you feel dude.  It sucks.  You're lucky you're getting your hysto soon.

Oops, Jay--I guess some of us hijacked the thread. (Thanks, J.T., for being so polite about it.) But I have also read that gel doesn't work as well/quickly as injections. And the T is working against your female hormones, right? Maybe your fem organs are just fighting back, really hard. An internal power struggle.

I had one sorta like that after reaching menopause--yes, menopausal hormone levels and fifteen months of NOTHIN', thank the gods--and then I had a sort of sanguinary hiccup for a couple of days. AUGH!! Boy, was I pissed. But I wasn't transitioning. You are. That makes a big difference.

It will all be over soon. Till then, you have my sympathy.

I'm aware that the dose of T I'm on isn't meant to overcome my estrogen.  Because the hysto is scheduled, my endo put me on the standard dose of T that bio-males get for hypogonadism, which is why the gel should work for me when the parts are yanked out.  If I need a higher dose after that we'll go to the shots.  My periods were already very irregular and frequent even before T; one of the reasons I can medically use to get the hysto in the first place and have insurance cover it.  Two more weeks, thank G*D!!

Quote from: sneakersjay on August 13, 2008, 06:14:48 PM
My periods were already very irregular and frequent even before T; one of the reasons I can medically use to get the hysto in the first place and have insurance cover it.  Two more weeks, thank G*D!!

I'm glad that you at least have medical coverage for the hysterectomy. And two weeks...plus recovery...well, this time next month, you'll be so much happier.

About all you can do at this point is just grit your teeth and hang on as best you can. I'm sure that the closer you get, the more impatient you'll feel. Not much to be done about that. It's classic short-timer's syndrome.

But you know you can come here and rant anytime. You can scream primally in the virtual world without waking up your neighbors.

We're not going anywhere.

Quote from: sneakersjay on August 12, 2008, 06:42:17 PM
I'm in a very foul mood at the moment.  I'm 19 days on T (daily gel) and now I've gotten my period for the second time in 3 friggin' weeks.  Every time I think Cool!  My transition is progressing!  Soon I'll be passing!  I get smacked back into reality.  I'm so over this effing thing.  My luck I'll get it again before my hysto in 16 days.  It can't come out soon enough.

I've been on T three months, and I'm on my forth period.    This latest period has been going on for a week and a half.    So... I hear ya!  Unfortunately, though, a hysto is soooo far off into my future.... I mean, like, probably won't happen until years from now.  So.... hang in Jay...  only a little over 2 weeks and you're home free!