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[โ€“] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 69 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I really pity all of you Americans, genuinely. I hope you do find ways to protect yourself through organizing, and to say the least it's really bleak watching the collapse from afar knowing that in a few years, my country will be next. Sooner or later.

[โ€“] TheTux@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, it means a lot. For people who have little contact with the world outside the states like me, its surprisingly comforting to know there are people around the world who care

[โ€“] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's easy and fun to yell death to america, but I wouldn't want death to come to you. I wish you best, and do stay safe my lovely burgers cuddle

I want to see the United States collapsing the same way I want the patriarchy to be abolished: I don't wish individual Americans death just because they're American, the same I don't wish death on men just because they're men.

[โ€“] Azarova@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I would say "DZIEลƒ DOOOOOBRYYYYYY!!!!!" but as you can see I'm on my bing bing wahoo arc, sooooo mario-dance

[โ€“] Edie@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[โ€“] trickroom@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i hate to be a doomer but I'm mentally preparing myself for death from this dumb bs. I am trying to help people here however I can and I'm hoping for the best for the rest of the world.

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago

Mentally preparing myself to stay out of a camp is not going great.

To actually be a doomer, the rest of the world is fucked too, it will just take a little longer.

[โ€“] buh@hexbear.net 59 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

what's crazy is I got my last prescription (no more refills after this) just around the time this voicemail came in, and I ordered some DIY a few days ago anticipating something like this... I'm way over 18/19 so this isn't some "save the children" type beat

the appointment was to get my first round of labs to check hormone levels, but I guess I'm just gonna be winging it from now on shrug-outta-hecks

[โ€“] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Another piece of advise(meow-hug btw. Your situation sucks).

If you can't track bloods, you can still track some symptoms and effects yourself.
With estrogen the easy ones would of course be the desired effects, but also very importantly negative ones, those could indicate problems with the dosage. For example lack of energy or severe moodswing.

Lack of energy is simple, you likely don't have enough sex hormones in your body. Most likely not enough E. But I know women who also lack energy due to low T, you need both, even as a trans woman.

Severe Moodswings are also often caused by E, but this time too much, or you have too step of a curve in your bloods.(This one is more common with esters other than EUn or EE.)

These two are just the first two I remember.

When I started Diy I kept a diary for the first few weeks, trying to track daily mood an energy and stuff. That on paper is probably the simplest way to do this.

[โ€“] buh@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

thanks for the advice (and meow-hug)

I've actually been keeping a transitioning journal since a bit before HRT, but after I started it became more about physical observations (the most noticeable ones that have persisted from the beginning to now are chest soreness and no more spontaneous erections) than emotions or energy levels. I don't know if I could say there's much of a difference in those, aside from a vague sense of constant dread going away. Do you think that's enough to know if the HRT is doing its thing?

To me that sounds fine. Those are the early effects estrogen should have. When I was severly underdosed by my endo I would spend most of my day sleeping, and getting hot flashes every now and then.

[โ€“] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What dosage and method are you currently using?

[โ€“] buh@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

100mcg/day transdermal patches. the DIY I bought is two vial of estradiol enanthate from a homebrewer and some needles and syringes off ebay

[โ€“] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The EE is also what I use. It is the current diy hrt gold standard, because of it's long half life and flat curve. So good choice. I would recommend 4mg every 7 days, that should make certain your levels are high enough, and avoid needing any anti-androgens. If you wanna be funky, you can also inject 8mg every 14 days, should also work(but is generally not recommended, cause of steep curve in E in blood). The injection needle should be 25G upwards imo. Make sure to vary the injection site to prevent internal scarring.

[โ€“] buh@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I got 30G needles, do you think that would be okay for drawing and injecting? the homebrewer I ordered from suggests 29G since it's in MCT oil, which I understand is less viscous than other types of oil used for medications

[โ€“] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I also use 30G insulin syringes for drawing and injecting(SubQ) and am having no problems. Drawing takes a bit, but it's fine. I once met a girl who injected using 18G, which is way too big.

I'm so sorry this is happening, wish you well comrade

[โ€“] CutieBootieTootie@hexbear.net 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

pepperman-grudge

I got my GAC from PP for five years. The thought of any clinic abandoning trans people when they're the most accessible and sometimes only option for entire States is infuriating. If they comply this will genuinely be a notable decline in the quality of life for trans people all over the United States, especially outside the big cities.

[โ€“] Terrarium@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Planned Parenthood is extremely NGO-ified. It technically has two wings, one for medicine and one for political lobbying / propaganda, but the latter provides so much funding for the former that it might as well be the parent organization.

So PP will, unfortunately, go in whatever direction it believes will get it funding, which has historically been lobbying and integrating with the Democratic Party. That "party" is not exactly stepping up for trans people so I'm pessimistic. I wouldn't be surprised of Dems went TERF soon.

[โ€“] himeneko@hexbear.net 30 points 4 days ago

ohhhhhh fuck its actually happening

[โ€“] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

People support this. Obviously the openly transphobic section of people do, but even "allies" frequently promote conversion therapy and shit. People genuinely just hate us for making them feel uncomfortable and I hate them right back. Makes me just as doomer knowing how many people hate us.

more ranting about healthcare, transphobiaIts extremely clear how most people see us when the topic of trans kid's healthcare comes up. How many cis people honestly think trans kids should go through the right puberty and the same time cis kids do? Fucking nobody. Because they fundamentally see us as second class, as mentally ill, whatever. The "progressive" stance is letting adults "make their own choices" like trans healthcare isn't essential and life saving. They see it as optional, as cosmetic. Correct pronouns are to be polite, not because they actually see us that way. and that's the "progressives". Obviously the other half sees as as predators, mentally ill, an affront to god (good, fuck him), something to be destroyed.

I hate cis people.

[โ€“] Dessa@hexbear.net 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd call the clinic to make sure this is legit

[โ€“] buh@hexbear.net 35 points 4 days ago

The appointment is definitely cancelled, I saw it in mychart (the app PP uses for coordinating stuff like that)

[โ€“] 0x2640@hexbear.net 34 points 4 days ago
[โ€“] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any information about what communication they were referencing here?

[โ€“] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 42 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It looks like the White House is trying to get state medicaid programs to drop GAC. Technically it's nothing legally binding at the moment but this will lead to care being dropped in some states.

[โ€“] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Had an appointment yesterday afternoon without any such problem, so I was wondering why they'd get such treatment.

[โ€“] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Chances are the provider got wind that there was a federal communication on gender affirming care and wanted to wait until the legal ramifications were understood.