y'all keep your estradiol in the fridge?
Edit: I was sure I was right but I looked it up to be sure, don't store it in the fridge ladies. Keep it in a drawer (away from sunlight), 20 and 25 degrees C (68 and 77 degrees F).
Sorry for hijacking the shitpost for the safety announcement. carry on dorks
trashgf is right I'm doing subq, shorter needle, injects into fat. Result is the same, it absorbs a bit different I guess but I feel much less sore.
Edit: You can also do subq on your thigh, but on the other side(ish). My partner does that, but I still avoid the legs. Subq also avoids larger bloodvessels. I had quit injecting for a while doing IM because of a..
CW: injection mishap spoiler
I did my injection as normal, but after doing my legs for a while in roughly the same place my skin was getting harder to pierce. I tried to inject, couldn't get the needle through, pulled out and put it through roughly a centimeter away. Still felt hard and it hurt, I pushed it through (here I know now I had hit a vessel, they are surprisingly tough) and did my injection.
When I pulled out my leg started gushing blood and I luckily had gauze and stuff nearby to help clean and contain it.
After that I switched to patches for a while. Those are worse and have their own annoyances. When moving in with my partner who knew how to do subq I went back and she does it for me (I know I am lucky.) There's almost no pain at all for subq, a good injection I barely feel and when done perfectly I don't even notice.
When doing subq though there is a greater chance to lose some of the oil, so z-tracking is more important. when you do IM the muscle soaks up the oil like a dry sponge. fat is slower and of course you are injecting closer to the surface of your skin, but yeah if you do it right subq is way better imo
I prefer tummy injections, but yeah it's a big deal, congrats on hrt! Take pictures to look back on!
You are absolutely GLOWING!
Going from testosterone dominance to estrogen does make you look much younger, speaking from experience. Everyone greatly underestimates my age.
I discussed this with my partner, this was a huge comment to unpack. And we agree that maybe you aren't quite feeling doubts, but instead insecurity/imposter syndrome. And that is something I mean when I say I feel not like a woman some days, and in others that I don't feel as pretty as I'd like. We have some extra baggage having come from a testosterone heavy past and we experience the same insecurities a cis person would experience with that added.
That said in the social aspect I receive a lot of affirmation, and I honestly don't even try to pass. I struggle but honestly I have to recognize that most of my battles are between me and my mirror, colored by thoughts of my pre-transition self.
My friend told me he didn't notice any signs when I came out to him. I noted that I "joked" with him frequently about being a lesbian. His mind just about melted from the realization.
In any case I was wrong, I'm Pan but there are moments like that sprinkled throughout our eggy pre-lives that everyone else pays no mind to and sometimes so do we.
I had a lot of doubts before coming out and getting on HRT. Now I know I am a woman, sure I still have days I don't feel pretty and dysphoria gets me down, some days I don't feel like a woman and I just feel like me.. But before HRT I never felt like me, I had nice distractions time to time, but I never felt comfortable in my own skin and now I have that most of the time. <3
Talk about a male fail, way to go girl, so happy for you!!
I'll switch up my routine tomorrow thank you <3
Aww <3 thank you so much for the kind words! I think you've honestly made my day :)
How do I look? I've been feeling very euphoric with the new clothes but nervous if I pass or not..
But I've at least been feeling super cute lately and I try to push the doubts down. ^-^
Oh no! Well as long as it is stored safe <3
Get a fund me going for a tiny fridge and fridge thermo you can use just for your med storage maybe? I'd definitely pay into that what I can. We all deserve well kept estrogen, not our fault our damn ovaries went the wrong direction.