[wee2er]

Yet to hear from the endo dept for an appointment date, but they did say it takes a few weeks for them to call, be patient, I hear you shout LOL

Been thinking a lot about how to approach the endo appointment, do I just say I'm trans but male staying male, ie. no intention of social transitioning. Even though I consider myself as cisgender. Or go with what I feel - cisgender male who runs much better on E.
Anyway, lots more time to think that conundrum through.

Just booked my hormone blood tests for Jan end (OMG another year has flown by!), train tickets booked to as its a visit to London! A bit of a faff, but still much cheaper than buying a private online test. The other benefit of doing it at the London clinic is that they'll do a full blood test of everything, so all good info.

It's brilliant option for anyone stuck in the UK's gender backlog or like me diy'ing it, its a NHS funded private gender clinic so all its services are free  Only downside is they can't prescribe but can advise on blood results etc. 

Will be interesting to see what difference the change from 4mg progynova to Een has made, which will then see if/what further changes are needed.

[Lotus]

Congrats Wee2er, you've got great symmetry... and ideally that's what we want to see in the first couple of tanner stages
 I estimate you're at tanner stage II. Great work 

[Stevenator_]

Been thinking a lot about how to approach the endo appointment, do I just say I'm trans but male staying male, ie. no intention of social transitioning. Even though I consider myself as cisgender. Or go with what I feel - cisgender male who runs much better on E. Anyway, lots more time to think that conundrum through.

I'm not familiar with how HRT is handled in your area, but over here HRT is also given to Non-Binary patients. Maybe you could go with that angle?

Congratulations on your latest gains. You have a nice shape that's building. I wouldn't put too much thought into eventual breast development. Whatever is going to happen, will happen anyway. Just enjoy this wonderful ride.

I'm visiting family this weekend that haven't seen me in a year+, and I'm not planning on wearing my compression shirt. I'm hoping to get by just with dark plaid shirts. I went to the local military veterans beer hall the other night with a dark plaid shirt and no one noticed my shape.

My point is they're easily hidden, and how you carry & present yourself in public goes a long way in this regard.

Best of luck to you.

[wee2er]

Congrats Wee2er, you've got great symmetry... and ideally that's what we want to see in the first couple of tanner stages
 I estimate you're at tanner stage II. Great work 

Hi Lotus, many thanks for your comments   never really thought too much about tanner stage, but stage II sounds good to me. Yes, I do like how mine are symmetrical and love how they are feeling fuller. 

I'm just rereading your topical about RC & E gel to help with areola growth, as I always think mine still look too male.
I have some E gel and already use RC in my topical, so think I'll create a sub topical routine - smear a dollop of E gel on both areolas & then add 3~4 drops of RC.

Let's see if another side-avenue of TCP works, fingers crossed

[wee2er]

Been thinking a lot about how to approach the endo appointment, do I just say I'm trans but male staying male, ie. no intention of social transitioning. Even though I consider myself as cisgender. Or go with what I feel - cisgender male who runs much better on E. Anyway, lots more time to think that conundrum through.

I'm not familiar with how HRT is handled in your area, but over here HRT is also given to Non-Binary patients. Maybe you could go with that angle?

Congratulations on your latest gains. You have a nice shape that's building. I wouldn't put too much thought into eventual breast development. Whatever is going to happen, will happen anyway. Just enjoy this wonderful ride.

I'm visiting family this weekend that haven't seen me in a year+, and I'm not planning on wearing my compression shirt. I'm hoping to get by just with dark plaid shirts. I went to the local military veterans beer hall the other night with a dark plaid shirt and no one noticed my shape.

My point is they're easily hidden, and how you carry & present yourself in public goes a long way in this regard.

Best of luck to you.

Hi Stevenator,
Many thanks, I'm (like you) loving the injections and TCP (thanks Lotus and Lara for all your hard work and research    ) and yes, breast growth is what it'll be and certainly enjoying the ride  
You are absolutely spot on, how we present and carry ourselves in public really determines how we are perceived. I gave up on compression shirts a long time ago, so just wear my soft seam free bralettes. Although I have two visible bumps on the front these work well for me, even when I wear some of my more fitted polos & t-shirts. Plaid shirts, jumpers and pull over tops are a great safety layer when need LOL.

Maybe non-binary is my cover story for the endo, but that may give them the leverage to put me into the gender clinic (2~3+ yr waiting) system which I'd like to avoid. Anyway as the appointment is unlikely to be before spring time next year, I have lots of time to think about it.
I'll look more into non-binary thanks

[wee2er]

My endo appointment has just come through as early Feb soo quicker than I expected. However, when I checked up on the endo clinic it only list diabetes and nothing about hormones, so will have to see what happens!

Seperately, I've booked myself in for a hormone blood test at the London clinic which happens to be the week before my endo appointment, so at least I should have a full blood works in-hand. This will be interesting as its the first since going on Een injections so will be good to see how they compare to when I was on progynova.

I'm really getting into and loving the Een as it certainly seems to be slowly but surely helping with the lower half curves and I'm now sure its softening up my facial features too. 

I have lapsed with RC on my lips, so thinking about buying some volufino.

However, as alluded to in my earlier post, I've added an areola topical regime (A-TCP) that is starting to have effect, so many thanks again to our wonderous Lotus and Lara    

Daily A-TCP
- spritz and cleanse areola and nipples with which hazel
- apply MCT oil (sometimes aloe vera gel as well)
- apply Estrogen gel to areolas & nipples
- apply 4~5 drops of RC to each
- apply 2~3 drops of cayenne extract (which has BO dissolved in it)

I've added the which hazel cleansing to my lower half topical regime and just thinking about adding derma-rolling too, but need to do more research on HN's posts and more to better understand it.

[Heaven's Night]

How much BO have you dissolved into the cayenne extract? Asking out of curiosity as previously I did ten capsules (10x250mg) to 60ml, but now I doubled that.

[wee2er]

I noted that you did 10 (x250mg), so I tried that initially which dissolved completely in the 60ml, then added another 5 so 15 in total. However, it's a bit grainy with the 15 in it.
Let me know how well 20 dissolves please as I have just ordered a new bottle and was thinking along the same lines as you to up it to 20, thanks.

[Heaven's Night]

I might need to stop this experiment, I posted about it on my thread. Its likely making my ezcema a lot worse. I thought to maybe try BO mixed with RC extract instead as that doesn't seem to cause skin irritation.

[wee2er]

Cayenne is strong stuff, I too have quite bad eczema but thankfully I've not had any flair ups since starting the topical. I use quite a bit of aloe vera gel on my crappy skin, and on and off it works well, but guess you have already tried it. Eczema is a right pain.
 
Maybe worth a try mixing it with the RC instead, it would be interesting to see if / how it compares.