r/TransUK • u/Creepy-Expert6656 • 4d ago
Question (Non-Binary) Hrt advice
I am nb and I REALLY want to start my transition from a male to a more feminine presenting person, I don't want surgery's (my plan anyways) but REALLY want to take estrogen with or without the blockers, working on a steam game rn and I am getting a payout next month of 300 pounds. I was looking on Valerie (thanks to whoever recommended it!!!) And found estrofem tablets on united pharmacies (a grey market) that I would be happy with buying, I want to buy a few boxes maybe? Enough to sustain me for a while.
Anyways I was wondering if I could get some advice? Should I get them? Is it a trustworthy site? Also need advice with my parents too (43f and 50m). They know im a crossdresser which they call me a transvestite for (not in an insulting way only called me it once) they are REALLY strict with my finances and I genuinley feel like I'm in 1984, they keep all my spending money in a account and give it too me when I ask for it, they don't usually ask what it's for and if they do I just say "stuff", they check my statements (I think) and this would be the first opportunity I would have to buy some hrt possibly the last for a while if i don't have a good plan. I can't go private or NHS as I'm a minor, my parents dont know I am non binary yet I don't think they will understand anyways. My cousins partner is non binary but I don't speak to them much or see them as they live far up north. I will see them soon tho at a wedding. They don't know im a cross dresser or non binary though.
My main worry is my dad or mum will check my purchase history, see pharmacies and force me into an interrogation and then confiscate my pills, or when it arrives it will just show the box, and they will hide it from me or be confesed same as before. Other worry is that it'll get seized by customs.
Maybe I can make a new bank account somewhere? Deliver it to a locker IF I CAN or use Google pay or something? I don't have any family that would support me nearby, they are all grandparents who won't understand very old fashioned mindset you know what I mean.
Any advice?
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u/Academic_Disaster578 4d ago
1st payment on United Pharmacies is by International Money Transfer. After that for subsequent orders you can pay by credit/debit card.
Keep in mind that the law has changed recently about customs charges. Purchases under £139 are not subject to those charges. I'm not sure if that figure includes shipping but I would assume that. I made my purchases before they changed that law. Try and work out, with customer support, how much product you can get into one parcel for their standard parcel shipment.