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I am in fact suggesting that one could choose to do injectables from raws. There's every indication that raws themselves are shelf stable if stored properly and the learning curve is quite shallow, particularly if you're doing terminal heat sterilization. The numbers I've read give a lifetime of ~5 years for prepared vials and indicate that the rubber stoppers are the weak point, but if you're preparing your own vials, that's sort of irrelevant. It takes maybe an hour to prep a vial, which if you're doing 10ml of estradiol enanthate at 50mg/ml, will last most people at least a year at a sane dosage.
Given the fact that many places are literally sliding daily into fascism, I see no other viable way than DIY for folks to ensure their supply going forward and injectables are the cheapest way to do that (and are likely much better for your health than oral, which is what almost every doctor will start you on). The exact price was not my point- those I imagine will be changing somewhat daily given the state of things. I was mostly just letting OP know that she does not have to be subject to waiting lists or hoops to jump through if she doesn't want to.
huh, well - I like where your head is at, but I do think it's an unrealistic expectation that the average person will 1. be able to afford the lab equipment, and 2. be able to use that lab equipment competently to homebrew their own vials safely. (Terminal heat sterilization is criticized as a method because steam doesn't reach the inside of the vial, there is a bit of controversy on this within the DIY community AFAIK, generally the preservatives are being relied on too much in those cases. I think filtering is one way to help with the risks but there are additional complications with that, and it is onerous and takes a long time, esp. if you are filtering many vials.)
The standards realistically should be even lower for trans populations, considering we tend on average to struggle depression and executive functioning more, tend to be poor and struggle with unemployment, tend to be less educated & literate, and so on.
I guess my point is that homebrewing from raws is maybe an option for a small percent of the trans population (I would guess less than 10% of us), but realistically the people who can homebrew should probably be thinking about becoming distributors within their local communities (and picking up testosterone raws and making T vials accessible as well so half the trans population isn't dropped). That's a tall order (and a big risk), but I think it's more realistic in terms of guaranteeing HRT than assuming most of us can homebrew ourselves.
Either way, it's true that DIY exists and that OP can access HRT without medical gatekeepers (though you will face other barriers, like having to navigate grey markets that might be daunting for people who don't have familiarity with crypto or computers). Thanks for holding down for DIY!