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talya (she/her) but even more queer💄🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈:jewish_anarchism:PSA: what blood tests to do for (dyi-)HRT
erik eva :heart_trans:<p>fuck time. it's wednesday.</p><p>5 mg estradiol 💉 🥰</p><p>I don't really understand how 5 mg is enough, but blood tests don't lie, don't they?</p><p>lol, would be very weird if they did. chaos! anarchy!</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/estradiol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>estradiol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/TransGEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransGEM</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/transjoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transjoy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/diyhrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diyhrt</span></a></p>
kaliquestion about feminising HRT
SleepyCattenPSA - Plume has removed their previous injection video guides and replaced them with a newer-but-inferior one; backup mirror links included within this post
SleepyCattenDIY (homebrew) feminising HRT (GAHT) weekly injection
SecondUniverse<p>My new doctor in Greece says she is unable to prescribe my usual HRT diet of estrogen, she can only give me packs with estrogen and progesterone.... "Only take the white pills," she said. Do I really leave all that progesterone in the box? <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/hrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hrt</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/diyHrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diyHrt</span></a></p>
Hazel<p><span>I am very proud to announce that I have written a beginner's guide to giving a subcutaneous HRT injection, to try to help new trans people get started.<br><br></span><a href="https://uwu.network/~sink/blog/2025/04/trans-injection-guide" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://uwu.network/~sink/blog/2025/04/trans-injection-guide</a><span><br><br>I sincerely hope that this can be useful to someone, and please let me know what you think :)<br><br></span><a href="https://lethallava.land/tags/diyhrt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diyhrt</a> <a href="https://lethallava.land/tags/injections" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#injections</a> <a href="https://lethallava.land/tags/subcutaneous" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subcutaneous</a></p>
Alyhomemade progesterone hrt
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@tjhexf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tjhexf</span></a></span> you can thank <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bayer</span></a> for discontinuing the 10mg <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Androcur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Androcur</span></a> and the enornous costs of getting a lower doseage custom-pressed...</p><p>So yea a lot of folks do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIYHRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYHRT</span></a> for reasons like that.</p>
SleepyCattenDIY feminising HRT injection
Serena<p>Help me with paying for my HRT!</p><p>Im a transwoman trying to start HRT, struggling with getting enough money while stuck in a toxic, stressing and dysfunctional household, unable to get a salaried job as still in high school and physically don't have enough time, I come here asking for the help of the internet, thanks a lot in advance! </p><p><a href="https://gofund.me/d0ced724" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gofund.me/d0ced724</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>alternatively, I will manually lower the goal:<br><a href="https://liberapay.com/serenaDalloway/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">liberapay.com/serenaDalloway/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://ko-fi.com/serenadalloway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ko-fi.com/serenadalloway</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DIYHRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYHRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a></p>
:flag_enby_wartime: 𝕛𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕤 :antifa:<p>Table on <a href="https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/tags/hrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hrt</span></a> including dosages for a lot of different medication</p><p>EDIT: this might be garbage</p><p>depts.washington.edu/tgnbhealthprogram/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TransLine-HRT-Guidelines-FINAL.pdf</p><p><s>Most useful thing I found in a while</s></p><p>(when you write a text on hrt, what worked and what didn't for you, please include how much you took! I read countless peoples transition notes, but they didn't include that information)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/tags/diyhrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diyhrt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.catgirl.cloud/tags/transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transition</span></a></p>
vea<p>tits too small. dark magic requested</p><p>okay but seriously are there other hormones or like anything besides top surgery that can help? top surgery results on tgirls are all not what I want at all, disappointingly, so I want to keep growing them naturally<br><a href="https://chaosfem.tw/tags/diyhrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diyhrt</span></a></p>
👣🖖Jan :v_enby: :v_dgirl:<p>One year on E today :ablobcatrave: .. seems i had good preconditions for growing boobies :o) .. did not expect to be so far in 12 months tbh, although i knew it somehow. Always had higher E levels i think (small breasts since i can think of(childhood) etc. Looks like the extra E kicked them over the edge to level up a few lvls :D.</p><p>So todays office outfit pics feature the(my) best (body :D) parts.. boobies, legs and feet :D.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/barefooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barefooter</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/barefootLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barefootLife</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/feet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feet</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/toerings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toerings</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/enby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enby</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ootd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ootd</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/officeOutfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officeOutfit</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtWork</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/NonbinaryPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonbinaryPride</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Nylons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nylons</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Nylon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nylon</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/tights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tights</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ALT4you" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALT4you</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/outfitinspo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outfitinspo</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/style" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>style</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/workwear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workwear</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashion</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/footlessTights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>footlessTights</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/barefoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barefoot</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/barefeet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barefeet</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/tights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tights</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/legwarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legwarmers</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/legs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legs</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/thickThighsSaveLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thickThighsSaveLives</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/soles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soles</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/enbyBoobies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enbyBoobies</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/boobies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boobies</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Estrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Estrogen</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DIYhrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYhrt</span></a></p>
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@thejessiekirk It's not always the case with injections: just the ones that trans masc folk in the UK tend to be given.

The 2 most-commonly-prescribed injections are:

Both are compounded at 250 mg/mL, but they're quite different otherwise in terms of chemical make-up, viscosity, and volume.

Sustanon is a 1 mL injection mix of refined arachis oil (peanut oil) and benzyl alcohol, containing:

  • 30 mg testosterone propionate
  • 60 mg testosterone phenylpropionate
  • 60 mg testosterone isocaproate
  • 100 mg Testosterone decanoate

It is typically administered every 2-4 weeks.

Nebido, conversely, is a 4 mL injection containing 1000 mg testosterone undecanoate, suspended in a mixture of refined castor oil and benzyl benzoate. It's typically administered every 10-12 weeks.

The main difference between these, other than the different esters of testosterone, is the viscosity of the carrier oil used.

Figures vary and there's no universal unit used for viscosity, but in all of these, castor oil is significantly more viscous than peanut oil, or MCT oil (which is commonly used in the DIY / homebrew community).

Don't know if this'll help or not, but we thought you might find it interesting :TransHeart:

www.medicines.org.ukSustanon 250, 250mg/ml solution for injection - Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) - (emc)Sustanon 250, 250mg/ml solution for injection - Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) by Aspen

DIY / homebrew HRT query on behalf of a trans gal we know, who lives in Sweden :TransHeart: 🇸🇪

How would someone in Sweden, hypothetically, get progesterone (P4) capsules or cream without a prescription, in light of Sweden's restrictive customs?

It goes without saying that this is necessary as Sweden, like the UK and other countries, has incredibly-poor gender-affirming healthcare for trans people :FaceExhaling:

Our current thoughts are:

  • Find an EU-based pharmacy that's willing to sell progesterone cream without prescription, so customs don't check it 🇪🇺
  • Get an EU-based friend to forward them on.
  • Import progesterone API (CAS 57-83-0) and make them yourself 💊

Thoughts?