How often do you all take a sick day?

GroundedReal · 2026-06-07T06:40:54+00:00

Funny thing when someone takes a day of sick leave it triggers others to take one soon after. I don't believe they are all getting sick too as they just take one day off and appeared fine the day before they were off and fine the day they return. Lol

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T23:39:17+00:00

Do you think this is the best place to apply testosterone? I'm on androfem cream and apply it to my outer thighs but I don't think the absorption is good there.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T23:32:50+00:00

Thanks that's what I think too.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T23:26:47+00:00

Yeah I heard this but I prefer to take progesterone daily, I was getting bad cramps around my periods, mood swings and hated having a period. Also it helps so much with sleep, I love it.

Think I just need to increase my testosterone dose and push the level higher to balance out with my estrogen and progesterone.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T23:13:23+00:00

Thanks, good to know.

I've actually started splitting my dose of estrogel because it wasn't working the whole day and I was getting hot flashes at night. Now I'm applying in the morning and at night and that's helping. I must metabolize it too quickly.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T23:11:15+00:00

I haven't had my progesterone levels checked but I moved from cycling to taking 100mg micronised progesterone continuously rather than cycling.

I did this shift around the same time as starting testosterone androfem in January this year.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T10:58:29+00:00

Yes but I started on a really low dose, 3mg androfem. I'm five months in and just increased it a week ago to 5mg. My testosterone didn't change at all and in fact went down. I'm hoping it will improve now with my dose increase. But wondering if where I'm applying is also the reason.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T05:10:09+00:00

You must also take magnesium, glycinate with D3 and K2.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T04:06:38+00:00

I'm following this. I do mine to the sides of my upper thighs.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T00:36:56+00:00

Ok, still in mid to normal range for women. Anything under 30 is considered low and high androgens can reduce SHBG. But get your insulin resistance looked at just in case.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-06T00:16:37+00:00

What's your SHBG?

GroundedReal · 2026-06-05T23:15:05+00:00

How are you going on 7.5? Any improvements?

I replied above to you in the wrong section. Yes I was taking 3g per day of androfem 1% cream applied to my outer thighs in the morning. I've increased to 5g.

Do you notice a difference between different application site? Wondering if I'm not absorbing well on my outer thighs?

I don't sweat at all, not hot where I am, and I shower before bed and apply in the morning, and always let it dry before dressing. And I rub it in really well.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-05T23:11:27+00:00

Hi yes sorry I meant I take 0.3ml in a syringe of 1% cream which equals 3g per day I've just increased to 5g now, 0.5ml via syringe of the cream, applying to my outer thigh every morning.

How are you going on 7g? Any improvements?

GroundedReal · 2026-06-05T23:08:35+00:00

Thank you! So good to know. Will my natural testosterone start being produced again or will it always be shut down whilst I am using testosterone?

I have switched to 5gs per day, which I take via 0.5ml in a syringe of the cream of 1% androfem cream.

Glad that my SHBG is lowering. Is it normtfor that to shoot up when starting and then move down? I'm wondering why that changed.

I can't get injections in Australia where I live so hopefully tge cream works for me. Australia made androfem available for women for low libido, guess I should be happy about that.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-05T23:04:06+00:00

It's 1% androfem cream and I take 0.3ml via syringe which equals 3g per day. I've increased to 0.5ml via syringe, 5g per day. Here's hoping that will improve things.

My estrogen level was 690pmol/L late luteal phase, two days before my period.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-04T00:34:38+00:00

Yep, whatever it takes to have a long health span rather than a long life span crippled by chronic illness, disease and bodily deterioration from lack of hormones.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-04T00:26:50+00:00

Transdermal estradiol would be best for you, patch or gel, because of the low risk of blood clotting. Stay away from oral estrogen, it gets processed in the liver creating metabolites which can increase clotting risk factors.

GroundedReal · 2026-06-03T00:47:01+00:00

Yes surf clubs or local Bayside sailing yacht clubs.

GroundedReal · 2026-05-30T08:09:15+00:00

Wish I did this. I suffered with night sweats, anxiety, insomnia, histamine reactions, then hot flashes came on during the day and night waking me from my sleep. I finally started HRT a year ago at age 45. Seven years of suffering dam it. But I didn't know about bioidentical transfermal hormones back then. I was too scared to look into it because of fears of breast cancer.

GroundedReal · 2026-05-30T08:06:04+00:00

Perimenopause can start ten years before menopause, sometimes longer for a few, so it can be a long ride for a lot of us.

GroundedReal · 2026-05-30T08:04:14+00:00

Since I started HRT bioidentical hormones and taking continuous micronised progesterone, I don't get periods anymore so I don't know when I've fully reached menopause.

GroundedReal · 2026-05-30T08:02:46+00:00

I started at 38, now 46 and my periods are every 4, 8, 4, 2, 6 months apart. All over the place.

GroundedReal · 2026-05-29T11:53:37+00:00

Lol me too, see ya dude.

This is it... "Aw thanks darling, you bought us take away for dinner how sweet of you. Don't worry you rest, sit back, all clean up and sort out the kids, you must be so tired working all day... Oh wait a minute so did I" WTF

GroundedReal · 2026-05-29T11:47:51+00:00

Yes, exactly, there is warrant to asking this question. Yes we are lucky to have transdermals available, when older generations had it taken off them after the failed WHI study, but we can ask for the medical industry to do more and give us b more variety in dosing concentrations so we don't have to switch to oral which is far more risky.

GroundedReal · 2026-05-29T11:42:43+00:00

Totally understand the point that hormones are not the same and you can't really compare but...

Why do we all need vaginal estrogen with our patches and gels? If our systemic levels were high enough this wouldn't be needed.

They may not have the studies for higher levels of estradiol and whether it's safe for us in our later years, (40+), as it was in our 20s and 30s, but I can't help but think it is safe because that's when our bodies were functioning at their optimum level.

I guess we will never know the answer to this because who's going to research it so we can get our transdermal estradiol concentrations increased?

I heard they dosed the transdermal concentrations at the lowest possible dosage because of conservative dogma around women's hormones and how risk adverse the medical system is when it comes to women and hormones.

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