I used to get it at a local lgbt health clinic, but that also came with seeing a therapist because I was institutionalized recently at the time.
So I stopped because of that and for years my access to hrt was kind of shaky, sometimes I would have it sometimes I wouldn’t based on if I could pay for DIY which was more expensive.
Idk how expensive the clinic would be without insurance tho as I was using my parents at the time.
Anyway, I’m stabley on DIY now at a pretty high dose that I think is better than anything the clinic would have given me.

The grey market for DIY HRT is just part of how trans healthcare stays resilient in the face of gatekeeping or full obstruction. Feel free to get on it for any reason.

Having it from the medical system is gonna make things more convenient mostly down to how you gotta pay for DIY HRT (it's annoying). Also easier to get a doctor to monitor labs. But having a little DIY stache is nice, plus the actual know how of how to get it vrs the theoretical know how via a guide (experience is a good teacher).

It'd be nice to know where your levels are at now after you've been on this dose, regardless of if you're gonna change route or method or whatever. Everybody bodys is different and metabolized E in its own way, so it'll be nice to have some evidence on how your body deals with E! It'll give you and your doctor an idea of how you responded to the dose you're at now which is nice to know even if you're taking something different later. There are tools online that can give you an idea of your levels after switching, and the WPATH somewhere has recommendations for bumping or down based on E levels across routes (like sublingual, transdermal, SQ, IM) which'll also help you get an idea of what your dose ought to be. I have no idea where it is though

Get your levels checked, if you're switching to DIY then switch and after, check your levels again in like 6 to 12 weeks and adjust as necessary.

Yea I've definitely heard of people doing this. If Planned Parenthood will still do tests/prescribe prog I don't see why not. I'd rather diy then get a script too, and having a stable supply is a big part of that. Having a few months of meds vs years just seems like no contest to me.

You sound like a really chill gal, cool even.

get you a girl who can do both

in that case it's literally better to just ask them, if they're telling you that stuff without prompting then they care enough about the topic to talk about it

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beeping isn't a thing

No I never did in high school! I did name myself after a girl in high school though (I always thought it was pretty) and after I moved back for a bit for work, to my horror she still lives here 😲. Thankfully I never ran into her and even if I did, most of the high school people I've ran into don't recognize me at all.

I try not to think about her much tbh. She was older and definitely not interested. The thing I try not to obsess about is if I told her I wished I was a girl. She would have known what that meant when I didn't.

I'm not sure what the split between crush, envy, and friend I liked and wanted to do more with was. Definitely remember being upset we didn't hang out much.. but she's moved away now so I try not to think too much.

several in fact

still not sure what the limerent crush/dysphoric envy ratio was for those