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This should be shared far and wide: https://kolektiva.media/w/6iqzQtGqGSKbeFndBkEcm7
The main topic is DIY HRT, specifically, how to make it at home with equipment you can buy on a modest budget.
Notably, the guy giving the talk made 100 years worth of estradiol for $400, and most of the cost was the glass bottles (each of which is a 1 year supply.)
Obviously this is not the end-all of DIY HRT instruction, but really a starting point. But he makes a compelling case that doing this isn't nearly as hard as it might seem.

Hey pro-tip. If you are going to the doctor to get any prescription. Tell them whatever you need to say, just if you get pills, get them to make them tablets, not gelcaps. You get tablets for GERD, tylenol, a LOT of other medications and you keep them temperature controlled, they'll last a lot longer than gelcaps.

Quote:With a large and expensive stockpile of drugs, the military faced tossing out and replacing its drugs every few years. What they found from the study is 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7040264/
*Not medical advice.