-Really, the results so far are nothing to write home about—they're something to blog about I _guess_, but not if you want your blog to have readers. My libido is way down: . I think I'm starting to get a little bit of breast growth?—it's subtle.
+Although, my 10 July lab results put my estradiol levels well below the expectation for transitioners, so I'll be increasing my dosage. The test result uninformedly just said "<50 pg/mL", with the standard range (for males, presumably) given as <=50 pg/mL; the doctor says it should be over 100. (This result makes my earlier [patch-only-no-spiro phase](http://unremediatedgender.space/2017/Jan/hormones-day-13/) of the experiment look even more useless than it seemed at the time, as if the _starter_ in _starter dose_ is code-switching for _placebo_.) I asked for the higher dose in oral form; the transdermal (no pun intended, one assumes) patches _usually_ last the week that they're supposed to, but it's slightly annoying to feel the patch wrinkle when I twist or bend over.