WalrusDragonOnABike

joined 6 months ago
[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you? Having your own kids sounds like a lotta work.

But yeah... Having your own self-grown tits is better imo. Granted, part of that for me is layers of brainworms.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 3 points 1 month ago

Stabbing the stomach just seems worse to me imo for no reason. Granted, I started another subQ medication with an autoinjector, so I decided to use stomach to put them to different parts of my body and the first shot was fine. Sticking with IM in the thigh for E for now though (finally figured out I just prefer slowly pushing through flesh a couple shots rather than attempting to stab).

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 3 points 1 month ago
[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why not just put the tits on with the outfit?

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 17 points 1 month ago

Hung out with my parents (whom I'm still delaying on coming out to) just wearing a tshirt and suspected it was kinda obvious my chest has changed a bit. Afterwards, I decided to ask my brother for extenal confirmation, and he confirmed. So that's cool.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My E shifted a ton too, maybe because of the T being higher today and suppressing it? Last time it was 225 pmol, this time it’s 184. No dosage change.

Wouldn't it be the other way around: your T increased because your E decreased?

https://transfemscience.org/articles/transfem-intro/#antiandrogens

Androgen receptor antagonists include steroidal antiandrogens (SAAs) like spironolactone (Aldactone) and cyproterone acetate (CPA; Androcur) and nonsteroidal antiandrogens (NSAAs) like bicalutamide (Casodex).

Antigonadotropins suppress the gonadal production of androgens by inhibiting the GnRH-mediated secretion of gonadotropins from the pituitary gland. They include estrogens and progestogens. In addition, GnRH agonists such as leuprorelin (Lupron) and GnRH antagonists such as elagolix (Orilissa) act similarly and could likewise be described as antigonadotropins.

Further down in the table it mentioned spiro is a weak synthesis inhibitor as well, but its basically just a receptor inhibitor to prevent T from having effects. Since CPA is also a progestin, its much more effective at actually reducing T levels, not just preventing T from having an effect:

Spironolactone shows limited and highly inconsistent effects on testosterone levels in clinical studies in cisgender men, cisgender women, and transfeminine people, with most studies finding no change in levels, some studies finding a decrease in levels, and a small number even finding an increase in levels

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 5 points 1 month ago

I would make less sense because then you would think he's saying 9 out of 10 different doctors recommend against it, ruining the punchline.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can't tell if this is a compliment or complaint...

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

DICTATORSHIP OF THE QUEER trans-hammer-sickle

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 3 points 1 month ago

I've tried it, but I'm more mixed handed/ambidextrous than left-handed. So, since I learned to use it right-handed, its easier that way. I learned to write on paper left-handed, so that's easier. On a dry erase board, I freely switch between hands without thinking about it; I just use whichever it more convenient so others can see what I'm writing.

Given all default layouts assume right-handed, I lost interest in trying to learn to use it left-handed.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I discovered the Split Attraction Model.

Its sad how little this is talked about outside a-spec spaces. People do seem to at least differentiate between sexual and romantic attraction somewhat (just look at the game fuck, marry, kill as a pretty explicit example; granted, romantic attraction often seems to be thought of as something like sexual attraction + platonic attraction mixed together rather than romantic and sexual attraction being two independent things).

Categorizing feelings is still difficult, especially if you are not sure you've experienced one of the types.

Congrats on your progress!

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The person I talked to at PP brought it up at 6 months and said that's when they start prescribing it for those who want it.

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