Every time I go to the store I mean to buy the anti-nail biting stuff but always forget to.
You should try it for fun. It's really hard to do with your non-dominant hand when you first try it. Might be easier to get some stick-on nails and paint those, they typically have cheap ones at the dollar store. Even if they don't fit well, they might be good practice. Putting a clear coat on top is supposed to help it last longer. Getting a manicure also lasts longer, but I don't like having my cuticles pushed back. The end result is fun while it lasts, at least. They have cheap sets meant for girls that have a variety of colors.I keep my nails short when I remember to as well. I'm always crashing them and bending them and I'd rather not have that. I thought about painting my nails, but I feel like it'll grow out/get chipped so fast and make it not worth it. But I'm tempted to do it anyway.
If you ever move up north around Michigan, I'll have to introduce you to the clinic I go to. The doc I see deals with a local compounding pharmacy so he can get injectable estradiol and other stuff for relatively cheap, and he recently started having them make his own formulation too.I wish I could take injectable estradiol. But the pharmacy I buy from only has the pills, so it's what I get. Taking Spiro hasn't been bad for me, fortunately. But I wonder if I'm getting enough of it because I don't have much in the way of Spiro side effects. I've been taking Estradiol and Spiro since the end of November. I've tried to get blood tests to check my status, but for some reason two different places have lost my results in a row. So I still don't know what's going on in my body. I'll try to get another test soon. But I need to hope my doctor actually asked for the correct tests, too. I can't tell.
Ugh god I am SO sorry you live in FL.Denied a prescription AND on medicaid while in Florida. I wasn't going to accept my life burning out as soon as I started to live again. I couldn't let someone else decide my fate. Not this time. So I took the matters into my own hands. It isn't the easiest solution and I don't know how big my med doses should be. But it was an easy choice regardless. I THINK I'm doing okay. I'm going to try blood test round 3 tomorrow. Maybe I'll get results for the first time this time.
DONE!Probably better to put [LGBQT+ news/articles] in the related P&R thread, all things considered.
Hello again. I intend to quit the Allspark because I quit any forum if I feel at all unwelcome. Understand it's to protect my mind from excess stress. I have major anxiety issues that stem back to trauma I received long ago that I never got over. I have to make my own safe spaces instead of expecting someone else to do it for me.Ugh god I am SO sorry you live in FL.
Re: dosage, if you’re taking E pills, I don’t believe you can/should about 6mg/day. As you’re probably aware taking too much will just convert the excess back into T which just nullifies any feminizing effects and can blow out your liver for good measure.
Are there any harm reduction clinics or Planned Parenthood clinics still operating in FL or LGBT centers? Those places tend to have an underground rainbow railroad of sorts when it comes to gender affirming care resources and the state as a whole is a shithole country unto itself. Speaking from experience as someone who “coming-of-trans” back in 2018 in North Carolina. Eff that place.
Apologies if I've contributed to your feelings of unwelcomeness, but irrespective of that, I've found the Allspark one of the most consistently welcoming, mature and inclusive of all the TF-based websites. Long may your time here be!Hello again. I intend to quit the Allspark because I quit any forum if I feel at all unwelcome... You folks didn't make me feel unwelcome. So I might return to this topic from time to time...
Hello again. I intend to quit the Allspark because I quit any forum if I feel at all unwelcome. Understand it's to protect my mind from excess stress. I have major anxiety issues that stem back to trauma I received long ago that I never got over. I have to make my own safe spaces instead of expecting someone else to do it for me.
But I kept thinking back to this topic in particular. You folks didn't make me feel unwelcome. So I might return to this topic from time to time. I also might disappear entirely and probably will eventually. Who can say? I'll reply to this one for the time being. Mostly because I have an anecdote of caution.
My blood test was incomplete again. It seems the clinics and hospitals in my area cannot get this stuff right. And also my doctor didn't order anything for estradiol levels, as it turns out. My other levels are strange, though. My body thinks it's about to ovulate according to some things I've read. Which is cute if harmless, but I don't really know. I only take 2 mg of estradiol every 12 hours. I wish I had an endocrinologist to help me with this. It could be more than half a year before I can get one.
And you might not want to depend on Planned Parenthood if you live in the wrong areas. Mine made a series of mistakes, asked me intrusive questions, dead-named me several times, then refused to prescribe me hrt over the phone, dead-naming me again on the way out as I was crying. Basically one of my doctors' nurses he delegates stuff to disagreed with the hrt, so Planned Parenthood wouldn't let me have it. Screw 'em. I'll help myself. I've learned I can't count on most people anyway. EDIT: I must add this isn't meant to discourage anyone from trying PP. Just don't depend on them as your savior or last hope.
Thank you! I wouldn’t feel too envious; I had a whole team of people who helped to put that look together after hours of research, workshopping and planning. Didn’t just roll outta bed like that ya know?Can't say I don't feel a little envious looking at your photo. You look great.