Hi Hurdity.
Thanks for your reply. I read through the whole thread again closely yesterday. I did put one full pump on the first day I got the gel, so I now know exactly why that was a bad idea! My heart was racing and it took me ages to get to sleep that night.
The letter I got from the male consultant (which it took a month of chasing to get sent through, and then I received one copy a day for three days running) says "we can source some testosterone for Joanne which is in gel format and called Tosterone". I have searched everywhere for a testosterone gel called that - and I'm good at researching - and I cannot find it anywhere. This and the incorrect dose makes me think there's a problem with the prescribing process at the meno clinic I went to. However, I want the gel so I'm following the advice I've found here rather than his. I've measured one full pump into a plastic medical syringe to see what it looks like, because basically, I want to take half of that over two days. As my preference is for daily usage, I halved that again and guess what it looks like? You've guessed it.
A pea sized blob!
Thanks, Hurdity. Your advice is better than all the doctors and 'specialists' I've seen over the last two and half years put together. Thank you, and here's to peas!
Jo x
Clearly either a consultant in a hurry or an ignorant one, unless he dictated the e-mail and it was misheard! Absolutely right there is no product of that name. Given the dosage instructions he did of course mean Tostran which as you can see from my first post in this thread, delivers a much smaller amount of T in one pump even though it is more concentrated at 2 %. Of course it is better to use the lower conc preparations like Testogel 1% sachets as there is less leeway for inccuracies when used by women.
So - your pea-sized blob will give you a bit more T than mine (half as much again) but is still within the paramteres recommended for women!
I despair at such errors. Heaven knows what would have happened if you carried on using it like that and what about other women who are blissfully ignorant and use that amount? Their bliss won't last long. Scary....
Please do report back to the meno cinic so that other women are not given the same high dose.
Thanks for kind words. Obviously mostly on here we advise women to be guided by their own doctors especially specialists even if standard guidelines re dosing are varied and individualised, and we are offering suggestions and advice based on what we've read of the science and medicine, as well as our own experience, but when it is a matter of drastically contradicting BMS recommendations in this and some other instances, some of us on here do know more than some of the medical professionals prescribing, so it unfortunately seems.
Good luck with the peas!
Hurdity x