AAAAAAAAA first Endo appointment on Saturday :blobcat_googly_partyfaster::blobcat_googly_partyfaster::blobcat_googly_partyfaster::blobcat_googly_partyfaster::trans_heart: #trans#transfem#HRT
Gender Incongruence - Part 2: "Any distress which might occur is most likely due to other people's adverse reactions to the trans person's situation or their inability to access the care they desire. Unless there are accompanying psychological problems, there is no sense in which being trans is a mental illness.
"Yet, to obtain the desired medical treatment, most trans people must sacrifice their sanity to the like of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists who are presumed to be expert ... in most cases these specialists are gatekeepers so that surgeons who perform surgeries and other medical procedures for trans people can be legally protected."
... a 2nd extract from "A Guide To Transgender Health" (2019) by Rachel Ann Heath PhD (@Playcontra on the birdsite) and Katie Wynn PhD, FRACP
Do any of you have any furstrations about HRT that aren't so much things that'll cause issues with transitioning but that are pet peeves anyway :neko_question:
Mine is that I can't ever get my 4 estrogen patches to be symmetrical :axolotl_cry: :zerotwo_dead:
And then I can still see the marks for like 4 days after I take that set of patches off :blobhaj_sad:
Gender Incongruence: "Before 2013, the situation was even worse because people were then diagnosed with a clearly defined mental illness know as gender identity disorder. Yes indeed to qualify for hormone therapy you had to be certified by a psychiatrist as having a mental health problem. But how can affirming your own personal identity be a disease? Who is really suffering the dysphoria? Is it the client or is it the mental health professional, desperately trying to defend society's need to minimize the extent of gender diversity?"
... an extract from "A Guide To Transgender Health" (2019) by Rachel Ann Heath PhD (@Playcontra :heart_trans: on the birdsite) and Katie Wynn PhD, FRACP
6 years in, post BA, and my boobs have started growing again. I have been using injections to tide me over until I can get my new estrogen implant, and the injections seem to have supercharged things!
More growth is absolutely the last thing I need, so here's hoping it calms down again when I get my estrogen implant
Today, after 2 weeks on Estrogel, 8 x 1.25mg pumps daily (to forearms)
Serum oestradiol (E): 2,900 pmol/L 😮
Serum testosterone (T): 0.7 nmol/L
T levels are perfect
E levels seem seriously high for the dosages - maybe I have some weird natural affinity for processing estrogen? 😉 ... but even me, I'm going to have to simply agree when my GP says we need to cut the dose down a bit
Was super anxious today about my first hrt appointment. I expected to get grilled and have to make my case and explain a whole bunch of vague gender feelings pulling examples from every aspect of my life to prove that I was incontrovertibly trans.
It was so much easier than that. Maybe its an #oregon thing. Maybe it was a lucky draw on the doctor but I was listened to, believed and informed and sent home with pills. It took more convincing (and multiple doctors) for ADHD meds
The first RCT trial for immediate access to HRT--testosterone to transmascs--has published its findings. In it, 52% of those given immediate access to testosterone had an IMMEDIATE CESSATION of their previously-present suicidal ideation, compared to 5% of those given a placebo. A treatment being ten times more effective than placebo is pretty much as decisive as it gets.
@catdad@Impossible_PhD this is literally what every #trans person I know about - regardless if masculine, feminine or non-binary - told me about their transition.
#HRT is as live-saving as #Insulin and denial of access to it is as fatal as not treating cancer in early stages.
Okey dokey. So, I'm looking at viable #RedditAlternatives to replace what #Reddit was providing for me* & I'm currently at the initial information overload stage.
My current understanding is that Lemmy is associated with tankies & best avoided, but it's also the most developed option presently.
Kbin seems to me to be more of an upcoming star, but still lacks important features & an app.
What Reddit was providing for me can broadly be summed up as:
• #LGBTQIA+ #memes, particularly #trans memes.
• Safe spaces for #neurodivergent folks.
• Safe spaces for folks to ask questions about being trans & #HRT (esp. #DIYHRT) queries.
• Detailed info / experiences on #TransHealthcare.
• Allowing me to help others where I can with my experiences & knowledge.
felt ok with myself today so I took some selfies :3
I can't believe it's my 6th month on hrt, it feels like this is how I always have been. I used to be ok with old pics of myself but I can't stand to look at any pre hrt photos now lol #hrt#trans#transfem#selfie#lgbtq
apparently someone is selling a product called "I cant believe its not estrogen" and its marketed as an mtf hormone supplement but not only does it not work (it actually boosts testosterone), it looks to be a honeypot to gather addresses and identities of trans people by a terf. The dose is also harmfully high.
So like, dont buy that. Make sure your friends dont buy it. #transgender#hrt
It's been 14 months since I got my last estrogen implant. I finally sent off the script for a new one today. I can't imagine that my levels are high at the moment :)
So it’s actually been a whole year that I have been on #HRT, and me coming out as #trans and what a year it’s been 🙃
To me, it was absolutely life-saving after years of suppressing my identity to the point of nonexistence. It has, and is, correcting an emotional & physical wrong that has been growing more painful since early adolescence. It is just unquestionably both the scariest and best decision(s) that I've made in my life.
With the help of a few and despite the efforts of many, I've come this far, and I have no intentions of stopping just yet :blobcatevil: :potion_trans: