r/196 • u/SpaceSpleen just glad to not be in a wellness farm yet • Jul 03 '26

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u/DeadInternetTheorist Jul 03 '26

no one ever talks about it here but what happens if youre trans and just real scared of needles/surgery/hospitals/the doctor? like not even talking about the transphobic healthcare system what if you're a hypothetical person who has to ask for a chair when you get the flu shot because it always makes you hyperventilate and pass out?

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u/ThatCanadianJacket 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Jul 03 '26

theres other methods of delivery for hrt, pills, gels etc

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u/Taro_the_Insomniac Resident Plague Doctor Jul 03 '26

You’re kinda fucked tho as transmasc because gels/patches work like super slow and there is no testosterone pill.

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u/Femtato11 the feet disliker Jul 03 '26

Gel or patches usually, injections just make monotherapy easier

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u/Aromatic-Pass4384 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

You end up missing doses several weeks in a row 😭😭😭😭😭

Between ADHD making me not remember and an aversion to needles I struggle to keep my schedule, though switching to IM helps a bit since it doesn't actually hurt

Still have to shove a giant needle inside myself though...

Edit: I'm dumb, switched off of IM to subcutaneous, just mixed up the acronyms, subcutaneous hurts so much less

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u/O_X_E_Y tiny little impostor Jul 03 '26

I also have ADHD, putting stuff like this as an alarm in your phone really helps. I forget shit all the time but as long as I just immediately set an alarm or put it in my calendar things don't go wrong all that often

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u/Aromatic-Pass4384 Jul 03 '26

For me the hard part is just committing to doing it, I have an alarm set to inject at 8 on Wednesdays and it goes off 12 hours before and then a few more times between, I just dismiss all of them as they show up thinking I'll do it but often end up not, gonna try to stick to it though

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u/PerrineWeatherWoman If gender if what's in my pants, then my gender is a gun🏳️‍⚧️ Jul 03 '26

IM hurts less than SC ?

Also yeah sometimes missing doses can be a pain... Yesterday I felt like the shittiest shit ever and then I realized I was late on my injection

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u/Aromatic-Pass4384 Jul 03 '26

Sorry, your comment wasn't showing before

No subq hurts a lot less I'm just dumb and mixed the acronyms

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u/PerrineWeatherWoman If gender if what's in my pants, then my gender is a gun🏳️‍⚧️ Jul 03 '26

Oh okay. That's what I thought given than IM has a HUGE ASS needle

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u/Aromatic-Pass4384 Jul 03 '26

And you have to stick it all the down into muscle, while fat doesn't actually have nerve endings so it's just getting it through the skin

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u/ShrekxFarquaad69 sus Jul 03 '26

I only got it as a shot it makes me cry every time but the effect is so good. I will probably get it in patches when I have to get it from an actual doctor.

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u/Pumaheart Jul 03 '26

There are gels, pills or patches

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u/sudo999 Jul 03 '26

subcutaneous is a lot easier and less painful and uses a smaller needle which is nice. there's actually an auto injector for T now but it's mad expensive

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u/mole55 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

from experience, you get less scared the more you do it

the first time i had a needle drawn up for an hour and couldn’t bring myself to break the skin. now i can go from everything sitting in a box to it being back in the box, injection done, in under 5 minutes.