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[jtthomas]

 Just picked up my first two vials of testosterone cypionate, with all the injection things. Still need a sharps box. Training to inject is next Thursday (so first dose then, and weekly subq to start from there. May switch to im injection later on; we'll see).

Y'all.

Eep.

(Thanks for all the support; this ain't done yet, this is still despite family wishes to the contrary. But I'm putting my mental health before family at this point. I've got everything I critically need to get out. If that relationship crashes and burns from here, I can tell it's for the best, because y'all are better support than they've ever been.)

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[kengr]

I wish you luck. I was on T for a while years back. Not because I wanted to be more masculine, but because I seemed to have low levels, and I was hoping it would restore some functionality to certain parts of my body. Big no on that. I decided to quit when I started getting the sort of senseless bursts of anger that I recalled getting when I was a teen.

I decided 'roid rage was not an acceptable side effect,, and the stuff I was taking it for wasn't improving.

For you, it should go better, not having existing T to speak of.

IM injections are a major eeep. But they got me over my fear of needles. :-)

Wishing for the best for you.

[jtthomas]

I'm really lucky, being this close to Boston -- the Fenway Institute consists of a bunch of doctors trained to mitigate the side effects of hormones. I'm on a pretty low dose at first just in case, but yeah, the goal is balance out effects with side effects.

Thanks.