Hormone therapy gender reassignment

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Avatar m tn Can an STD (genital warts) go away forever (after treated) after sex reassignment surgery (FTM)? Which types of bottom surgery don't use existing genital tissue?
Avatar f tn Nope. The risk doesn't change because of who your partner is in this situation. Fingering is not a risk, and STDs don't go through fabric, like that of clothing or towels. Also, just as a note - the proper terms are transgender, and gender reassignment. I can tell you were being respectful and we appreciate that, so I'm just letting you know.
Avatar f tn I am 74 years old and have been on Hormone Therapy for 24 years. My new doctor had advised me that she will not continue my prescription because she in uncomfortable to prescribe to a woman over 65 years of age. I think that is my decision to make.
Avatar n tn I was diagnosed at age 49 in May, 2007 with Stage II, 3 nodes positive. I had 4 rounds of A/C and 4 rounds of Taxol followed by 33 rounds of radiation. My doctor now wants to put me on hormone therapy. I am premenopausal but haven't gotten my period since July due to chemo. She won't put me on Tamoxifin because of a past history of TIA several years ago. She said I would be at too high a risk for stroke on it.
Avatar f tn I have been told from the start that with a lumpectomy I would need radiation. I found out later about the hormone therapy. I want to know if this is standard of care for my situation. I had a 1cm lump including DCIS and ILC. My margins were 6mm, 1cm, 5cm, 6cm. The ILC was in a linear pattern and low nuclear grade. 4 of 4 nodes were negative for cancer. I am ER+ 100% and PR+ 90%. I am HER2 negative. I was told my cancer was caught very early and I should be OK.
Avatar m tn Hi sorry hormone therapy will not help at all , there are no pills or cream to make your penis any bigger , take care ,
617588 tn?1235651785 Most of these sites have a section on the steps of gender reassignment. In particular, I encourage you to get in touch with the first one “FTM International,” which has been very helpful to many. http://www.ftmi.org/ http://www.ren.org/ http://www.lauras-playground.com/ftm_articles.htm http://www.susans.org/Female_to_Male/ The most important thing is for you to reach out and connect with others so you can build friendships and relationships during your transition period.
Avatar f tn Hi, I have a son, biologically a female, who is 14 years old, about to turn 15 who is very interested in starting hormone therapy so he will be more easily accepted in school as he is starting at a new one, so I'm starting to look into it. He's been seeing a gender therapist for about 7 months now and we're finally ready to take the step towards the hormone therapy, but I don't know where to go for this sort of thing.
Avatar f tn Hormone levels as in HCG? I'd say no, that's not possible, there is a specific type of blood test (I believe) that you can get done to tell gender, but I don't think insurance covers it, so you'd have had to pay it out of pocket, did you have any issues that would require a specific blood test, or did you request one?
Avatar m tn If you feel like a female and you are a male, there are doctors you can see about sex reassignment, and they will know all the answers about hormone treatments and so forth. It is not unheard of to be a transsexual, and those who are, consistently report that they simply feel like somehow they got put into the wrong gender's body. In other words, it is not like a man who dresses as a woman for sexual kicks, it is more basic than that.
Avatar f tn Reassignment surgery for transgender individuals is a recognized procedure. You would need to seek the services of such a specialist in your area.
Avatar m tn These hormones are very important for normal functioning of our body and if there is a deficiency of these hormones it is important to take hormone replacement therapy to overcome this deficiency. Please relax HRT will not damage your brain but is essential at the moment for you.
Avatar f tn A couple of members here, including myself, watched Robin McGraw yesterday speak about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Did you know that women as young as their teens can have hormonal imbalances ? And that you can show signs of perimenopause in your 20s... feel horrible and be misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia ? And yet the medical field has failed us again on this other issue.
Avatar n tn Im reading a lot of advice against the use of hormone replacement therapy, but the studies I have researched report that its the combination of progesterone and estrogen that is bad for you, and that estrogen alone may actually decrease the risk of breast cancer. My question then is has anybody else read any studies similar?
Avatar f tn I have been on bioidentical hormone therapy for several years: estrogel 0.06% 2 pumps once daily and prometrium 200 mg. daily. My main symptoms for seeking treatment were severe hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia. These symptoms have subsided since being on hormone replacement therapy. I do not have access to individual dosage evaluation and preparation of these hormones. I know that it is best to take the lowest dosage that gives me relief of my symptoms to decrease my risks of cancer.
Avatar m tn Furthermore, animal studies have shown that estrogens protect hepatocytes from oxidative damage, inhibit secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1, IL-6 and TNFα) and suppress hepatic fibrosis in mice.[9] Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is potentially beneficial in decreasing fibrosis progression.[10] Moreover, the likelihood of sustained virological response (SVR) to interferon-based treatment is higher in pre-menopausal women than their post-menopausal counterparts and men.
Avatar f tn A penile prosthesis is also used in the final stage of plastic surgery phalloplasty to complete female to male gender reassignment surgery as well as during total phalloplasty for adult and child patients that need male genital modification.