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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!)

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ste7plnah48@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

are you going to Thailand?

Yep…

stopping HRT if it's transdermal or injections is a terrible idea for so many reasons.

I consider it a form of torture haha (yeah, not very haha actually)…

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] ste7plnah48@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

As far as I know, for the clinic I'm going to, there is no evidence of them testing hormone levels, but they keep saying in big red letters "you HAVE to stop x weeks before OR ELSE THE DEVIL IS GONNA POSSESS YOU!!"… 🙃