FTM's and Transitioning

[Jet]

A nurse friend of mine told me to put ice on the area until its numb, swab it will alcohol and then inject. Pretty helpful.

[Packin'Boi]

Originally Posted by Jet

A nurse friend of mine told me to put ice on the area until its numb, swab it will alcohol and then inject. Pretty helpful.

That's what I do too. I inject in my thighs.. works great for me!

[Jet]

I'm interested in how it will redistribute weight. I was told it would,

[The Oopster]

Originally Posted by theoddz

When I inject, I plunge the needle in in a similar manner as when one throws a dart. It's like a quick stab, so it goes in easily. I aspirate (draw the plunger back) just a little to make sure I'm not in a vein (you shouldn't draw back blood) before I proceed to inject the T.

Get a nurse or your physician's office to show you how to do this. While you're at it, ask them to show you the "zig zag" method of injecting. It's much better and less painful, IMO.

~Theo~

You know i do the same method and I have never drawn blood out but have had an occasional gusher when I take the needle out. Usually I can tell when I've gotten something but sometimes I'll have no pain, pull the thing out and there she blows!

[The Oopster]

Originally Posted by Jet

I'm interested in how it will redistribute weight. I was told it would,

My arms bulked up quite a bit without even doing anything extra .... i mean there atleast twice as big as they were. Granted they were like twigs and needed some meat on them. I've never been hippy and have always tended to have a pouch or extra inner tube in my belly area, this really hasn't changed .... it just is more inflated at times.

[Rufusboi]

The state Dept has a new umbrella policy that makes changing the gender marker on a passport fairly straightforward. Here's a link to the state Dept. site and the press release.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/142922.htm

Rufus

[theoddz]

Originally Posted by Jet

I'm interested in how it will redistribute weight. I was told it would,

Heh....Jet, women tend to carry body fat in the hip and thigh areas.....estrogen does that. How much estrogen you have circulating in your body determines how "curvy" you are that way. Men, on the other hand, are not curvy because T (and the lack of high levels of E) causes body fat in males to distribute around the waist and shoulder areas.

When T started affecting me, my hips became notably narrower, my legs skinnier and my pants all became baggier in the legs and ass.....while my waistline got tighter.

Let us know how it goes with you, eh??

~Theo~

[Jet]

okay...went up to 2cc today and will inject that amount every other week tfn.

[Dylan]

Jet,

Is your doc an endo? Is your doc someone who deals regularly with trans people?

I ask, because (and I'm just being honest), that dosage seems incredibly high (and there was something else that made me wonder, but I don't remember what it was right now).


Dylan

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Jet,

Is your doc an endo? Is your doc someone who deals regularly with trans people?

I ask, because (and I'm just being honest), that dosage seems incredibly high (and there was something else that made me wonder, but I don't remember what it was right now).


Dylan

No he is not an endo. His practice is geared for all persons in the LGBT community. Remember, I don't need chest surgery and all of that

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Jet

No he is not an endo. His practice is geared for all persons in the LGBT community. Remember, I don't need chest surgery and all of that

I swear I'm not trying to be funny...but does he deal with a lot of trans people? LGB issues are not at all the same as trans issues.

And chest surgery wouldn't really have anything to do with it.

And again, I'm no doctor or anything, but I've never heard of anyone having a dosage that high. If the dosage is too high, it's just going to revert to estrogen.

If by 'all of that', you mean you don't need a hysto...I assume you're not producing estrogen anymore (am I correct in that assumption?)...which means you're not combatting estrogen...which would mean your dosage would actually be lower than, say, a 20 year old's (or anyone combatting estrogen).

Again, I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just wondering why your dosage is so high.


Dylan

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Dylan

I swear I'm not trying to be funny...but does he deal with a lot of trans people? LGB issues are not at all the same as trans issues.

And chest surgery wouldn't really have anything to do with it.

And again, I'm no doctor or anything, but I've never heard of anyone having a dosage that high. If the dosage is too high, it's just going to revert to estrogen.

If by 'all of that', you mean you don't need a hysto...I assume you're not producing estrogen anymore (am I correct in that assumption?)...which means you're not combatting estrogen...which would mean your dosage would actually be lower than, say, a 20 year old's (or anyone combatting estrogen).

Again, I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just wondering why your dosage is so high.


Dylan

Dylan, he deals with gays and transpeople. I don't have an answer for you other than I'm fortunate to have met him and have him as my doc. Ill ask him when I see him. I'm just glad the show's on the road. And all of that means "all of that."

It seems everything changed for me when I turned 50. i looked different, no monthly cycles. it was like my whole person changed, I should post pics in here to show you...it blew my friends' minds back home. lol

Actually I held a gun to his head and said, 2cc's now or I'll blow your head clean off with this here .44 magnum the most powerful had gun in the world.

[Dylan]

I don't get the humor of the last sentence, Jet (I'm assuming it was humor)

'Cuz even if you did literally request a ridiculously high dosage, you'd only be hurting yourself, as you won't see any results at all...you might even get your period back...as all of that extra estrogen would/could set your ovaries into overdrive

I'm sorry, I'm not getting the humor.

And just to avoid any confusion (because sometimes I get confused by the metric system)...so when you fill your syringe, you actually pull out T until you hit the 2 on the syringe?

'Cuz if you're talking a 200 milligram dosage every 2 weeks, that would make more sense to me than 2 cc, and I could see where the misunderstanding (on my part) occurred.


Dylan

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Dylan

I don't get the humor of the last sentence, Jet (I'm assuming it was humor)

'Cuz even if you did literally request a ridiculously high dosage, you'd only be hurting yourself, as you won't see any results at all...you might even get your period back...as all of that extra estrogen would/could set your ovaries into overdrive

I'm sorry, I'm not getting the humor.

And just to avoid any confusion (because sometimes I get confused by the metric system)...so when you fill your syringe, you actually pull out T until you hit the 2 on the syringe?

'Cuz if you're talking a 200 milligram dosage every 2 weeks, that would make more sense to me than 2 cc, and I could see where the misunderstanding (on my part) occurred.


Dylan

'its mistyped on my part, its 2ml as opposed 1ml which is what he gave me first. I'm supposed to take 2ml every 2 weeks. it surprised me that we jumped to that this week.

[Jet]

There are no noticable changes and he said they it would be gradual.

[Leigh]

Hi everyone,

I'm wanting to reconnect with this thread, and other guys, to learn more about what you've all experienced with various things about your transitions (T injections, surgery etc). I had begun seeing a doctor before I had surgery 3 weeks ago (gallbladder), about beginning to transition and now that I'm on My way to a full recovery I will be calling him again to set up a new appointment so that I can get the ball rolling

[Liam]

Originally Posted by Braedon

Hi everyone,

I'm wanting to reconnect with this thread, and other guys, to learn more about what you've all experienced with various things about your transitions (T injections, surgery etc). I had begun seeing a doctor before I had surgery 3 weeks ago (gallbladder), about beginning to transition and now that I'm on My way to a full recovery I will be calling him again to set up a new appointment so that I can get the ball rolling

Hey Braedon, just in case you missed this, you might be interested:

Originally Posted by Linus

Next support meeting will be this Saturday June 12th at 10pm EDT and the one after will Monday June 14th at 9pm EDT. I'm off next week so I should be less brain drained.

[Leigh]

Originally Posted by Liam

Hey Braedon, just in case you missed this, you might be interested:

I had no idea about this, thanks for letting Me know Liam

[theoddz]

This is a good online pamphlet about T therapy for FtMs. It may answer some questions some of the guys here might have about T and what to reasonably expect from it.

Linky

~Theo~

[Dylan]

I wonder if now (because it's easier to get a passport), it will be easier to get your social changed over too


That Would Be Nice,
Dylan...can't wait to get a passport