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Weekly Trans Megathread for the Week of 2/17
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My hormone-doctor meeting was delayed till the middle of march. Very unhappy that this is the case, but happy that I have such clear feelings about it.
I have talked with a local transwoman about hormones and she recommended hormone patches(need to be exchanged every 3.5 days). She said that they go directly into the bloodstream, as opposed to pills, and are less of a bother than injections. They are also paid by insurance here(injections are not) I never see them talked about online, are they uncommon in the anglophone world?
My mother has been proposing female names for me, now that I am out to her. It's appreciated, I am still hesitant to commit to one.
doctors here generally want to prescribe pills and be done with it. i think it's usually possible to get patches but you need to know and ask
Injections aren't covered?! Kinda crazy imo. That's like, THE way to take hormones imo. I've heard good things about patches
You don't have to commit to a name right away, it's ok to try them out. I ended up sticking with my first pick because it just felt lived-in and authentic after half a year or so, but i know a lot of people who've switched things around a bit.