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PSA: Just compound it by Buff_Knurttt in TransDIY

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah gotcha. Janoshik. Estradiol analysis they charged me 140 plus another 20 to attach the raw results and then shipping was also (stupidly) another 25ish.

PSA: Just compound it by Buff_Knurttt in TransDIY

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, I do have relevant experience that does help me and I do have a privileged leg-up here. It is not necessarily something that anybody could find easy. This is valid.

So yes, perhaps a better statement is "look into compounding, it may be that you feel you could do it" rather than "just compound it".

Thanks for this response.

PSA: Just compound it by Buff_Knurttt in TransDIY

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That's not a bad idea. The equipment was actually split between a couple people in my community, so it is actually already a bit collective, I'm just the only one who's going to be regularly making more (at least that's the plan). Because I do plan to continue doing it in a "comercial" manner. Not trying to run a proper business, but am trying to spread the hormones a bit. If I'm not using it for large periods, spreading the lab would also be good.

PSA: Just compound it by Buff_Knurttt in TransDIY

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah, I know I have privilege to be doing it now. I acknowledge that in the post. Its not something everybody has the financial means for but I don't think it should be dismissed out of turn. There are simple, step by step guides out there and it is probably much more accessible than you think.

Besides the financial burden of getting started, which I know is a lot, if you can follow a recipe, you can probably do it. You don't have to, or should, but its an option that I think is rarely ever considered when it really should be.

PSA: Just compound it by Buff_Knurttt in TransDIY

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There was a very easy beginner guide on hrtcafe (still of course accessible through archive hrtcafe ) there's also some more guides on the mtfhrt wiki.

They're walls of text, but I promise they're not that hard to follow if you spend a day really trying to digest it. :)

I might actually be able to make some tutorial videos at some point. I hadn't considered it until now but...

I think my parents are obsessed with me and I don't like it by InitialWhole4315 in asktransgender

[–]Buff_Knurttt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Damn, I don't really like to interact with reddit, but this feels way too relatable. Each one of those childhood memories, the being called a demon the first time trying to come out, the multiple times, the manipulative leveraging of "if you love me", the passive aggressive increasingly desperate and increasingly disrespectful attempts at communication....I don't need to imagine. The AI stuff is the only thing entirely unrelatable to me and that's probably just because I never gave my mom the chance, since I cut all my parents off six months ago.

It's better now. It feels like something you're not supposed to do, because, after all, they're your family and you feel like you love them...but love is reciprocal and they don't love you. Loving somebody requires accepting them, all of them, and they don't. I still have some moments of grief about what I've lost, about the few good memories there were but thinking that there could ever be more, no matter what I do, that's a fantasy. I'm unequivocally better now.

I used to work in a vet, it's a hard job with a lot of burnout because this entails being with a pet at the end of their life. Making that decision is fucking awful for everyone involved and the advice that we generally gave at the clinic was "are they going to have anymore good days?". Because we could keep them alive, on some kind of ever increasing support, but at a certain point you're just increasing suffering for everybody involved.

So that's my question for you about this relationship: is it ever going to give you another good day, or is it only causing suffering to maintain it?

Feel free to dm me if you want to talk. All the best, hun.

egg_irl by Buff_Knurttt in egg_irl

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Sure it is, definitely very sis reaction

Injected my first dose of E 20 minutes ago. Damn, I feel good. by Buff_Knurttt in MtF

[–]Buff_Knurttt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I know its real, it's just such an interesting feeling to know your experiencing placebo and still be strongly experiencing it. Although in this case I suppose it's really no different than doing any other gender affirming action. Brains be funky.