06-03-2014, 02:44 PM
Alright, I suppose I need an update here.
I visited the endo again yesterday. We went over the results of my bloodwork, nearly four years after starting on PM.
All the other tests were super, indicating my general health is great and in fact above average for my age.
Mt T was exceptionally low at 2.5, which is way low for a bio male and well within the female range.
However, my E was at 5.0
In subsequent refection with a couple of other forum members, we have concluded that the E in PM does not show up on tests because the test is specific to estradiol, and completely misses the miroestrol from PM.
So it appears that between PM and my other AAs, I have successfully knocked my T way down. So far down in fact that there is little T for aromatase to take place.
I spoke with the doctor for awhile. He was prepared to boost my T or go the other way depending on what I wanted.
We agreed to begin me on a course of estradiol at a rate of 4mg daily, and after a month check the blood again. I began taking estradiol in a generic form of Estrofem last night. In the meantime, I will discontinue all aspects of my program except PM and PC. Thus, if my T remains low at the end of a month we may safely conclude, I think, that PM does in fact reduce T. Should the results be different, and T goes up, then a different conclusion will present itself.
For admitting to the estradiol course, I suppose I will be burned at the stake here on BN, lol...but my belief, as I have stated before, is that herbs are indeed, when properly administered, a very definite form of transitioning, regardless of what people may tell themselves. Sue me...lol
I still have no current desire to progress to full transition, but I have learned to never say never.
My goal is still to find peace with my GID and move forward.
To that end... and this part is fun... I am going to a TG/CD event tomorrow night. I will be meeting many new TG/CD friends in a safe environment, en femme (a first for me), and maybe... just maybe... going out dancing at a TG/CD friendly club afterward. Big steps for old Sammie. I am so excited I may pee in my panties.
Wish Grandma luck, girls!
I visited the endo again yesterday. We went over the results of my bloodwork, nearly four years after starting on PM.
All the other tests were super, indicating my general health is great and in fact above average for my age.
Mt T was exceptionally low at 2.5, which is way low for a bio male and well within the female range.
However, my E was at 5.0
In subsequent refection with a couple of other forum members, we have concluded that the E in PM does not show up on tests because the test is specific to estradiol, and completely misses the miroestrol from PM.
So it appears that between PM and my other AAs, I have successfully knocked my T way down. So far down in fact that there is little T for aromatase to take place.
I spoke with the doctor for awhile. He was prepared to boost my T or go the other way depending on what I wanted.
We agreed to begin me on a course of estradiol at a rate of 4mg daily, and after a month check the blood again. I began taking estradiol in a generic form of Estrofem last night. In the meantime, I will discontinue all aspects of my program except PM and PC. Thus, if my T remains low at the end of a month we may safely conclude, I think, that PM does in fact reduce T. Should the results be different, and T goes up, then a different conclusion will present itself.
For admitting to the estradiol course, I suppose I will be burned at the stake here on BN, lol...but my belief, as I have stated before, is that herbs are indeed, when properly administered, a very definite form of transitioning, regardless of what people may tell themselves. Sue me...lol
I still have no current desire to progress to full transition, but I have learned to never say never.
My goal is still to find peace with my GID and move forward.
To that end... and this part is fun... I am going to a TG/CD event tomorrow night. I will be meeting many new TG/CD friends in a safe environment, en femme (a first for me), and maybe... just maybe... going out dancing at a TG/CD friendly club afterward. Big steps for old Sammie. I am so excited I may pee in my panties.
Wish Grandma luck, girls!