Zorothamya [she/her]

@[email protected] and @[email protected]

They charge fucking 135€ for a shot and I need to take three shots, because it isn’t part of my vaccination plan (would have been if I had been born a few years later). AND I need a prescription for the vaccine, and given that I don’t have a family doctor, it would take two months to see one, or pay more for a private one…

I fucking hate this system…

Thank you 💜

Thank you 🫂

Yeah, sorry. I will try to get the vaccine as soon as possible (if I haven’t already contracted it now from that last encounter, given how widespread it is). I just let out my frustration that I wasn’t vaccinated against something like that.

Thank you. I just checked and apparently I’m not vaccinated against it because apparently they only started doing it for everybody after I was born?? And for some reason it isn’t a vaccine that the national health service lists as one that I should have taken? And their info page isn’t making it clear if, for my age bracket and the gender I still have my on my documents, it is free.

I hate this.

Sorry for this sex ed question, but at how much risk of STDs am I putting myself by having frequent unprotected oral sex with different people?

Same, but 5mg.

Before reading the description, I was confused on how the employees got to the whitehouse.

Some leakage is fine and from what I’ve heard it often looks like a much larger amount than what it actually is. Also don’t top up due to leackage. For SC, I learned that pushing the plunger very slowly is how you best avoid leckage (and probably bruising from what I’ve heard from other people). And then leaving the needle for a little more time after injecting (I count to 20 or more depending how fast I’m counting)

Do all pharmacies in the US accept used needles? It seems the EU country I live in only has very few pharmacies that accept used needles.

I for some reason actually like making airplanes. I don’t attempt landing them though (always fly directly above where I want to land at a sufficiently high altitude, quickly decelerate and use a bunch of parachutes placed in such a way that I land with wheels first), and I kind of suck controlling them as I am using a keyboard which isn’t great with fine controls (so I never managed to do the barnstorming missions).

In my experience random boob pains tend to reduce or disappear with more stable hormone levels. As far as I know, you can have growth without pain, but I imagine certain growth stages will naturally give some random sensations of itching, burning or pain.

could sometimes leave tiny plastic bits from the seal

That’s called coring. If that happens, say your farewells to the vial. It can however easily be avoided if you use thin needles (23+ gauge (higher number is thinner), I use 30 gauge and have no problem drawing MCT oil with it even when the vial contains no benzyl benzoate, more viscous oils however will have a harder time) and always draw from a different spot (or random spot if your needle is so thin like mine, where you can’t even see where you poked the rubber in the past). (some people advise doing a 45º-switch-to-90º pucture technique, but I find it totally unnecessary if you are using thin needles and is just another thing that can go wrong, and I advise just doing 90º punctures). People from countries that offer injections for HRT (such as the US), I’ve often seen them being recommended 18gauge needles. Do NOT use 18 gauge needles for drawing, they are way too thick and unnecessarily raise the risk of coring.

What vial is stating a 28 day expiration date? If it contains an adequate amount of benzyl alcohol, doesn’t show signs of contamination or coring, and the oil isn’t too yellowish, the vial should still be good. They generally last on the order of years.

Honestly, I wouldn’t skip the dose as that would result in a drastic drop in hormones (the half-life of valerate is so shit anyway that you are going to quickly drop way down with your hormone levels), which may affect your mood, and would instead “gradually” reduce it by just starting to inject the new dose within the normal schedule, just with the lower dose (as @[email protected] also suggested): https://estrannai.se/#it0_cu,10,0,1-8,7,1-8,7,1-8,7,1-6,7,1-6,7,1-6,7,1-6,7,1-6,7,1_,8,7,1-c,6,7,1_1.887 (you can see on this chart that with valerate you’ll likely quickly reach the point of equilibrium in a very short amount of time, making a waiting period pointless. This one shows what the curve would probably look like if you skipped a week: https://estrannai.se/#it0_cu,10,0,1-8,7,1-8,7,1-8,7,1-6,14,1-6,7,1-6,7,1-6,7,1-6,7,1_,8,7,1-c,6,7,1_1.887)

Even if you were doing enanthate (which has a much better half life and thus would need a longer time to reach the new point of equilbrium), I would still go for the gradual drop, rather than the quick drop, because while doctors may portray it as an issue that requires immediate fixing, those levels are only harmful if held over a very long time.

Also, I hate how doctors measure mid-cyle. Trough IMO is more important, but I imagine if you got 1200 pg/ml peak, your trough will also be quite high.

Disclaimer: I used estrannai.se in my post, but I should clarify that it should not be used to predict the exact levels of hormones and more as a useful tool to visualize E2 curves.

I thought it’s ok to still use the vial as long as it remains sealed (does not leak) and the liquid is checked for discoloration and foreign particles.

Yeah, if it’s leaking definitely don’t keep using it. If it is still sealed I don’t know if it’s fine to continue using it, it’s just something to really avoid IMO.

I sent you the link now.

For the actual vials I’m going to send you a PM with two website that links to E sources. Note that that is only for E. I don’t know where to get T. You don’t need antiandrogens, if you inject large enough doses of E as you body will just stop producing T. Do get bloodwork though to see if the dose is correct.

For injection supplies any online pharmacy store will do. You will need alcohol wipes to disinfect the stopper and the skin before drawing. Use 70% isopropyl non-woven alcohol wipes. You don’t want anything else as it may not disinfect properly or leave fibers on the stopper. If you are doing subcutaneous, I would recommend fixed needle insulin syringes as you won’t be wasting too much E on deadspace with those. Do not use any needles below 23 gauge as that would increase vial coring risk (higher gauge is thinner and better). If you are using MCT oil, you can even go as far as 30 gauge and have no problem drawing. (use a different oil if it turns out that you get allergic reactions to the MCT oil. other oils have the disadvantage of being thicker, but will still work. For subcuraneous, needles should be half-inch or third-inch (in the latter case inject at 90º instead of 45º). The syringes depend on the concentration of the vial and how much you are injecting. I’m using 0,3 mL syringes, with my Estradiol Enanthate of which I inject 5mg weekly (0,10 mL at 50 mg/mL), but I could also use 0,5 mL or 1 mL syringes as those are generally easier to get.

The website recommended by @[email protected] has some issues in regards to their anti-coring article. However I noticed a few things:

They state you should always use the same hole for drawing. I don’t know why you would do that. If it’s a sharp needle that’s just going to increase the coring risk as the likelihood of a piece of rubber being cut off is increased. Just use a different spot every time with shap needles. You probably won’t be able to see where you pierced the rubber if you used a thin needle anyway.

Do not use the 45-90 technique. Just insert at a 90º angle. The 45-90 technique can be messed up and isn’t needed if you are using thin enough needles.

They state that coring is not necessarily dangerous but best avoided. I disagree, if your vial is cored, it no longer is protected against the outside world and you should assume that it’s contaminated and that you can no longer safely inject its contents. Do not continue using a cored vial. Use thin 23+ gauge needles to avoid coring.

Note that when looking at tutorials, that some advice is given with a hospital setting in mind, where you aren’t using a vial continuously for more than a year, so please do not listen to people who say you should use 18 gauge for drawing. That’s going to core your vial very quickly.

I also recommend to get involved in a DIY community with a knowledgebase where you can ask questions and see the answers to previous questions.

If you use discord, I can provide you a link to such a community.

I don’t know what it means but it’s on the emblem of the PLA

Wikipedia says this:

The PLA’s insignia consists of a roundel with a red star bearing the two Chinese characters “八一”(literally “eight-one”), referring to the Nanchang uprising which began on 1 August 1927 (first day of the eighth month) and symbolic as the CCP’s founding of the PLA. The inclusion of the two characters (“八一”) is symbolic of the party’s revolutionary history carrying strong emotional connotations of the political power which it shed blood to obtain. The flag of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is the war flag of the People’s Liberation Army; the layout of the flag has a golden star at the top left corner and “八一” to the right of the star, placed on a red field. Each service branch also has its flags: The top 5⁄8 of the flags is the same as the PLA flag; the bottom 3⁄8 are occupied by the colors of the branches