Whenever I feel too scrawny or dysphoric these days I just look at old photos of myself… we’ve come a long way. A lot happier and healthier today. Beard keeps filling in too! Switching from gel to shots soon and I‘m very curious to see what will happen or if anything happens at all lol …
I was trying to flex my traps for progress pics and the hunched over pose made me look like a goblin 😂💀 Could not resist the urge to create this montage. 1y 3 month on t, slowly working towards my dream physique. One day I‘ll be the goblin king 😛
i wish more people talked about this but being six months on T ive bought atleast 5 pairs of shoes. Not because my feet are bigger but just the urge to have more shoes.
i keep thinking i haven't changed at all, even though t did make miracles. overall it saved my life, safe to say hihihi
TW NEEDLES
i cant speak for im injections but i do sub q in my stomach and really struggle with consistency due to pain, my shots can take up to 2 hours sometimes.
applied emla cream (lidocaine) onto stomach an hour before and covered it with cling film then taped it to me and it took me no more than 5 minutes including setting my needle and syringe up. i didnt even need to prepare myself.
i did it in my right side as ive been having bad scar tissue in my left side due to injecting there for the past 8 months as its the least painful. i had to adjust my hand positioning as it was a different side which was scary, but when i tell you i felt NOTHING, i mean i literally could not feel the needle at all.
i have an awful fear of blood tests/needles in general due to me having one (that i can remember) once in a terrible situation, i cant even watch people do them. the last time i had a blood test was last september. now i feel like i can finally get them regularly and be much safer as i can monitor my t levels. im going to try it tuesday when i have my blood test and update this post.
because i didnt have to worry about my hand positioning due to my usual shaking (i didnt shake or sweat at all) i could actually inject properly as well and had no lumps - an actual, safely administrated sub q injection.
im so happy, now i can actually be consistent and have a better chance of growing more facial hair as well as fat redistribution and an even deeper voice
tl;dr if you have a really bad fear of the pain of needles PLEASE buy emla cream, you will feel literally NOTHING
Hi yall! So basically, I’m leaving for the summer in a few days, and my boyfriend has always given me my shots (I hate hate hate needles). I had an appointment with my doctor to see if I could switch to a different type of medication intake and she prescribed me with the gel, but when I went to go pick it up it was 923 dollars I shit you not. I know I won’t be able to give myself the shots correctly, what would happen if I just stopped taking it? I really don’t want to, but it might be my only option. It’s a labor-intensive job I’m going to, so I don’t want to have any poor side effects. Is there anything I should know/try??
Unsure of going the long hair route though
I’ve been on testosterone (20.25 mg/1.25 gram (1.62 %) gel pump, 1 pump/day) for about 6 weeks and just got my levels back. my boyfriend who has been on T for 4 years thinks these levels are crazy for how low my dose is/how long I’ve been taking T. the only changes I’ve experienced so far are bottom growth, increased hunger and sex drive, and a little more hair on my face. my voice hasn’t started dropping yet at all. are these levels normal/should I be concerned/should my voice be dropping??? Pls advise
I, (20 ftm), had to get blood work done a few days ago to see where my testosterone levels were. I get my perscription through planned parenthood and have never had any issues with them, but they suddenly changed me from seeing the Dr to seeing a NP. She called me while I was at work yesterday, (I'm not upset about it, just surprised since I had never been called from PP), to tell me my levels were abnormal and asked me about the dose im taking.
I told her the Dr had me taking 1ml once a week (via injection) and she freaked out on me over the phone. She told me I should've been taking .2ml and that I was doing my measurement completely wrong. I let her know that I was really sorry and had no idea I had gotten it wrong, and that I was just doing what the Dr had told me to do.
She said I should discontinue my injections for the next two weeks, then said I should just discontinue them until she tells me its okay to go back on it. She scheduled me lab work for two weeks out from now, but I'm kind of worried now just abruptly stopping testosterone especially if I've been doing 4x the amount I was supposed to.
The lab I went to shot me an email saying they weren't able to read my actual levels since their test can only test below 1500, I really dont know how to take any of this information. Has anyone had a similar experience? Should I be worried for anything ??
I hadn't shaved in probably at least a year or two in the first picture. I started T at the beginning of August last year.
Slight dysphoria warning (not sure if that's a thing here but I know it is for other subs).
I am currently 6 months and 1 week on T and I feel so behind compared to other people. I'm 19 and have always been read as younger than I am due to my voice and face. I have really feminine features. I want to pass so badly and I see other people around the same mark as me and they either pass great, have a great voice, or both, and it makes me feel like I will never pass in the way I want.
Anyone who was in a similar situation as me, did you see any changes in yourself in the face? If not, what did you do to fix it? I can't pick a weakest point for me to work on because honestly its everything. I have big round eyes, a button sloped nose, and pretty big lips. I'm really upset and don't know what to do. I know facial surgery is an option but I'm young and not even a year on T yet and don't have the funds so its not an option, but seeing other people on 6 months look passable is killing me
I think I still have enough for a week, maybe two, but the nurse at the pharmacy checked for me today after an appointment I had and says they could only receive some after May 10th, and it’s not guaranteed.
So I will probably have to go off T for at least a week but maybe more and honestly I am not looking forward to that.
Have some of you gone off T for a bit? What was it like? For reference I am 10 months on T.
(Promise I am stockpiling going forward because oh my god, I will also probably talk to my endo about this, and I will get my bloodwork asap because I’m supposed to get that done, and I don’t want my levels from not getting my regular dose to fuck up the results)