A late stab is better than no stab
| Oh I'm dark blue this week, fun
| I can't get the needle out of the syringe to throw it in my sharps box lmao
| can you explain this entire process for me? i literally know maybe 1% of what you're doing and what it's for
| >>1117234 I'll try to write a simplified overview, feel free to ask follow up questions <3
So I am a trans woman, I'm on hormone replacement therapy taking my estrogen via injections
There are other ways, but I like the weekly routine of injections vs pills which are multiple times a day
estrogen changes a *ton* of stuff, makes skin softer and thinner, boob growth, hair changes, and lots of changes mentally
| If you want to know more about the like how to get on hrt or how I do my injections specifically feel free to ask I just wasn't sure what specifically you'd be interested in!
| We love you Tuesday-chan!
Have you changed your legal name? Do you like pancakes? Do you make music or art?
| >>1117239 <3
> Have you changed your legal name
Working on it RN actually
> Do you like pancakes
Yes, controversially I like them gooey inside >:)
> Do you make music or art
Does programming count as art?
I will occasionally make meme edits and whatnot, and know enough to be dangerous in Photoshop, but I'm more an editor than an artist imo
| >>1117243
Hype hype hype! Gooey- aaaaahhhh =-O
That's cool! I've used GIMP once but only once.
More important question- my friend takes 8mg estrogen orally daily and has testosterone levels below the normal female range but she has biceps still- is everything ok? I think so, I just had to ask.
| >>1117265 yeah, testosterone lowering will make it a bit harder to maintain muscle mass but you can definitely still build and maintain muscles on E, so especially if she(?) works out that's normal
And if you are going to lose some it'll take a while
| Thanks gurls <3 now I won't worry
| Wishing someone would make a weekly bioidentical progesterone injection RN
I don't wanna get out of bed
| >>1117230
Do you ever think about killing yourself because you just know you'll never look girly?
I think about that sometimes
| >>1117522 I think that's pretty common honestly, before hrt I did have thoughts like that and somehow didn't figure it out for years
I'd say that I still have bad dysphoria days sometimes, but it's much less bad than before I started hrt just because I know I'm doing something about it I think?
| My mom gave me a pair of pants that were really cute but when I tried them on said
"you'll have to wear a shirt long enough to cover your front if you catch my drift"
which definitely sucked to hear, but like I already want SRS at some point and I know someday I'll be able to wear stuff like that without a second thought and that keeps me going
| >>1117534
Is tucking really hard possible? I heard some peeps have good results with that
Your mom sounds like a kind person
| >>1117535 I had the same thought honestly, I'll probably give it a shot and see how I feel, last time I tried it was a bit uncomfortable but that was before I even started hrt so it's probably much easier now
| As opposed to bat pain or glove pain
| In baseball, there is a ball, which is the object, and it has the property of being based
| >>1117557
Very true
>>1117584
Was trying to figure out what glove was a metaphor for here because it kinda works otherwise
| Glove would be either the area u tuck the balls back into or the butt hole
| tucking works best with specialty underwear or tape.
I do not recommend glue.
| tucking sounds uncomfortable af
| >>1117745
eh, you get used to it. Done right, you're almost completely flat.
>>1117708
prosthetic-grade glues and silicones are best.
| I know a 17 year old trans girl who actually has a bunch of money saved, like 8k, I was like wow u should spend that on ur transition so ppl treat u better (actually same person from my earlier question about muscle) but she doesn't have any fascial hair even tho she never got laser, and I assume it's too early for her to get ffs or surgery? Idk. Mbe it was a bad idea. I wish she would go back to school. :< anything u would suggest? It's probably not wh at she needs to hear idk
| >>1117748 ok fair, not what came to mind but I think that's probably okay lol
>>1117756
My thoughts are basically that it's not great to have told her she should get surgery, generally we're extremely hard on our own appearance and that might have been taken as "you'll never look like a woman without surgery" as opposed to whatever you meant
Generally most surgery will want you to be legally an adult so probably 18 depends on lots of stuff though
| And as someone with school related trauma I probably shouldn't say much
high schoolers are not known for being nice to those who are different, but getting a diploma one way or another would be a good idea for her, maybe something online or a diploma equivalent if available (GED in the US) if going back to public school isn't something she would feel comfortable or safe doing
| >>1117774
I asked her about laser but didn't mention surgery. I think she'd really benefit from FFS, but I'm not going to say that unless she brings it up. I totally agree about not making her feel ugly!!
I'll bring up the study of individual study in 2 weeks after we do some projects together. She's the one teaching me to do soldering, actually. There's so, so much potential wasted out there from bullying.
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| Happy Tuesday!
Happy to report no blood no pain just a tad late from being busy today
Hope you all have had a good week!
As usual feel free to AMA, happy to answer most questions