hormones: adding P to the E

[sistawendy]

There's something I've had in the back of my mind for a few years now regarding the hormones that, as a trans woman, I must get out of a bottle: after ten years on estradiol valerate and, after surgery, that alone, my breasts aren't quite big enough for the rest of me. It's pretty common for trans women to take progesterone as well, and some say it's done wonders for them.

Dr. Leather Bear was dead set against progesterone, but remember, he's also the guy who didn't believe me when I said estradiol makes me horny. So! I asked Dr. Gaydude if it was OK for me. He consulted with another member of his practice who's more up on such things as I sat in his office, thereby earning my respect. He conditioned it on a negative mammogram, which I just got this past Friday. He says he's called it into my nearest pharmacy.

I don't have my hot little hands on progesterone yet, but when I do, we shall boldly go where no nun has gone before. Granted, starting a medication that's famous for inducing mood swings as All This is reaching some kind of peak may sound like suboptimal timing, but you're reading the words of the woman who transitioned right after her son started his teens. Plus, if getting hormones is going to get any harder, I want to get them now.

Comments

[maellenkleth]

I definitely vouch for the mood swings.

[tylik]

This is probably not that relevant... But I've been on and off progesterone only pills a few times, and no more swings detected. (The last several years because while they don't cancel my periods, they do reduce the intensity, which means they also reduce menstrual migraines.)