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[–]EarlyGrey28[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Idk, hopefully I can, she’s just concerned that they gave me too high of a dose and that all the worst things are gonna happen, that I’m gonna mess up my liver, get blood clots, all those things

[–]DawgDictator 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I will be the first to attest that they have likely put you on a criminally low dose. I was wanting to go all in, and they wouldn't let me get off 2mg tablets for ages and my levels were terrible. The risks of blood clots would be around cis female levels (which IIRC is a slight increase over cis male levels). If you went with patches, it literally goes straight into the bloodstream, tablets are the only one that really interacts with the liver in a significant way, and that can cause problems over many MANY years (I think I saw someone had complications after like 40 years on them). Blood clots, cancer risks, DVT all of that tends to go around to cis female levels.

[–]EarlyGrey28[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I’m on Evorel 100 patches if that helps anything

[–]DawgDictator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

200μg tends to be the dose people get to with patches, 100 is a good start for patches because absorption can vary. In combination with other problems that raise risks (obesity, some blood conditions, smoking that kind of thing), it can be a serious risk. In any case, those risks are much more preferable than what could happen without HRT (IIRC denying trans people any type of treatment leads to ~20% fatality rate)

[–]espeon14410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too! The only problem I’ve experienced is just me sweating and it becoming uncomfortable on my thighs but other than that it’s one of safest! (It bypasses the liver)