My left leg still hurts. But this is good news. For a change, lately.
Today I switched from oral estrogen supplements (Cenestin®) to intramuscular Delestrogen®. It was something I've wanted to do for some time. Not only because of the much lower long-run cost, but it's harder to miss doses, so PMS will (hopefully) be a rare thing indeed.
Intramuscular injection sounds scary, but it really wasn't a big deal for me. I even did it myself.
Under the guidance of a nurse, I put a special dosing needle on an IM syringe, and cleaned off the opening to the vial with an alcohol pad. Carefully, I slurped out exactly a half a milliliter of tranny dope, being sure to push out all the air pockets and bubbles to the point that a drop came out of the needle tip. Then I put the original IM needle back on the syringe.
The hardest part about the whole thing was actually poking this long metal thing straight down into the top of my left thigh. For the first time. I was a little nervous about it, but the nurse assured me that most people say "Hey, that's not so bad." I did.
I backed the syringe up just a little to make sure I was injecting into a muscle and not a blood vessel (that would be bad), and then slowly pushed the plunger down until all the girly goodness was in my leg muscle. It started to get pretty sore. She said this was normal. I left the building with a slight limp and a smile.
I go back to see the nurse in two weeks to make sure I'm able to do the procedure myself correctly. In the meantime, much fewer pills.
Unless I screw up and hit a blood vessel or two, this tiny, expensive vial (about the size of a very large grape) will supply me with gradually released sex hormone for 20 full weeks.
Today I switched from oral estrogen supplements (Cenestin®) to intramuscular Delestrogen®. It was something I've wanted to do for some time. Not only because of the much lower long-run cost, but it's harder to miss doses, so PMS will (hopefully) be a rare thing indeed.
Intramuscular injection sounds scary, but it really wasn't a big deal for me. I even did it myself.
Under the guidance of a nurse, I put a special dosing needle on an IM syringe, and cleaned off the opening to the vial with an alcohol pad. Carefully, I slurped out exactly a half a milliliter of tranny dope, being sure to push out all the air pockets and bubbles to the point that a drop came out of the needle tip. Then I put the original IM needle back on the syringe.
The hardest part about the whole thing was actually poking this long metal thing straight down into the top of my left thigh. For the first time. I was a little nervous about it, but the nurse assured me that most people say "Hey, that's not so bad." I did.
I backed the syringe up just a little to make sure I was injecting into a muscle and not a blood vessel (that would be bad), and then slowly pushed the plunger down until all the girly goodness was in my leg muscle. It started to get pretty sore. She said this was normal. I left the building with a slight limp and a smile.
I go back to see the nurse in two weeks to make sure I'm able to do the procedure myself correctly. In the meantime, much fewer pills.
Unless I screw up and hit a blood vessel or two, this tiny, expensive vial (about the size of a very large grape) will supply me with gradually released sex hormone for 20 full weeks.
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