22-11-2017, 12:26 AM
Hi Everyone,
I'm back after a little time away to regroup my thoughts. I did come out to my wife and it was not good. We didn't split up and obviously it's been different ever since. She said, as long as we're together and do things together she wants me to be him and when I'm on my own I can be whomever I want to be. So for now, until I'm fully confident I'm still living as him most of the time and when I am by myself for extended periods of time I'm always Ali.. That said, there were a few things we agreed too.. My fingers and toenails are always polished even as him, I have a manicurist and she knows I like to keep it neutral translucent colors so unless the sun hits it it's clear but when the sun hits it, you can see the sparkles of pale pink or nude. I have ordered a lot of unisex clothes so it can't be misconstrued and its acceptable to wear out either or. My shoes (like I said, I'm a jeans and tennis shoes girl) are all tennis shoes and they are all womens and colors like periwinkle, coral and black/pink or mint. I wear womens jeans where I can and I have unisex shirts/blouses of various colors.
As for the HRT if you remember from my herbal self medicate my Estrogen was 188 and my Testosterone was 241 in Sept 15,2017. I was put on Spiro 100mg 2x day and the Estradiol 0.1mg patch back on Sept 26th, 2017 and I went through all of October but I noticed my body mass had begun to increase and return from my working out each day and some of the body shaping that was occurring had stopped. Also my facial hair, I could shave and it would take a week just to get stubble and I noticed now it was two/three days and it was thick. So I made an appointment with my Endocrinologist and they did blood work. My Testosterone was down to 130 which is great but my Estrogen was down to 34. So the patch wasn't working like we hoped. Also in the blood test my blood showed thickening so she stopped me altogether on the Patch and said until this result is normal you stop to protect you from clots. So I drank extra water and took some other medication and after two weeks it returned to normal and she called me today to let me know the latest blood results. So she has started me on 2mg Estradiol tablets starting today.
So my question to others in the group, going from 0.1mg patch to 2mg tablet daily what differences should I see or expect? I'm assuming better results than I was getting with patch such as bringing my estrogen levels back up.
When ya'll were on 1mg and got moved to 2mg did you notice a difference and if so how long after you started taking it?
Going from 0 because the patch wasn't working to 2mg want to make sure what to expect. Any guidance would be great!
Thanks Everyone!
Luv,
Ali
I'm back after a little time away to regroup my thoughts. I did come out to my wife and it was not good. We didn't split up and obviously it's been different ever since. She said, as long as we're together and do things together she wants me to be him and when I'm on my own I can be whomever I want to be. So for now, until I'm fully confident I'm still living as him most of the time and when I am by myself for extended periods of time I'm always Ali.. That said, there were a few things we agreed too.. My fingers and toenails are always polished even as him, I have a manicurist and she knows I like to keep it neutral translucent colors so unless the sun hits it it's clear but when the sun hits it, you can see the sparkles of pale pink or nude. I have ordered a lot of unisex clothes so it can't be misconstrued and its acceptable to wear out either or. My shoes (like I said, I'm a jeans and tennis shoes girl) are all tennis shoes and they are all womens and colors like periwinkle, coral and black/pink or mint. I wear womens jeans where I can and I have unisex shirts/blouses of various colors.
As for the HRT if you remember from my herbal self medicate my Estrogen was 188 and my Testosterone was 241 in Sept 15,2017. I was put on Spiro 100mg 2x day and the Estradiol 0.1mg patch back on Sept 26th, 2017 and I went through all of October but I noticed my body mass had begun to increase and return from my working out each day and some of the body shaping that was occurring had stopped. Also my facial hair, I could shave and it would take a week just to get stubble and I noticed now it was two/three days and it was thick. So I made an appointment with my Endocrinologist and they did blood work. My Testosterone was down to 130 which is great but my Estrogen was down to 34. So the patch wasn't working like we hoped. Also in the blood test my blood showed thickening so she stopped me altogether on the Patch and said until this result is normal you stop to protect you from clots. So I drank extra water and took some other medication and after two weeks it returned to normal and she called me today to let me know the latest blood results. So she has started me on 2mg Estradiol tablets starting today.
So my question to others in the group, going from 0.1mg patch to 2mg tablet daily what differences should I see or expect? I'm assuming better results than I was getting with patch such as bringing my estrogen levels back up.
When ya'll were on 1mg and got moved to 2mg did you notice a difference and if so how long after you started taking it?
Going from 0 because the patch wasn't working to 2mg want to make sure what to expect. Any guidance would be great!
Thanks Everyone!
Luv,
Ali
