[–] 2 points 3 months ago

I want to 2nd this. I temporarily took my 300mg of prog orally while recovering from bottom surgery, and all it really did was make me feel a bit more sleepy.

That article and other sources I've come across show higher and longer lasting delivery of the medication when taken as a suppository. After I returned to that, I felt better than I did while taking it orally (albeit the surgery recovery may have played a part). I do the same as you, just a small squeeze of water based lube does the trick and I wipe/wash up afterwards. Take it at the end of the day, making sure you don't poop until after you sleep. The casing is often present for me as well.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I've been recovering from bottom surgery, still on my first week of being home from the hospital. Moving around has been hard, so I spent today watching TV (Dropout's GameChanger and Invincible S4), speaking to friends online or who visit, and doing some hand sewing. Well, plus my surgery maintenance.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Vivaldi is a great Chromium browser. I'm more of a Firefox/Librewolf on my personal machines, but my work's software has a few features that only work with Chromium extensions so I had to use it. Was my preferred alternative to all others, while bloated it was highly controllable and didn't focus on unnecessary features like Brave or others. My work recently banned any browser that isn't Chrome/Edge/Firefox though, so I guess I'm back to Firefox and will ignore the features I can't use

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    So far, I can't say that I have. Granted, it hasn't even been 24 hours since I came out of surgery as of right now. There was this sensation that almost felt like a had a sore penis at first, but I think that was pressure from the catheter that has subsided.

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    After a year from when I scheduled my initial consultation to now, it finally happened! The procedure took about 5 hours at Henry Ford doing the robot assisted hybrid PPT-PI vaginoplasty. Currently in recovery for about 6 days before I'll hopefully be discharged to go home to continue my recovery.

    The buildup and anticipation leading up to the surgery date was probably the worst part so far. My pain is currently tolerable, but we'll see how it is once I need to start moving around more 😅

    [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    As someone who gave in once, I can tell you it usually doesn't work out to deny.

    I made an appointment for HRT, saw the Endocrinologist, and cancelled the follow up which I'd receive the meds the day before it happened. The entire time I kept telling myself that I'd still be "me" but doing HRT in secrecy from friends/family/society. I chopped my 3.5 years of hair off, grew my beard for the first time ever, then by 2/3 months later decided I hated that. Nearly a year later, I was back at a new DR appointment for HRT. I've been on HRT for over 3 years now, with bottom surgery just 3 weeks away.

    Not saying this doesn't guarantee someone could permanently back out, but it's very unlikely that you're capping to yourself if you've already got the appointments set up.

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