I'm on my 3rd injection and I'm experiencing water retention as well. He said to drinks lots of water, cranberry juice. Plus I have an exercise program that I'm sticking to no matter what. I feel like shit, so you're not alone TD.

It'll level out, it's just disheartening—so we'll need patience.

Hey TD

You will gain a bit until you level out, but the weight will start to shift around and you will lose.

I hear most often that dr's will put transguys on high blood pressure meds, that will get rid of the water retention.

Hang in there, both of you (Jet).

Ya'll just started this leg of your journey.

I'm 3 years in and im still experiencing new things.

Keep us updated.


Sam

Yeah, you're going to retain a bit of water for a while. But after a few months it'll drop off. Be sure to drink wayyyy more water than you usually do. You may also get headaches. The water retention is your body doing what it's supposed to do. Again, drinking more water will help a lot.


It's Normal...Men Use Water Differently Than Women,
Dylan

The whys are too much for me to type from my phone, but it has to do with blood pressure and blood viscosity and such, and it's completely normal. Just drink lots of water.

and jus' to be sayin' tonight, I don't care about legal documents ie. passports, DL, birth certificates etc.

I'm just not concerned about that stuff. When the time comes, I'll consult with an attorney.

I'm more concerned about getting disowned/disinherited again which is coming down the pike, more than likely.

No matter what happens Parker, you will always have your family here.

Effects of T
 

Some past, some present:

1. Hey there, belly.

2. Scratch, scratch, itchy scalp - hair follicles under attack. Rescue courtesy of finasteride.

3. Yes, it is ALL you can think of.

4. Trouble swallowing, can't yell. Family glad of latter.

5. Yes, I CAN carry all of the luggage. (saves on trips to the car, at least)

6. So THAT's what back acne looks like.

7. Good god, extra hair THERE???? It gets caught. It pulls. nevermind

8. You call THIS a moustache? Um, ok, lol. <buzz, buzz>

9. It's a repellent, alright. (Maybe if I peed around my desk people would stop taking my pens.)

10. Nope, it's not a UTI - it's 'personal growth and development'.

11. Atlas shrugs. Park a car on my shoulders. Really.

good post.

Did you watch your dad shave when you were little and wish you could do the same thing? I did.

yep i did, and now i have a full face beard and hate to shave.

i get this stupid shyt in my head every once in awhile and i shave it off, by the next day i have a shadow by the next week im on my way. shakeshead. i have more hair on my face than on my head :P

Thanks theo ... i breezed through it and it actually seemed like a good resource. I don't need it for myself but more and more I'm like the token transgendered person that everyone knows so when somebody comes out to someone whether an adult, small child, or young adult people approach me. So it will be nice to have some tangible resource to give them also.

I finally got a call from my Endo doc's nurse yesterday, after 2 months of waiting. She (the nurse) relayed to me from my doc that my labs that I did a few weeks ago looked fine, and she (my doc) wants me to get another set of labs right away (which I went out and did yesterday after I got the call). Then I am supposed to have another phone appt with her in July. After that I get labs done again in September and have a face-to-face appt with my doc then. The thing that is maddening is that she didn't say anything about a dosage change. I am still on this low dose. So, I asked the nurse to ask my doc about that. Now it's a waiting game again to hear back. *sigh*

Lot of dry skin. Does anybody else experience this? If so, what moisturizer do you use?

its from the heat :P i will be in town this weekend. we should have lunch or something

In some parts. LOTS and LOTS of water seems to resolve some of this and no moisturizer.

Oddly enough, my forehead has becoming very oily.

Dry patches and oiley skin has subsided. A femme friend suggested making an exfolient (sp) paste from baking soda and water. It washed the dry skin off and then I put some aloe lotion on the area.
I have no dry/over oiley skin today.