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RantHRT shortage
I take HRT because I had a hysterectomy and double oophorectomy when I was under 40. If I don’t replace the estrogen my body can no longer produce, I’m at increased risk for bone loss and early-onset dementia.
The day I’ve been dreading is finally here. Last week, my pharmacy informed that the patch is out of stock and they will contact me when they get more. Today, they informed me that they’re reaching out to my doctor for an alternate prescription because they can’t get more. From what I can tell, the shortage is part supply chain issues, part increased demand. Gen X is the smallest generation, so it’s not like there’s a sudden flood of menopausal women. There is a flood of AGP men who want to play with their own boobs though.
Cool cool, let me just suffer so that men can take hormones their bodies don’t need. I am so angry right now.
Yes! Also somehow it should be a romantic comedy and totally the wrong people need to end up together.
THAT’S a romcom I would watch. Probably the only one in the history of the world.
It really does sound like a great Romcom plot. Not sure it is a good idea in reality, though ... TIMs actively damage their health, and it would be pretty much coincidence if the doses and hormone combinations prescribed to a man with genderfeelz were the exact same ones that are recommended by actual doctors who actually want to improve health to a woman who actually needs hormone replacement.
Though of course, for the sake of that romantic comedy, I am sure a chemist would only need the raw materials to mix up the right dose ...