Testosterone, the Saga
So, mfrazercani lost his job right as my first vial of testosterone ran out, and we didn't have the money to replace it. Through my local pharmacy, with insurance, it costs $100. I thought I had another week to deal with it, but had a bit less than I thought. So when I did my last shot I only had .4 mL instead of the .6 mL I was supposed to have. And now I've been off T entirely for two or three weeks.
I was lucky enough to get enough birthday money to refill my Rx, so I went down to take care of it. They hadn't been able to get the 10 mL vial in, though, and they only had five 5 mL vials. And the cost had gone up to $125. I was busy figuring out whether we could swing the extra $25, so it was only after the transaction had gone through that I thought to confirm that I'd just be able to pick up the rest of the prescription when it came in. And then they told me that no, I'd only paid for the first half and I'd have to pay another $125 for the second half. WTF? I was going to have to pay two and a half times the amount it had cost before just because they were having issues with their suppliers? I told them never mind and had them refund the transaction. Unfortunately, due to the foibles of electronic transactions, that meant I walked away from the counter without any testosterone and with only a $2 balance in my bank account until the pending refund came through. Lovely.
Thanks to some posts on ftm I found out about APS, a pharmacy that will fill prescriptions by mail order. I called, had the Rx moved over and should get it early next week - and it only cost me $45, including syringes and shipping! \o/
Strangely enough, I seem to be not only maintaining the changes I already had but continuing to get some more (albeit small ones), even though I'm currently not on any HRT. The one I've noticed just this week is the beginnings of chest hair. That was an interesting experience. I've actually been kind of dreading chest hair, because top surgery is a loooong way away for me as things stand. And for some reason the idea of developing chest hair while I still have breasts has been kind of . . . gross. So when I looked down in the shower the other day and saw it, I was shocked to discover that I didn't mind it at all. It just looked right. Even as sparse and downy as it is now. :p
still, I'm very relieved that I'll have my testosterone again soon.
I was lucky enough to get enough birthday money to refill my Rx, so I went down to take care of it. They hadn't been able to get the 10 mL vial in, though, and they only had five 5 mL vials. And the cost had gone up to $125. I was busy figuring out whether we could swing the extra $25, so it was only after the transaction had gone through that I thought to confirm that I'd just be able to pick up the rest of the prescription when it came in. And then they told me that no, I'd only paid for the first half and I'd have to pay another $125 for the second half. WTF? I was going to have to pay two and a half times the amount it had cost before just because they were having issues with their suppliers? I told them never mind and had them refund the transaction. Unfortunately, due to the foibles of electronic transactions, that meant I walked away from the counter without any testosterone and with only a $2 balance in my bank account until the pending refund came through. Lovely.
Thanks to some posts on ftm I found out about APS, a pharmacy that will fill prescriptions by mail order. I called, had the Rx moved over and should get it early next week - and it only cost me $45, including syringes and shipping! \o/
Strangely enough, I seem to be not only maintaining the changes I already had but continuing to get some more (albeit small ones), even though I'm currently not on any HRT. The one I've noticed just this week is the beginnings of chest hair. That was an interesting experience. I've actually been kind of dreading chest hair, because top surgery is a loooong way away for me as things stand. And for some reason the idea of developing chest hair while I still have breasts has been kind of . . . gross. So when I looked down in the shower the other day and saw it, I was shocked to discover that I didn't mind it at all. It just looked right. Even as sparse and downy as it is now. :p
still, I'm very relieved that I'll have my testosterone again soon.