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They don't have a gender field, and it really feels like they are just reducing sex and gender down to "you are what you were assigned at birth", and then hiding behind amorphous medical "reasons" as justification ....
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what was the relationship between the DIY and the iron build up?
were you getting annual blood work done with a PCP, how did you learn you had this problem?
I absolutely believe DIY could hurt someone, but I would guess the biggest way would be through contaminants in the vials and especially insufficient sterilization increasing risk of infections.
AFAIK you can also buy the same estrogen you would get prescribed (that is, vials manufactured by the same labs, with regulatory oversight during manufacturing), but the risks I had in mind were about vials that are homebrewed.
Homebrewed estrogel has less risk since it's transdermal, so it's fairly contextual what the risks are.
@dandelion
I was using an over-the-counter natural supplement, made from bovine and porcine products without doctor supervision or approval.
I went to my PCP for my annual tests and showed signs of liver and kidney damage. I don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs, so they thought it was cancer and scheduled additional blood work and a biopsy.
The blood test came back showing that it was not cancer but an iron overload. My body was storing the excess in all my organs and tissues.
hm, how does taking a natural supplement relate to the discussion about DIY risks? I'm sorry but I'm having such a hard time following or connecting the dots here ... were you at any point using DIY HRT and did that ever overlap with the medical problem, or is your point more broad that having medical supervision generally would have helped?
@dandelion
I have to say, even under doctor supervision, I had issues with the patches; the glue burned my skin so bad that the scars lasted months.
I am now taking sublingual pills and they work well for me but I still need to be monitored for kidney and liver issues because of the aforementioned damage caused by my own experimentation.
So, yeah, I was trying to share my experience as a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of trying to figure it out on my own.