Quote from: xander on October 04, 2011, 01:28:54 AM
All the trans guys I know IRL get it done by their Dr.
The doctors like to monitor the first 6 months because It's the danger zone for suicide apparently.
Plus here it doesn't cost any money to see doctors at medical centres.
I have heard that the highest risk for suicide can be in the first few months after starting HRT, but I really don't get why that would warrant monitoring of injections, are they going to stab themselves with a 22g needle to death? OD on testosterone? The latter would be unlikely with only one vial I would think.
The only reason I can see for a doctor to require the shots be administered by their staff is if they suspected the patient wouldn't follow correct dosing or if they felt the patient was incapable of self-injection. I know that I would have found a new doctor if mine made me go in every week to do something I can do in two minutes myself. A phobia of needles is one thing, but what the heck is someone doing making huge decisions like going on HRT if they can't be trusted with their own medical care? I do know by accounts from other FTM's I've met recently that over regulation leads to people getting street T, and there's some bad stuff out there.
Anyways, about the original question; I self-inject in my thigh.
