ok so currently in my journey trying to work shit, while injections are the cheapest and most readily available option, those often have the most likelihood of allergies due to the plant oils used in the suspension (i would kno bc those allergies nearly killed me OOPs)

the next options are typically the gels BUT those often cost A LOT more (currently fighting with insurance over that shit myself) and a lot of insurances that dont cover transgender health care will deny that shit real quick. its great

theres also patches but i dont know much about them, all that i know is they tend to be around the same price as the gels which is a lot

id suggest talking to your doctor about injectable testosterone if there are other solutions of it available

Aaah thank you for the reply! ♥

Yesss, I've been having one of the IM injectable options, testex 250 (forgot to mention, it's added now!). My doc offered me two options; testogel, or the same injectable but that comes in less amount of T (testex 100), so I'd have to get 2 shots every 10 days.
To be honest idgaf about shots, but also I don't wanna end being a strainer??? xD I'd be full of holes in the end lmaooooo. So I think imma try the gel and see how it works.

Iiiiiii think they cover it well here, though? I'm more worried about if secondary effects will be toughter on gel- my skin is reallyyyyy oily now and as much as I wanna deny it, my hair is falling a lot x.x

About patches, I think those are not covered here. But don't seem really appealing to me anyways x.x

(also holy shit I think i read smth about those allergies you had with the injections??? Im not sure, but fuckkk I hope you're fine now D: )

yea tbh im not afraid of shots at all myself so like, if you arent scared of that shit id def say go for the shots first because theyre a lot cheaper lmfao

ohhh yea hmm, from what i know the gels and patches work slower than injections and people who take those tend to report signs of their transition slower than those who take injectibles. but also, probably talk to your doc abt those concerns most of all bc in the end, hrt is always different for everyone even if two people coincidentally are taking the same stuff

(also YEA im ok now, physically stabilized but mentally not so hot omg...i got diagnosed w a form of ptsd due to the whole hit and miss death thing...but ill figure it out aaa)

Ahhh I went to the pharmacy today and asked about the price. It does cover the gel, and it's about 4€/box (one a month).The one I used were 44 cent/dose (2 a month). So its definitely a difference but not that much!!

I'm not really worried about them being slower cus I'm already 2yrs on treatment so by now I just want it to be stable and keep going right <3 So I'll definitely try the gel to see how it goes!!!

Also aaaAAAA hope it really passes omfg... !!! Best wishes tho, hope u don't have to go thru more troubles :_u <3

oooh ahaha at least your insurance covers it ;;;; mine rejected coverage and the gel would have cost 600 a month........... so now im trying to appeal n shit

best wishes to you too bud