Updated 28 October, 2026: Thank you for helping me out while I’m incapacitated. Below are essential care instructions to ensure my continued well-being.
Specific Care Steps
Sunday Mornings
- Remove estradiol patch from right hip and apply a new one on a nearby site, also on right hip.
Monday Mornings or Later
- Apply clobetasol ointment to affected areas as directed.
Wednesdays at Bedtime
- Remove estradiol patch from right hip and apply a new one on a nearby site, also on right hip.
Daily (mornings)
- Wash face with warm water only. Air dry.
- Brush teeth for 2 minutes.
- Optional: Water floss.
Nightly (bedtime)
- Brush teeth for 2 minutes.
- Water floss.
- Wash face: Apply a few drops of jojoba oil to face and use fingers to massage in. Soak a clean face towel in hot water, wring it out, and wipe away the oil.
- Swallow a progesterone tablet. No water is necessary.
- Twist the top of the testosterone dispenser one time (one click = 0.25 gr) and apply (roll-on style) to inner upper arm.
- After face has dried completely, squeeze out a pea-sized amount of tretinoin onto the fingertip and dot all over the face. Use your fingers to blend into every space on the face, including crow’s feet and the under-eye area.
General Health Info
Health Insurance
Providence: For specifics, see pap doc on desktop computer.
Pharmacies
Costco on Dartmouth: preferred pharmacy
- Prometrium (eg) bioidentical USP progesterone capsules 100 mg.
- Prefers Dottie brand, semi-weekly transdermal patches, bioidentical estradiol 0.05 mg/day.
Alternatives: Lyllana brand semi-weeklies, or 0.1 mg daily gel packets.
Do not use: Mylan or Groves semi-weeklies. Estrace (eg) bioidentical, plant-derived estradiol cream 0.01%.
Measure 1 gr into applicator, apply Sunday morning & Wed night.- Clobetasol ointment 0.05%.
- Tretinoin vit. A derivative cream 0.05%.
(Community Compounding Pharmacy: preferred pharmacy)
- Testosterone cream 3 mg/ml.
This is combined with glycerin (verbally confirmed with Community Pharm only) and mixed with PCCA #30-3641 versabase cream (water, emulsifying wax NF, ethylhexyl stearate, cyclopentasiloxane, sorbitol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, tocopheryl acetate, disodium EDTA, methylchloroisothiazolinone, and methylisothiazolinone).
Postal Prescription Services: Mailed prescriptions.
America’s Best: Eye glasses. Prescription variations exist for reading (never ordered), distance/driving, and computer use.
Medical Records
MyChart: For login credentials, see pap doc on desktop computer. Alternatively, Providence staff and partners and Planned Parenthood staff can access my combined MyChart accounts.
Nearest Pharmacies
- Costco Dartmouth 503.539.0811/4,0
- Walmart Dartmouth 503.268.5272
- Walgreens Capitol Hwy 503.245.4690
- CVS Mercantile 503.387.8167
- Albertsons Boones Ferry 503.635.3429
- Safeway downtown LO 503.675.2500
- Fred Meyer BeavHillsdale 503.526.1800