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how to actually possible archive """stable""" levels, sublingual pills? idk they more expensive, i hate estrogel pump dosator, some bottles are worse, and fck eyeballing is worst........., does by eyeballing, less than 0.75 one pump is okay? idk

if i had high enough levels on one pump morning, up to next morning, fck kill those who put hormones into pump dosators, okay but one pump morning was insane spikes and it didnt give me good suppression and i got lg like 2.20, despire being on prog i dont wanna risk more so eyeballing half-pumps better

dumb nurse didnt put effort to find vein in my right hand, but instead took from left where i apply estrogel(yeah is faking result too)
also me dumbass, saved money for fact-check SHBG

fckkkk the estradiol is faked probably in my new bloodwork, but lh is zero, t is 0.9 nmol

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[โ€“] erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago

injections sux

  1. needlephobia
  2. only one homebrewer who never in stock delivers here
  3. ppp-parents

idk i gonna in some future just buy raw powder and do own product like high-dose transdermal patches maybe, or sublingual something

also its hot now aaaaaaaa i cant find a proper place to store this bottle

fck why some ppl bodies are completly okay in automatic regime, but i need be fcking pharmacologist to survive, blaaaah my CNS are completly damaged by shit such as involunteary antipsychotics, TCA, SSRI, etc,

atleast cortisol, dhea, is okay so i dont have adrenal hyperplasia like mom

besins when u do dosator which doenst sux

Sorry to hear you are dealing with poopy healthcare. I don't know about estrogel, but I can give you some perspective on sublingual pills though, which is what I've been taking for 3 years now. I take 4mg in the morning and 2mg at night and I don't feel like my levels are unstable. I get my bloodwork done 6 hours after taking my morning dose. It used to put me at 130pg/mL (477pmol/L) but since getting my orchi I'm at 243pg/mL (892pmol/L). I have heard that patches are pretty good for getting stable levels, however they are also more expensive unfortunately.