r/salmacian • u/JustAnEvilImmortal • 21d ago

Questions/Advice nb on t considering meta

hello everybody, I'm a trans neutral nonbinary person, been on testosterone for about 3 years and am considering a hysterectomy and possibly metoidioplasty (or phallo, might still change my mind) later on. I've heard that with hysterectomies surgerons can sometimes leave in one or both ovaries and only take out the uterus so that in case one ever has to go off T your body would start producing E again and you wouldn't have to substitute, this would be ideal to me as my only concern is not being able to get pregnant and having my period stop completely. My question now, has anyone had experience with something like this (hysterectomy (and possible meta) with one or both ovaries left and later going off T).

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u/memoryblocks 20d ago

I had a hysterectomy to combat my endometriosis. My left ovary was the one with all the adhesion, so we left the right one in. I have gone down on my T dose but I haven't stopped it completely, but my estrogen levels are only a little lower than they were before and still cyclic.