forest Aug 6, 2023

Hi there #trans and #biochemistry fedi, do you know any way of taking your own blood for getting lab results that show the effects of #HRT in the blood?

As in: I'd want to check my own hrt levels and get a result saying how high my #estrogen / #estradiol, #testosterone and other relevant levels are in my blood. For doing that I'd assume I somehow need to draw my own blood and then either analyse the blood myself or send it to a lab for analysis who will get back to me with my results.

If you know any other way of determining those values that doesn't involve drawing blood, please let me know!

What would also be important is that this doesn't cost much as I'd like to take several samples to track progress (or lack thereof) over a period of time.

Relevant information: I'm situated in BW, Germany.

Boosts are highly appreciated!

#askfedi

Show threadMadAug 7, 2023
@taminaminam wait actually I see no reason why this kind of thing wouldn't work, if you wanted to spend the money (and risk the dysphoria)
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Show threadforest Aug 7, 2023

@madasrabbits ooo that's interesting!

Since the reason for wanting to test those values is dysphoria caused by hrt just not working properly, it wouldn't actually cause that much dysphoria.

Do you know if it actually works with hrt? Because if I recall correctly there's some tests that test via your spit that don't actually work with hrt and just test your bodies own production

Show threadMadAug 7, 2023
@taminaminam it looks like that one is a urine test
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@madasrabbits @taminaminam I am not an endo, but they say it measures E3G, which according to FDA "estrone-3-glucuronide (E3G)" "E3G is produced when estrogen breaks down in your body. It accumulates in your urine around the time of ovulation and causes your cervical mucus to become thin and slippery".
So I'd conduct some additional research to check if E3G levels correlate with E2 levels for transfems.
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Show threadforest Aug 7, 2023
@IngaLovinde @madasrabbits thanks, yeah that's what I was worried about