nothings happened yet wtf! where’s my instantaneous magical girl transformation?

seriously tho, i expected some mental change based on how ppl describe the euphoria of being on E, but ig that takes time just like the physical changes.

i can wait tho, i was so indescribably happy last night after injecting. i was tearing up and cuddling with my gf and had amazing sleep. it feels like a new chapter of my life that im more optimistic and joyful for than ive ever been! been waiting almost two years for this moment 🥹

thank you hexbear! i dont know how much longer it would have taken for me to discover my transness if i wasn’t a part of the site with the best trans community on the internet!

and im moving to a medium sized city in a month so ill be in a good place to transition compared to the rural area where i live

i am DIY and made four vials a couple weeks ago. then yesterday i sterilized them at 130C for 30 minutes, pretty easy in oil if you have a digital probe thermometer (i think ppl call them candy thermometers).

my regimen is 11 mg estradiol enanthate stabbed into my butt every 14 days. im planning on getting a blood test in 3 months and adjusting. p sure ill have to up the dose bc im 6’ and 200 lbs. prob gonna try to add progesterone in 6 months to a year even tho the studies on that haven’t been too promising in it helping transfems. prog can actually be pretty cheap if you DIY and mix a powder with coconut/cocoa oil and take it rectally.

  • Chronicon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    stalin-heart

    The other thing I remembered was that the heat may make the benzyl alcohol more effective against spores:

    But yeah, higher temp better really (and if you can’t do that, then boil longer, 1hr or 2 separate intervals of 30m), I don’t mean to justify my laziness too much. This is also my first go at injecting things, but between friends who’ve gotten HRT from their doctors and reading on the internet I think I’m doing okay

    • Black_Mald_Futures [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 months ago

      The other thing I remembered was that the heat may make the benzyl alcohol more effective against spores:

      oh cool yeah that works then. I don’t know anything about benzyl alcohol but if it’s killin’ them spores at a lower temp and also injection safe then that’s p. cool

      higher temp better really (and if you can’t do that, then boil longer, 1hr or 2 separate intervals of 30m),

      Yeah higher temp always kills things better but the important thing is if limited to boiling temps to use multiple boiling intervals. I think we re-boiled at shorter intervals in my micro class but 30 minutes or more sounds better imo, let them spores think they’re safe then GETTEM hero-megalomania lol

      This is also my first go at injecting things, but between friends who’ve gotten HRT from their doctors and reading on the internet I think I’m doing okay

      well keep up the good work and keep doin’ okay fidel-salute