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Tarot cards gave me a go ahead on being cute and flirting with him more this time oh god oh fuck
#i pulled queen of pentacles#shits about to get real#also when I asked about him i got like.... the emporer the four of cups the page of cups#it was insane#i also got justice and the sun reversed#anyways I'm gonna go over uhhhhh early and talk to him more 👉👈#before my therapy appt
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I will be forever grateful i can be on this new med. it's one a lot of folks also need and can struggle to have access to! It's important i be on it, especially if i start doing any vid collabs
(some of which, really, all of which, i unfortunately actually need to cancel that were in the preplanning stages, bc the election results have me wanting to wait and see how the general atmosphere of the country is before i agree to meet up with anyone. I feel bad for cancelling, but also i just can't know for sure how safe things are/might be going forward and I'd rather avoid the potential of. ya know. various not great things that could happen at a meet up, tho i would certainly hope they wouldn't. i don't feel like actually addressing them rn, u guys know what i mean)
That said, if the truvada initial side effects could fuck off asap would be so lovely. three weeks at worst, then they should be gone/much better or so i am told. really hope that's true bc losing my mornings to being dizzy and nauseous is Not Working for me lmao. im on week two, and now understand why my new doc said to call if i needed any 'cheerleading' and support to get thru the side effects, bc apparently she's done that for several ppl to make sure they actually make it thru the three weeks and keep on it (lovely of her!!)
#text post#not going to get into the other painful smack of this morning#suffice to say that medicaid does not in fact fully cover vocal therapy/training for trans ppl#even if ur docs feel incredibly certain it is#if i was making a decent bit over minimum wage at consistent hours and already had my current debts paid off mostly#then I'd happily consider paying the chunk Medicaid won't cover but as of now#it would literally be basically two paychecks if not three to cover the estimate for this first visit#and that's only if the poll would have us polling every week like we did before the election#otherwise we're guesstimating it would be upwards of 4 paychecks to cover it#I'm actually gonna get into in here bc nobody reads all my tag essays (fair valid and correct)#im really sad abt this. my voice gets me clocked a lot and while i can mostly handle like. visually being clocked#my voice giving me away genuinely makes me feel a pain in my chest. i can't get my customer service voice to go lower yet#and even if it's my usual voice I've made minimal progress on my own self done vocal study stuff#so like. no one knows how high it was compared to how it is now tho so no one actually hears it as anything near deep#which it isn't but like. there's been a slightly barely there drop of it per at least a couple ppl in my life#i was probably going to be able to learn how to sing again and find my new range. I'd fix my customer service voice#even if it would only ever be a teeny bit lower than how it is now. it would be lovely#im not gonna get too down tho bc someday hopefully I'll be able to make it happen/afford it#and for now...im doing the bad thing of not cancelling the appt yet#i will bc they're booking out for months and it isn't right of me to take a spot i know i can't keep#but. let me pretend i can for another day or two. maybe until monday. then I'll call or msg them on mychart#and let them know i just don't have the funds rn tho i do deeply appreciate that Medicaid at least pays part of it#im just not at a point where i can cover the rest but that I'll reschedule/have a new referral sent whenever that changes#...and hopefully things in this country will be of such a state that such care is still available to ppl like me.#but that's all we're saying on that bc im already having a pathetic little cry over this#(im fine the med side effects have me crying over everything lol i see a sad commercial and Instant Tears like someone died lmaooo)
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#got a cardio appt in the morning that's too early to sleep before and too late not to fuck up my schedule so that's going to be fun#and im worried about it#I'm only mildly worried about there being something wrong#but i am worried about getting on the 'furher testing' railroad because i have NO spare energy for more medical shit right now#im dealing with like 3 other specialists right now AND therapy and I don't have a car#and also i just can't do more than 2 appts a month AND deal with prescription bullshit and the inevitable clinic fuckups#just that much messes me up#i do not need more#god help me if something IS wrong because I absolutely do not have the spoons or the ability to deal with interventions#or god save me '''''lifestyle changes'''''' which they offer NO material support for but for which I need material support#ugh#i want to get this checked out but it had better be nothing just like last time#im also having one of those evenings where my hands are so unsteady i can't do fine work at all#but at least i got myself into the studio for a while even if i wound up doing something else
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begonias acquired at the farmer’s market !! 🤍
#i’m so lucky the market is located right next to and goes on right before my therapy appt’s on saturdays#gardenblr#naturecore#flowers#flowercore#my photos 🌸#photo diary 📷#🐱#diary 📖
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reeeeeeally wish. it didnt feel. like the needs of my body vs the needs of my brain were actively in fucking conflict with each other in a way that makes it impossible to function or exist
#toy txt post#chronic pain#just. really frustrated. cant see a way out or through or over or whatever here yall#augh#and dad wants me to. do what i was doing before that made everything worse somehow as a method to get my foot in the door and fucking#network???? to do?????? unclear. until i get what. middle management?#how the fuck would that help anything#meanwhile i am trying to muster the executive function to complete. the catpans#ouaghghahghhgghg#it is so hard to be gentle with myself about this bc it doesnt feel like i deserve gentleness for it! like i have worked so hard to try to#unlearn the ableism and shit but that doesnt really fucking help much if both my parents just keep that shit so deeply baked into their#worldview that they interpret me trying to treat myself a little gentler as being a lazy freeloader or whatever#like im really trying not to be too harsh on myself about this but for what? at least if im mean to me about it i have ground to stand on#in calling their meanness unjust and unnecessary cos dont worry!!!!!!!!! i can reproduce the entire fucking ableism cycle inside my own#head and self flagellate for not being able ti push through it like you guys did so you dont have to! in fact i am so good at it that it#makes it an impossible topic to address! bc i just speedrun everything into thinking of myself as worthless so you dont have to! see im not#a total laze/s#god. i hate this so much so fucking much. aaaaagh. there are a number of things i CAN do and unfortunately none of them seem to be#the necessary administrative faff of it all#oausbdjsfusbfhshhrrrgrhrhgggg#trying to organize notes of talking points to unpack this a little in therapy this week but its only the second appt. so like. she wanted#to go through a bit of a questionnaire? idkkkk
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"was there a reason you didn't cancel this" honestly I thought I had so no there wasn't a reason but also if clients are going to have Your personal number and reach out to You about canceling (when they Should be reaching out via email per our cancelation policy) then You should be canceling the appt anyway imo. all the other trainers cancel their appointments AND add their appointments to the system 🤪
#noah.txt#also I do realize my annoyance is unwarranted but also I'm sosososo tired of this job#she's thinking about closing down for a month for renos and she's not going to pay anyone for that month#and she's not sure if she's going to set it up where we can file unemployment or if she's going to#make us be freelancers under the company name#also she booked an appt but didn't put it in the system and didnt Tell Me and someone put in a booking request for that day/time#and it's frustrating b/c the whole reason she wanted clients to be able to book via the online portal is to#make my job easier/more automated but it's not easier when I'm having to email 5 clients because she cant be fucked to learn the system#then I'm talking to a coworker about how my doctor said I need to get my stress down#and she has the AUDACITY to ask me if she's contributing to the stress#like... yeah you're like the primary stressor in my life because I got hired for an hourly position 2 years ago#yet you treat me like I'm a salary employee who is supposed to be on call#and yeah it's frustrating and stressful to feel like I can never fully relax b/c you might need something#and it's even more frustrating when the things she needs she'll call me about. I won't answer b/c I'm busy#then I'll call her back and she'll be like ''oh I looked for it after I got voicemail''#okay so you don't THINK to do a little investigating before calling me during my time off?#very funny to me that I've been in a therapy session talking about her and she will call me (I do not answer)#my job was not and is not to be a personal assistant yet that is the position I've been forced into#and quite frankly I do not get paid enough to deal with being a personal assistant to#an immature people pleasing 34 year old woman who lacks basic empathy and doesn't give a shit about her employees#like I wanted to like her! I want to like her! she's gay and Jewish! but she also stinks of white rich kid privilege#also she's having a baby with her wife and this is a baby she actively does not want and a baby they're having to fix their marriage#which is a very tough thing for me to watch from the sidelines#she also is always picking apart peoples appearances and shes also told me she would probably leave her wife if she grew her hair out#anyway there's a lot more on a personal and professional level but my break is over
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I don't feel goooood :(
#I've been really nauseous for like. over a week now#two weeks? what is time#but anyway. that and ive been having some like really deep thoughts about my mom since her surgery#and my dad keeps being a dick and I should be able to do more around the house#to help them out but I'm so fucking tired. and my back hurts. and I'm sad.#and the nausea. as before mentioned.#and I have a therapy appt on Thurs and a psychiatrist appt next week#and I haven't been doing any of the things I should#and I'm really upset about that because they're gonna be disappointed in me#it's all so embarrassing and shameful.#and I'm 23 and unemployed and I didn't finish college#and my rooms really messy but I don't ever have the energy to clean it#which is just making me feel even more useless and grubby and pathetic#and I'm fat and I'm never gonna be able to do anything about it#and my skin hurts all the time in eight different places#and today we went out to do something important but I forgot the papers#and then I was going to the wrong place and I missed like 3 turns in a row#I've been having a really fucking hard time lately#but it feels like I say that all the time. so.#whatever I'm sorry to rant#to show therapist
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fosca screaming finally makes sense
fosca shut down emotionally. that's when she became 'ugly.' she stopped being vital and feeling alive. but she has a vivid inner life.
it's the exploration of someone who's been labelled unattractive but has this rich emotional life. who loves so fully and so completely, and who says things that are difficult to hear -- and you don't really want to hear what she has to say because she makes sense, she's saying it in circumstances that seem selfishly motivated on her part -- but she makes point.
she is emotionally unedited. she doesn't make choices based on what will seem attractive or palatable. she just is and lives and lets her emotions fly.
"i'm wanna crack you open" -- richard avedon to donna as fosca. if fosca had, over the years, been cracked open as much as donna was in that photo session, fosca wouldn't have been ill in the way that she was. when you sit on your feelings and don't allow a release, you can make yourself sick in many ways.
she's cONFRONTING THE FUCKING DEMONS -- ones inside herself and ones she envisions outside of herself, and society.
fosca has a primal scream inside of her. and it came out.
thANK YOU DONNA JEANNE MURPHY FOR PINPOINTING WHY I RELATE TO FOSCA SCREAMING
#a mild fuck you to donna murphy yET AGAIN#i might legitimately go drive to the mesa and scream in my car after my therapy appt today#i feel like i need it#my crying closet hasn't seen any action since february#i'm feeling cloistered again. need to stop that before it gets out of control#irl post
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I will not do the exercises given to me by my physio, whether that be because I forgot or I'm having executive dysfunction, and then be like "Man why am I in so much pain?"
#AUGH. Hate how I need to do exercises just so I can be in less pain + maybe reach an average level of strength#I have hypotonia so. Even my 16 year old sibling of whom I'm ~3 inches taller than is stronger than me#And I have noodle arms 😭 Which look especially silly compared to my stocky torso#I still need to try the other things the rheumatologist recommended#CBT therapy and a med she wants me to ask my psychiatrist abt to make sure it won't interfere with my ADHD meds#She also suggested hydrotherapy but. I'm a bit more nervous abt that considering I'm pre-top surgery.#My binders SAY that you can wear them swimming safely + are chlorine resistant but they say they're a lot harder to take off wet.#Which I worry means I'd need to get someone else to take it off of me. Which like. Augh. BUT YEAH anyway.#Iron text#Edit: Sorry a little bit more actually#My next psychiatrist appt isn't until late this month. And I am. Afraid to go through all the things I need to do to get to therapy.#With the public healthcare system you can get I think 8 psychologist appts for free per year if you get a mental health plan w your gp#But I think it also depends on the psychologist? Some might require you to pay regardless? I'm not sure#I've been to psychologists before but neither of them were that great and I'm worried it's gonna be similarly difficult now
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i hate that my brain treats "fun thing scheduled" the same as "not so fun thing scheduled" . like its entire response is to be stressed/make sure everyone has a bad time leading up to the thing regardless of how fun/not fun it will be.
(i am not even an introvert! i like people! i like doing things! i don't even really mind being at less fun things like doctor's appointments! usually once i'm actually *at* an event, i'm absolutely calm. it's just the before. my brain just hates scheduled events and punishes me for making them)
#i have two things scheduled today and my brain is unhappy about it but mostly b/c i have an event and 2 doctor's appts next week#yes im in therapy#tbf it's gotten better#it only gets upset like a week before events now#it used to be a whole month of anxiety before hand so we're getting better but it still sucks#text post#personal
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me when my disabilities are disabling
#im missign work for the third day in a row due to my bad brain so yknow how it be#im out of sick time now and i think i might have gone over rhe hour limit and might get a verbal warning#for attendance which sucks but ultimately doesnt mean much when u still have two more warnings before ur fired#but anyway.... my year at my job is in sept so im soon going to be eligible for FMLA#i have a therapy appt later this month.. need to bring some stuff up etc etc#but yeah between brain issues and migraines and fatigue.... 🧍 i need that job protection in case shit gets worse
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past couple weeks have been hard.... been struggling to wash my face and brush my teeth (especially bc my mouth is practically torn to shreds rn and everything hurts). BUT. today i was able to do some cleaning, take a long warm shower for my joints, brush my teeth gently, do my skincare, etc ❤️🩹 im EXHAUSTED now, and it's gonna suck to wake up early the next 2 days when i can hardly get up before noon... but i'm done with a lot of the big stuff ❤️🩹
#I'm very proud of myself today! i need to journal about it but damn I'm too tired tonight#i was falling asleep before 8pm#all that's left is that i have an early virtual appt tomorrow. and then therapy. and then my death Doula (!!!!)#and Thursday is infusions at the crack of dawn. then hopefully a nap and getting the car inspected !!#i can do it i can do it 😤😤🥴🥴🤞🤞🤞#i feel like total ass from the new meds. but letting myself sit in one spot all day isn't helping !!#gotta force myself to go through the motions a lil#okay love u guys ❤️🩹#round 2#chatter
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i was gonna make a joke about it but uhhh yeah my dad lost his job. my stepmoms covering our utilities but i no longer have any kind of insurance so all my ongoing medical stuff is either gonna get cut off in a month or is already cut off. including stuff like HRT & sleep meds. so thats bad.
#c.paradisi#i have an appt with my endo tomorrow so we'll see what i can do about the HRT nbut yeahhh uhhhhhhhhhhhh#im trying to get on medicaid off my job but idek if thatll cover my psych meds#i still have an open wound that says my insurance is expired so im not getting Any treatment for that#which is cool bc it probably cant heal without medical intervention so thats just gonna get worse again#YEAH uhhhh this is really super bad. itll be at least a week before i can even figure out how fucked i am#and in the meantime im completely fucked#ill probably be able to keep getting therapy. probably
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finally broke into one of my new syringes (still have some old ones, but figured hey i should try them for this shot)
Tw for bitching abt medical shit/my injs below the cut
and i just. why is my doc intentionally making this harder. I ask for 3ml syringes bc it's what im used to and know how to draw up. She agreed to that, so i never checked my new ones bc why should i? she listened, she sent in for 3mls, right?
NOPE. fucking 1 ml which means figuring out the draw up has required online searching to make sure it's right, and bonus! everything I've found doesn't recommend it for T bc it's such a slow inj to begin with, and 'many feel it takes longer to inject in smaller syringes designed mainly for IV use, which lessens compliance with injection schedules in some'
And i hate how it looks. it looks like so much more, and i know that's stupid bc it isn't, it's the same amount as usual, but the sight of it is v much involved in me getting my injs done with my fear of needles. I know, again, I KNOW planned parenthood is dealing with not enough funding, hands on staff, etc, but does that really prevent you from listening to your patient and trying to help them with shit like this? bc i don't think it should. I'm still forever grateful they've been helping me keep my T going until I find a primary care doc, but at the same time...what the fuck? I said this would be an issue, and i need to stay with my usual supplies. If that was an issue for them, i was willing to buy syringes myself from the medical gear shop I've used for extra supplies before (that will ship out here, I've checked.) Why won't she just fucking. listen, and talk to me? if all she could do was 1 ml syringes, fine, BUT FUCKING TELL ME THAT BEFORE SO I CAN JUST BUY MY OWN
Like. I will get this done. ill use these crap syringes up bc I refuse to waste them.
But now I'm overly nervous and worried im gonna fuck it up with the new syringe, or that it will hurt more or take even longer to inject than usual, so my hands are too shaky to do it! im already a day late with it, and I'd bet ten bucks I wont be able to calm myself enough to do it until tomorrow. Yes, this is also autism bs of needing things the same but like. I've had to do a lot of adjusting since last year, and have made efforts to accept changes and sporadic things. it's been hard as fuck, but I've fucking done it. so why can't i have one fucking thing like this stay the same? just my inj supplies, that's it! I'll accept and deal with other changes but for fuck's sake, she KNOWS I'm nervous abt fucking up my injections (bc i always want them to go well so i get as much med in me as i can, with minimal tracking out after it), why the fuck wouldn't she at least tell me if she was limited in syringes/what she can rx?
Why don't docs listen when i talk, and why won't they just talk and be honest with me like a fucking adult. is that honestly so fucking difficult?
Apparently so 🙃
#text post#long post#sorry ignore me i just needed to vent this out before i figure out if the inj needle fits this syringe#bc the draw up one barely fits correctly so im not feeling real confident on the others!#this is my fault for not checking at the pharmacy but tbh they wouldn't have done anything to help anyway#they're overworked as it is and don't have the time or patience for that#I'd love to discuss this with my doc but thus far she's only suddenly changed when she wanted more bloodwork donr#and refuses to respond to my requests asking when she'd like my next appt scheduled#bc if she moved the bloodwork then maybe she wants to follow up sooner but who fucking knows#and that's not even getting into her misgendering me thru my whole last appt#and she's this p.p.'s full time gender therapy specialist! so there's no one else i can even ask to see at the local office#she's sweet enough but i really think she needs to like. go into a different specialty or something#bc clearly this is not her thing and I'm selfishly frustrated that it's making this harder for me#whatever. i have an inj to set somewhere safe until i can get over this change and make myself do it#funny enough this was supposed to be a quick inj before i shower but! here we are!!!
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Today's either going to be boring (Saturday, so no meetings) or very hectic (Saturday, so fewer leads on the supervisor line) and I'm not looking forward to it.
#boggle makes a living#i hope it's the former. i have QAs to grade#but i just have to endure and then. sunday and monday off#so i can play my silly little games and take silly little screenshots and write silly little stories#and i finally have another therapy appt on monday for the first time since before i interviewed for my position
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The laproscopic surgeon's office called and left a voice mail this afternoon and I was like. Nope! Not gonna deal with this atm! Because I can't!!
#personal#I'll call them on Monday. maybe#my dudes on my new insurance policy it costs me $80 for one therapy appt#how much is surgery consultation going to cost???#that and I want more imaging done before talking about surgery#I'd much rather run away from my problems tyvm
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