hey, I’ve been AFK from Lemmy for a while (sorry about that, life IRL has been rather busy and insane) - but I wanted to pop-in and see if I can answer any questions people might have about my surgery, I’m 1 year post-op. Ask me anything!
(EDIT 2026-06-10: alright folks, I’m probably going to go back to my AFK hole for a while until life gets a bit more chill; I have a tendency to want to spend all my time on the computer otherwise, lol. Love you all!)
Hey, I remember your username! 🙂 Did you surgeon make you stop HRT for a while before surgery? I hate that this is a thing with some surgeons.
Hi there! It feels nice to be remembered. 😊
luckily no! because I inject my estrogen, I didn’t have to stop HRT. (They were only concerned with oral estrogen.)
I did start taking prog orally instead of rectally temporarily, since you can’t insert anything into the rectum while recovering (I went back to rectal prog after a few weeks I think? Probably wise to just assume you can do that within a few months, and give wide latitude for healing.)
I see, that’s great! I’m going to get SRS soon-ish, and the clinic requires that I stop HRT. 😒
are you going to Thailand? I think I’ve heard the Suporn is dogmatic about this. Honestly, stopping HRT if it’s transdermal or injections is a terrible idea for so many reasons. Surgery is hard enough without suddenly being plunged into dealing with hypo-gonadism / extreme menopause symptoms.
Yep…
I consider it a form of torture haha (yeah, not very haha actually)…
wishing you luck, there are various strategies I could think of - I wonder if they actually test your blood estrogen levels before operating, you might just be able to get a pellet or take a large enough dose of enanthate that has a longer half-life …
that aside, I’m sure you’ll get through it - it’s just another thing to manage