#t injection

[captainsamuelmorrigan]

PSA for trans people, trans mascs and fems, and enbies & intersex folks on T or E injections (or injections in general):

Your injections should AT WORST feel like a hard pinch if you hit a vein on accident. It should NOT sting the whole time, itch, be tender for more than a day, and should not cause significant bruising. (Edit!: This is the weekly injections, the monthly or longer lasting injections are sore for a while because the liquid is THICC.)

I was not told this when I started, and missed that I was allergic to my shots for the first 2 months I was on T. There is more than one type of carrier oil, and the type of T they prescribe most often is more likely to have allergic reactions (cypionate with cottonseed oil). You should not have to suffer more just to get your gender juice. You can also gain allergies over time, so if you start experiencing these symptoms, check in with your doctor!

(Another Edit: PLEASE talk to your doctor before assuming stuff, I'm just a guy on the internet trying to make sure that y'all have more info.)

Tips for less painful/irritated injections I've gotten from people (all anecdotal, again, check with your doc):

-Intramuscular injections are usually less likely to be irritated than subcutaneous ones.

-Lightly wiping down the needle you are going to inject with with some rubbing alcohol before injecting. (Make sure it dries)

-Rub VERY hard with your alcohol wipe before injecting to numb up the skin a little bit.

-Make sure to rub the vial between your hands to warm it before using the draw up needle. It makes the fluid less thick, so it’s less painful to inject.

(I'll add more if people share)

#trans #transgender #trans man #trans men #trans masc #trans male #nonbinary #demiboy #testosterone #T injection #T #testosterone injection

[sicksadstar]

7/6/23 WHAT

#us #honey #hrt #t #t injection #testosterone #nonbinary #enby #genderless

[turnipstewdios]

HRT INJECTION TIPS!

Just did my T injection, and I wanna share some things that I find useful! I usually do my own shots, so some of this might not apply if you have someone else do it, but hopefully some of it will help anyway. Have something to remind you about your schedule! I have my injection dates marked on my calendar. I'm super bad at remembering timing and dates, and I would miss stuff like this all the time without an actual reminder I could look at. The one I've just done was actually a day late, because I just looked and realized I was supposed to do it yesterday. I have all the stuff I need for it in one place. Med vials, needles, disinfectant, Band-Aids, sharps box, ect. Makes it easy to keep track of. If you have trouble remembering all the steps, write yourself a list! I'm familiar enough with the process that don't always need it, but I still forget to z-track sometimes. Pop a painkiller half an hour before hand. It helps. I've gotten in the habit of doing this, but I was in a rush for my last one, and just did it without the Tylenol. And there's definitely a difference! Even with a painkiller, you'll still feel it, but it dulls it down just enough to make it easier. If you're over or even close to 200lbs, make sure you're getting a longer needle. An IM injection needs to get all the way down through your body fat and into your muscle tissue. Using a needle that isn't long enough will result in more medication leaking, less effective absorption into your tissues, and a more painful injection site afterword's. I use inch and a quarter needles. One inch works, but not as well, and three quarter inch is way to short. You can ask for different lengths at the pharmacy. If you've never done this type of shot before, and/or are nervous about using a longer needle, it might be surprising to learn that you can usually only feel the first quarter inch or so after piercing the skin. Once you've gotten down through the Hypodermis, there are way fewer nerve endings, and you'll barely be able to feel the needle at all. I usually do my own injections, and I've only had to get help with it because I balked once. But I have to fight with the instinctual "NO WANT STAB SELF" feeling every single time, and there's a lot of stuff that makes it easier. I can work myself up to start fairly easily, but the hardest part is AFTER I break the top layer of skin. I almost always get the needle just far enough in that the pain registers, and THEN the self preservation reflex tries to kick in.

This is why painkillers can be so useful. They slow down the pain signal enough for me to make it slightly deeper, and by that point, I'm almost always in past the point where the sensation stops. The one time I had to get help, it was because I had just barely pierced the skin and then pulled out several times in a row, and the mental block strengthened until I couldn't make another attempt. If you can brace yourself long enough to get that first quarter inch, the rest is much easier. If you have trouble pushing down the plunger for the actual injection, try asking the pharmacy for different syringes. I've tried out several kinds, and some are definitely way easier than others. One type I was given was so hard to push down that I lost most of a dose because I pulled the whole needle out while trying to depress the plunger. I'm fortunate enough to not have any allergies that interfere with my shots. But I've heard a lot of stuff from people who do, so I'll pass it on. The injection should hurt a bit, and might be sore for a day or so afterword's, but it should NOT be excruciating. It should also not swell, turn red, itch, or burn anywhere around the injection site. If it hurts a lot or starts acting weird, you might have done it wrong, gotten an infection, or be allergic to something you're using. Some people can have allergies to the oil used as a base for the hormones, the adhesives on bandages, or the needles themselves. Most injection needles have nickel in them. If you have reactions to piercings/jewelry, the needle might be a problem for you. Fortunately, you can usually swap out whatever's causing the problem for an alternative. There are several types of oil used for the injections, so you should be able to request one that won't cause a reaction. And nickel free needles are available. Feel free to add onto this! I'd love to hear anything people think might be helpful.

#trans #trans healthcare #transgender #trans non binary #trans nb #testosterone injection #testosterone #estrogen #injection #t injection #medical stuff #healthcare #tw needle #tw needles

[ostronat]

i'm starting testosterone soon (woohoo!), and the clinic i'm doing it at is recommending that i freeze my eggs because apparently there's a possibility that the t will damage them and i wouldn't be able to use them naturally later. are there any other trans people or people who've been on testosterone who've considered a similiar thing? any other trans people who've frozen their eggs before going on T? i'm just looking for advice and other experiences before i make my decision.

#trans nonbinary #transmasc #trans boy #trans ftm #trans man #transgender #trans male #trans positivity #trans community #trans pride #testosterone #t gel #t injection #ftm hrt #hrt #hormones #trans health #asterpost

[ramble-writes]

So I know that I am a writing base blog, but I just want to share this...

So this is me. And this is the first day that I started on Testosterone.

Also I'm sorry that my mirror is so damn dirty 🤣

#testosterone #t injection #transgender #mtf #transmale #female to male #I'm literally shaking y'all #it's finally happening

[shinra-makonoid]

I learnt how to do my T injections today (i usually rely on a nurse) and it was a fun experience.

She told me usually people are skirmish regarding injections and I was pretty relaxed about it since I'm kinda fascinated by all of this it's very easy for me. I even did it twice because first time my hand bounced right back up. I didn't feel any pain either.

Stabbing myself is easy apparently.

I did realize tho that I underestimated the level of manual skill it required to properly handle a needle, to get the T inside the serynge and manipulate it. This was the difficult part for me!

#serynge mention #idk what to tag it because people can be pretty phobic of all that #t injection

[kimabutch]

Among English-speaking trans people who inject testosterone weekly or biweekly, I wonder if there's a disproportionate number who inject on Tuesdays just for the effect of "Testosterone Tuesdays"

#anecdotally I feel like it's more common to choose Tuesdays as the day #but it's very possibly confirmation bias #if I injected weekly it would def be on Tuesdays but alas I do it every 10 days #second puber t

[brothersonahotelbed]

happy taub T time thursday

#house md #i would trust him to do my t injections for me #loquitur

[omensofatimelord]

The thing about testosterone being a controlled substance means that acess to it for hrt is restricted. While it makes access a significant issue for many people and an easy and effective way to prevent trans men and mascs from transitioning (as we've seen terfs campaign for and succeed at doing in Britain) it also means that is very easy for health care professionals to be able to take it away from trans men/mascs arbitrarily. This is most aborant in cases where trans men/mascs are forced to detransition to gain access to abortions after being raped. However, the first sign of an issues tangentially related to hormones a gp, without any training in trans people or hormones, can and will stop a person's testosterone. Apart from how stressful it is to know that for the rest of your life you'll be dependent on the goodwill of a random person, this has measurable negative consequences for a trans person subjected too it.

Going off t fucking sucks at the best of time, but being forced off t will most likely result in depression and worsening mental health for a trans man/masc, who are already one of the most likely groups to attempt suicide. It can also put a trans person at risk if they suddenly start being visibly trans again, especially if they're closeted in, say, a work place environment. Trans people, including trans men, are already one of the most targeted groups of harassment and violence and sexual assalt and forcibly reducing or stopping t can out people and risk their safety. And a gp won't see this or care about this, or attempt to treat a trans man/masc first or ask for their opinion or situation.

Ultimately, testosterone is seen as entirely optional and so the first resort when something goes wrong it to take it away, when it should be considered the last resort, and is considered the last resort for cis men. And as long as testosterone continues to be a controlled substance it will remain like this.

(edit for clarification: I am a kiwi, this post was intended as a general critique of accessing t through health care systems - based in my lived experience in NZ and what ive heard from international trans ppl; including but not limited to the USA)

#Transandrophobia #This rant brought to you by my gp threatening my health and safety by stopping t for a couple conditions that would be treated if I were ci #Excess hemoglobin is documented but not well understood in trans men but there are option available that aren't no t #And high blood pressure runs in the family but no one's making my dad take t suppressants even though no medication is particularly effecti #If she asked me I would rather have gout and t than neither #But I don't get an option #And if I shout to loudly I'm scared they'll not let me ever take it again #She won't even put me back on the weekly injections I'm supposed to be on now that the shortage is over #Despite the fact she's worried my t levels are too high after the injection #(Which given they're normal after a week and how much I dislike the roller coster effect should be the first thing) #But if I start on the limited options and how t is seen as so optional shortages don't matter and different options don't matter

[foulfiendfern]

imagine jonah’s surprise upon taking over elias’ body and finding out he just accidentally possessed a stealth trans man . this evil 19th century man realizing he’s been turned into a pronoun is my new favourite hc

#he's all like what're these battle scars? was this elias a secret warrior? #WH WHERES MY DICK AT WHERES MY DICK AT #ceaseless watcher what is tboy swag #yes the plaster is from a t injection #the magnus archives #tma fanart #elias bouchard #jonah magnus #didn't mean to make him sexy im sorry #it just happened #lets pretend trans health care was easily accessible in the uk during the 1990s okay #my art

[onewithblankets]

pro tips for administering your own t shots

aight so i’ve been doing the whole self injection thing for nine/ten-ish months now, and as someone who’s always been, and still is, a little squeamish around needles, here are some things that help:

when you wipe down the injection site (I do my thighs, intramuscular injection) with an alcohol wipe, wait a little bit for the skin to dry before sticking the needle in. i’ve found this helps reduce the sting a bit.

listen to music. it helps make the whole process a little less nerve-wracking when you’re humming along to a song you like as you prep your syringe.

along the same lines as the last point, I like to use certain beats of a song as a ‘countdown’ almost, to hype myself up for the injection itself. instead of going “three-two-one” and then sticking the needle in, i’ll go “alright, i’ll put on cotard’s solution and stick it in when he starts screaming.” definitely makes the anticipation of the needle itself more bearable.

the anticipation is always worse than the actual injection. don’t let your own brain psyche you out of taking your t for fear of pain. i came into intramuscular injections thinking it’d be awful pain all the time, but half the time it’s barely more than a slight sting and usually doesn’t feel like anything after I put the bandaid on. i think i was more sore in the first couple weeks than i ever am now, though, so i may have just gotten used to it.

don’t inject too quickly, once you have the needle in your flesh. testosterone is pretty thick, so it’ll be a little slower coming out, and trying to push it too hard too fast will just make it uncomfortable or a little painful. 

do all the prepwork and keep everything together in front of you before you even uncap the first needle. make sure you have all the alcohol wipes, needles, vial, bandaids, and sharps box right next to you. you don’t want to pull your needle out of your thigh and then realize you don’t have a bandaid to put on the bleeding hole. that stuff gets everywhere.

alternate your injection sites. don’t do the exact same spot every single week (or however frequently you do your injections) or it will build up tougher tissue and make it harder for you to do injections. i just switch between left and right thighs every week.

once your t is in the syringe, keep your fingers/palms FAR AWAY from the plunger until the needle is inside you. you do not want to know how many times i accidentally squeezed some t out of my syringe because i was moving things around and absentmindedly squeezed on the plunger just a little too hard

check out Howard Brown! very good high quality videos on how to do subcutaneous and intramuscular injections + how to draw medicine out of the vial in the first place. highly recommend.

that’s all i can really think of atm. might update this later if i think of more things/figure something new and cool out for myself, though. hope it’s at least a little helpful for some of you funny internet people.

#trans #transgender #transmasc #trans man #testosterone #tw needles #tw injections #trans masc #t shot #hrt #transmasculine #ftm #trans ftm

[uncanny-tranny]

When you're given the needles for injection HRT, you might be given two sizes for needles, or two sets.

A draw-up needle is what you will use to draw up the medicine into your syringe, and often you will use the larger of the needles in order to draw up the medicine if you're given two differently-sized gauged needles. When I first started testosterone, I was given a set of 18G needles and 20G needles, so I would use the 18G to draw up and the 20G to administer the medicine.

Remember that a SMALLER number is a LARGER needle, and a LARGER number is a SMALLER needle. An 18G needle is LARGER than a 20G needle, and so on. If you need clarification about injection, ask whomever is prescribing your medication to clarify which needles are intended for draw-ups and which will be administered into the body.

This might seem pretty arbitrary, but a smaller-gauged needle will feel differently than a larger needle. Now, I inject with a 23G needle, and I barely feel it compared to a 20G, and that can make it so much easier to take your medicine.

I wanted to make this post because I have seen many people have misconceptions about how an injection is supposed to hurt, and part of what can make an injection painful is the needle you are using.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #trans advice #needle tw #needle mention tw #saw somebody say they injected with 18G and it hurts them and i felt sick to my stomach reading that #i used to use 18G to draw up and it looked HUGE to me please 🤢 #and hell i'm the one who LIKES needles well enough. but not when it's like that #hell a 20G needle looks big to me now that i use 23G to administer my T #needles tw #needles mention tw

[befuddled-calico-whump]

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[ocean-in-my-witchy-soul]

Hail Loki

A trans devotional prayer ===

Hail to the shaper of flesh and bone Who urges my feet to freedom Who guides my hands to joy Who inspires my lips into prayer

Hail to the breaker of prisons Who shifts and constructs their shape so easily Who fills me with the reverent act of Creation Who holds me steady with every dose Hail to the Othered god Who keeps me in his arms as I tremble with nerves Who strengthens my resolve with self-knowledge Who demands my work and my growth in my journey Hail to the guardian of queers Who welcomes the different before her Who leads us to rest in our selves Who gives us the words to ask our Questions Hail to the one who loves me Who takes me for who I am Who walks with me where I'm at Who encourages me to be my full self Hail, Loki, in all your shapes Bless me and be with me on this day And every one after ==

© ocean-in-my-witchy-soul

Anyone can use this prayer in your personal practice if it speaks to you. I'd be honored.

#Loki #loki deity #lokean #heathenry #prayers #norse paganism #devotionals #trans prayers #queer prayers #queer heathenry #trans witchcraft #queer witchcraft #trans witch #queer witch #trans heathenry #my personal practice #personal note: i take my t shots on saturdays (loki's unofficial day) and ask him to be with me as I do #they steady my hand as i draw the oil and help the needle go through cleanly and painlessly #it's been not much more than a pinch to take my shot and i've had minimal bleeding #and no bruising even when i got my needles mixed up and used the *smaller* one to draw the oil and the *bigger* one to inject! #so i feel like they're watching over me #it makes me feel good

[gayestcowboy]

started doing my t injections in my thighs (still subcutaneous) because i got some scar tissue buildup on my stomach and honestly thigh injections rule. i get to take my pants off to do my shot. remember to rotate your injection site 😻

#yeehaws #i did them on either side of my stomach rotating for as long as i’ve been on t (which has been multiple years) #but the right side has been getting more difficult to inject/bruising more #nothing super bad just scar tissue buildup that’ll go away over time #it’s also fun and exciting to do something new #you can also do subq shots in your upper arms apparently. but probably not a good idea to self administer

[arodynamic-transmasc]

Transmascs who administer their own T-shots are so so sexy. Like damn??? You can handle a syringe?? What else do those hands do???? I'm fucking terrified of needles. So impressed when people are okay with them. That is so so sexy to me. I'm obsessed.

#hrt #t shot #transition #trans #transgender #transmasc #transmasculine #trans men #transsexual #ftm #t4t #trans positivity #tw needle #tw injections