Previously: 1 month of T, 17 days of T

Lots of medical (and some sexual) TMI follows. Reading other people’s detailed accounts of hormone therapy was valuable to me, so I’m providing the same thing. If you don’t want to know all about the shit my body’s been up to, this post is not for you.

The biggest visible change in the last month has been hair growth on my inner thighs, which I’m extremely pleased about. I’ve never had body hair there before, and now there’s scattered dark hairs from knee to groin.

Voice continues to change, less dramatically than last month. I’m spending a lot of time consciously remembering to speak in the newly comfortable range, instead of in the familiar but no-longer-comfortable pitch.

Towards the start of the month I had a lot of misophonia, especially about chewing, which I don’t usually have a problem with. That thankfully seems to have let up over time.

Sex drive seems to have mostly levelled off for the moment, which I’m extremely grateful for. I’m getting some very distinctive sexuality shifts, which is fascinating, especially since they’re generally expansions of what I’m into rather than alterations. Visual stimuli in general are way more compelling than they used to be; I’m seeking out a lot more video porn, and talking Betrothed into wearing lingerie. I’ve always been quite exclusively androsexual, but I’m getting some gentle nudging in the bi direction: femme-leaning enbies are a lot more attractive than they used to be, and I have a newfound utter fascination with boobs (at least as long as they’re not on a girl).

Still bleeding, to my deep irritation, but at least my periods have been lighter. Very much hoping that comes to an end soon.

Everyone warned me about acne. I didn’t think it could get any worse. Oh how wrong and hubristic I was. I’ve always gotten it on my shoulders and upper arms; now it’s discovered the new and exciting territory from elbow to wrist. Hate this.

Doctor did a blood test around the month-and-a-half mark, and said my T levels were up from 20 somethings to 200 somethings, so confirmation that I’m getting good absorption. I can expect another delightful blood draw at the 3-month mark, and if I’m not up a little farther by then he’ll increase the dose.