#+ with endo and iron deficiency bc of it i just Want Out

[vampirian]

if any trans girl wants my uterus: be my guest

[cj-the-himbo]

NEW INTRO POST RAHHH

HELLO

My name’s Christopher Jethro, but everyone calls me CJ! I’m 20 years old and I do the art some of the time. I am of Celtic descent, that being Irish and Welsh, and I unfortunately live in the states BUT I plan to move to Amsterdam once I graduate from college :3

Pronouns >:3

- He/him/his/himself

- They/them/theirs/themself

- She/her/hers/herself

- Yip/yips/yipself

- Plant/plants/plantself

- 🌿/🌿s/🌿self

- ☘️/☘️s/☘️self

- 🌱/🌱s/🌱self

- 🐞/🐞s/🐞self

- 🐜/🐜s/🐜self

- 🍃/🍃s/🍃self

- 🪴/🪴s/🪴self

I am professionally diagnosed with autism, and highly suspect that I may have ADHD, as well as PCOS and an iron deficiency(yayyy)

I hoard xenogenders!! I currently have 200+ and I will definitely add more in the future. I’m a gender anarchist as well, DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT! As an umbrella term I refer to myself as genderqueer, and my sexuality is unlabeled, which I’m proud of but that also means I have the ugliest pride flag EVER.

MOVING ON.

RELIGION

Technically I’m agnostic, but I am on the cusp between learning and practicing witchcraft while analyzing the FUCK out of the Bible. I partake in Pagan rituals like the Sabbats and still maintain my Book of Shadows mainly because it’s my heritage. But again, technically agnostic, because while I have doubts about the existence of a literal, sentient higher power I still feel like there’s definitely something going on. I still fw Abrahamic Mythology tho bc special interest go brrr

FANDOMS RAHHHH

I POST SUPER 4. KIND OF A LOT. In fact most of my followers followed me because of that. BUT I ALSO DABBLE IN OTHERS AND I WILL NOT REMEMBER THEM ALL IF I LIST THEM BUT JUST TO LIST A FEW:

- Sweet Tooth on Netflix(SEVERELY UNDERRATED)

- TMNT (specifically 2012 but i do dabble in Rise a bit too)

- Arcane

- RWBY

- FNAF

- Steven Universe

- TOH

- Hellaverse I guess!

- TADC

- Starkid

- MLP

- Good Omens(FUCK NEIL GAIMAN)

- OTHERS I’M PROBABLY FORGETTING BUT WILL ADD AS THEY COME TO ME

BYF

- I AM A QUEER INCLUSIONIST AND GENDER ANARCHIST, WHICH MEANS I SUPPORT LESBOYS, MSPEC LESBIANS, XENOGENDERS AND OTHER “CONTRADICTORY/UNCONVENTIONAL” IDENTITIES. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING QUEER.

- I am a kemenomimi, which is part of the furry community. As such, I support furries as well.

- On that note I also support Therians and Otherkin! You guys are freaking cool!

- I do not have DID, but my history as a transmed has made me extremely against gatekeeping or fakeclaiming of any kind unless there is undeniable proof. As such, I support ALL system types. This is a safe space for endos!

- I SUPPORT A FREE PALESTINE. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉 I WILL NEVER STOP.

DNI

- Basic criteria: Racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, xenophobic, islamophobic, antisemetic, Zionist, etc

- TERFs, SWERFs, transmeds, or any exclusionary activism. This means exclusionary queers too.

- Swifties.

- Anyone under 15, 16-18 is THIN ICE.

SOMETHING SOMETHING SEGUE

If you want a good idea of my sense of humor just look at MoistCritikal, Technoblade(rip), John Mulaney & Bo Burnam

OK BYE ENJOY THE VERY NOT WELL PUT TOGETHER BLOG

OTHER SOCIALS

TikTok: @christopher_jethro and @cjs_mogai_stash

Insta: @cj_is_very_handsome

Airbuds(shows u what music I’m listening to n stuff :P): @cj.2004

[simplelittlebrowngirljae]

Thank You Endo, You Made Me Who I Am!

My journey to diagnosis of endometriosis is probably like any other woman but I love to tell my story, well because it is mine. But what exactly is endometriosis? Endometriosis is a disease that affects millions of women. It is when the lining of the uterus grows on the structures and organs outside of the uterus--- to include intestines, bladder, lungs and kidneys. It can cause infertility, pain with sex, heavy bleeding, severe pain during periods and in between, fatigue. Women with this disease also can develop endometriomas or chocolate cysts which are hard to detect. Endometriosis often takes years to diagnosis because it cannot be seen on a test—it most often is diagnosed by surgery. The best way to describe how this disease affects women is like having thick black tar causing your organs to stick together. Endometriosis can also affect your heart with arrhythmia, cause dizziness, malnutrition, among other whole body symptoms, which makes it hard to diagnose.

Growing up, I never really noticed my period was an issue until I got to high school. My flow go to be soo heavy I became severely iron deficient and my cramps were killer. I complained to my mom, and she dismissed me but I persisted. Finally she made an appointment with Primary care doctor at the age of 15. My doc asked questions and said “ oh some women are just heavy, if you lost weight it will get better” I took that and walked away and binge dieted and my weight didn’t moved and my symptoms did not improve over a year. I would bleed so terribly during my cycle I would soak through EVERYTHING! Finally I went back to my mom and begged her to take me back to the doctor. She was then convinced I should have an ultrasound. That turned up nothing but at 16 my doc put me on birth control. I immediately felt better and my cramps lessened and flow lightened. I felt I had my life back.

Well let’s fast forward 10 years. I got married and went off my BC and horror came back. I wanted a baby so bad, so in my head I was going to push through so that I can have what I always wanted! But, I had days I would have to leave work because I had just bled all over. On top of that, if I was home, I would vomit all the time, wouldn’t be able to move or do anything. I ignored it because I wanted this kid, I didn’t want anything to get in my way. But then things really changed. I was sick ALL THE TIME. And felt miserable. I went to my dr because I didn’t think I was pregnant because I was literally in between cycles. As soon as I went to her, my cycle began and it was the worst I ever had in my life. She explained to me that I had gotten pregnant by my embryo wasn’t viable because of my eggs and that my uterus could not house a baby and I would have severe complications—I had been told at 25 I would have no babies. At that time I couldn’t quite process that, and she didn’t care to go into great detail. I refused to believe the tom foolery. I never told a soul, not even my husband. At the time, she couldn’t fully explain the whole situation but she knew things weren’t right.

Shortly after that, we split. And I decided to go back on BC to end my horror each month. I tried to do an IUD and my body rejected it—twice. I went back on pills, and had to try multiple methods because I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure too. In all of this, I was also trying to lose weight and wanted to be wise in my choices. Found a great method and felt okay for a while…. Until March 28, 2014.

I had deep pain in my pelvis. It got so bad I could not sit, stand or lay without 8 pillows under my butt. I went to urgent care and found I had a cyst rupturing. I was told to follow up with my gyno the next day. I did and it was confirmed and it was a doozy. Rest was ordered and soon I felt better. I thought that was it. But I was wrong. Over the next few months, it got worse and I made more ER trips than I could count in a 6 month period and nobody could tell me what was going on. I was told the pain was in my head, that I was drug seeking, that I was lying, that I was depressed and that simply, everything was fine. But it wasn’t.

So I began to seek out specialists. I saw GI drs, Interventional Radiologists, Orthopedists, Surgeons, Gynecologists who were surgeons, Urologists until one day I stumbled across a woman who told me her story and how she suffered much like I had been. She gave me the name of a doctor who specialized in finding hidden endometriosis. See what I hadn’t said is that I had had a laparoscopy to look for endo and it wasn’t seen. But what I did not know what that there is hidden endo, and the doctor must be specially trained to find it. So I called and got an appointment instantly. I was scheduled for surgery soon and when I went in I had a mass the size of a half dollar removed and other lesions. My endo was mild, but it was there. Time went on but then everything came back!!! Like what the hell?!?!?! I went back and cried. We had tests ran and it was suspected that I had also developed adenomyosis as well, which is like endometriosis inside of your uterine wall, like deep in the uterine wall, so just as painful! We tried different meds and things and time droned on. Until I got a huge mass on my left ovary. I went back and next thing I know I am having surgery, lost an ovary and a tube and had a lot of endo removed, as it had spread to my bowels and my sciatic nerve. No wonder I couldn’t walk well, no wonder I could not sit, no wonder I could go to the bathroom the without assistance of laxatives at times or why I would feel sick. My pelvis was almost glued together but thank God I didn’t have to be cut open. The down side is that my tummy looks like a connect the dots picture. It was also confirmed what my other doctor said years ago—I would not be able to have children but now we knew why. The endometriosis and adenomyosis had wreaked havoc on my body and made me not suitable to bare my own babies--- soo much to continue to process.  However, I thought that after this surgery I could start my life over … but it took me so long to heal….nearly 8 months!!!! But the pain was bad and the multiple cysts and masses and growths being gone was worth the recovery time. I am on a treatment plan to slow my growths and manage my pelvic pain, but that is not a cure, that is management. There is no cure for this

Endometriosis is unpredictable. I could be out on a walk and feel great one minute and then five minutes later my legs give out. I could feel okay in the morning and by evening have severe pelvic pain. I have days where I look amazing, and days where I look 10 months pregnant. I can’t remember the last time I wore pants with a zipper and I am being totally real! This is reality with endo.

But I will always live with this. I will have flares. I will live with my pain. I will never bare or birth my own children. However, I will always be thankful. See this disease was my first battle with a difficult chronic illness. It changed who I was. It made me patient, it made me speak up for myself, it made me advocate for myself and others, it made angry, it made me vocal, self-aware, even more empathetic, passionate but most importantly, it made me learn my boundaries…. So many things, but most of all it made me, well me.

See that is the thing about this disease or any other chronic illness that debilitates you. It is life altering and if you don’t set your boundaries with others, daily activities and other things, you will suffer more than you have to. But at the same time it helps you to draw on this deep strength that you never ever knew you had and it feels amazing!!!

So thank you Endo, you shaped who I am!