Getting "the Good Stuff"

[Carolyn Marie]

I saw my HRT doc today for my six month, 6 thousand mile checkup. Other than a concern about an elevated potassium level, all is well.

My T-levels are way below male "normal" so that was cool, but my estrogen levels were still well below normal female range. So finally, my doctor (who seems by nature very conservative in her practice) said she would prescribe estrogen pills, to be take sublingually. Yay! I had been on patches, and my derriere is already thanking me, because the itching from the patches was becoming unbearable.

I told my wife when I got home to hide the breakables and get ready for some interesting times. Let the moody, cranky, breast expanding

times start rolling. I'm ready!

Oh, and I'm discontinuing the finesteride, as my doc agreed that it wasn't doing anything for my bald pate. She did, however, complement me on the quality of my artificial hair. She said at first she thought it was the real deal.

I'll let you know how it goes in the next week.

HUGS

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Elizabeth K]

COOL DEAL - I thought you were kinda antsy in your chair when we met!

LIZZY

[Guest]

Hi Carolyn,

Woohoo! That sounds so great -- especially right now as the clock ticks down to that first endo appointment.... ever so slowly.

You've made obvious progress in six months, can't imagine what you'll do on the good stuff!

Love, Kat

[Sally]

Fantastic news, Little Sis,

I am so happy to hear this - it should be interesting for you to compare the two.

Sorry about the hair growth not working but then you have other great things going for you - number one your personality and then your brain - wow you are way ahead of the field.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Chiv]

Looking forward to another positive update.

John

[Guest Lacey Lynne]

Dang, Carolyn Marie, NOW it all makes sense!

We're so close in age and time in transition that I follow your posts closely for these reasons and primarily because you're so cool and smart.

Well, I've seen your good-natured laments about the suboptimal results you've been having with your hormone replacement therapy. Heck, it all makes sense now! No WONDER things were minimal for you, hon.

Look, for my first 7 months on HRT, the same thing happened to me. My gender therapists back in Florida (Pinellas Park) had directed for me to be put on low-dose conjugated estrogen ONLY and nothing else. Seven months like that!

Well, in mid-July of 2010, I finally get to see my new HRT doctor here in Portlandia (also a transwoman). By sheer luck, she's also preeminent in HRT administration to transsexuals nationwide. Well, she saw my old regimen and shook her head.

Well, even though I've been on HRT for 1 year and 3 months now (just a tad over that actually), I've only been on a CORRECT HRT regimen for 6 months! Guess what? Yep! Things are jammin' now! Okay, I put on 3-5 pounds too much junking out when we got here to Portlandia, but I'm exercising it away as we speak.

Just 6 months into THE CORRECT REGIMEN of HRT and I'll not be able to be an androgyne much longer. I walk the mall every day, and you should see the looks I get. Once it warms up here in Portlandia (which it can do any doggone time, Thank you very much!), I'll go fulltime. I have the clothes.

Girl, things will FINALLY take off for you! They have for me, and I'm not better than you. Heck, you're much better than me. You deserve great results. You'll get 'em! Wait and see!

Lacey Lynne

[Guest AlyTheGreatAngel]

Been on Hrt 2 years!! Nothing im barley an A cup:(

[JJ]

Yea Carolyn. That is GREAT news!

I am so happy for you that I won't even mutter under my breath if you get all moody on us sometimes.

Hugs

John

[Guest Lacey Lynne]

Been on Hrt 2 years!! Nothing im barley an A cup:(

Chanelle:

Girl, most of it comes down to genetics. T-girls like you and me hope for some magical HRT formula. Know what? There isn't one. Everybody's reaction to HRT is different and most of it comes down to genetics.

Look at my avatar pic. That's from this past Thanksgiving. What you see is what you get. I'm an A cup right now too but ooching toward a B cup.

You so pretty that you don't have to be well-endowed with major boobage. Some of the hottest girls I've ever seen actually are small-breasted but very-nicely shapely ... lithe, lean and lissome. Well, that's you, from the pics I've seen.

Stay in shape and smile! You don't need huge breasts ... and neither do I. Breast forms? No way. Make the most of what you've got, because you've got a lot.

Lacey Lynne

[Guest NatashaJade]

I'm glad you're doctor is making the proper adjustments. I'm curious about not continuing on finesteride because it blocks DHT which is responsible for more than hair loss. But I assume all is according to plan.

I wouldn't expect you to get all that much more moody. It's not like taking progesterone

xoxo

Tasha

[Carolyn Marie]

I'm curious about not continuing on finesteride because it blocks DHT which is responsible for more than hair loss.

I asked her about that, too. She said it didn't add much of anything to the effects of the Spiro, not enough to justify the additional cost. I was using the Finesteride as the only T-blocker for the first 4-6 months of HRT.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest quiet amber]

I'm glad you're doctor is making the proper adjustments. I'm curious about not continuing on finesteride because it blocks DHT which is responsible for more than hair loss. But I assume all is according to plan.

I wouldn't expect you to get all that much more moody. It's not like taking progesterone

xoxo

Tasha

Oh my, I am quite the irritable one when I begin prometrium during "that time of the month" grats on the pills! Quite the magic set of pills bottled miracles as it were