#ftm endometriosis

[pre-t-pickles]

I MIGHT GET MY FIRST LAPAROSCOPY THIS SUMMER WOOOHOOOO HOLY SHIT

[enbyandyy]

why did I read this as: ITS INSIDE ME AGAIN!! | Endometriosis 2

[thechthonicherbalist]

Second period of this year unlocked. I guess that's also an achievement. Hormones are awful. All these feels.

[ftmdilfmode]

So if anyone wants to know how my mental state is going, I found someone online who's within reasonable driving distance from me and we have pretty much all of the same kinks, including breeding and pregnancy, and I'm genuinely entertaining the idea of running away with them and our kids and immediately pausing my testosterone and getting Clomid off the dark web to try to give them a twin pregnancy as soon as we can realistically be together.

So I'm totally stable and normal.

I'm fine.

My anniversary with my partner is Thursday.

I'm fine.

[dimsumwolf]

Surgery tomorrow

[cakesexuality]

Hi, I'm Billie!!

I may have endometriosis and/or adenomyosis or I might have primary dysmenorrhea

I had a laparoscopy in October 2023 that revealed no endo, although my gynecologist says I could have it in such small amounts that it isn't visible to her

I've tried Depo-Provera, Lupron Depot, and Alysena 21 to suppress my period

I'm going to be asking at my next gynecology appointment if I could have a hysterectomy because a lot of medications have failed me (not just for my reproductive health) and I'd just like to have this over with, plus we could then send my uterus to pathology to have it assessed for adenomyosis

I'm also considering asking my nurse practitioner for a referral to an endometriosis specialist, to see if they can spot any endo that my regular gynecologist missed

I have a tag called #the estrogen is slapping right now which I started when I went on Lupron where I talk about all of this, and you should check it out!! I'm non-binary so I want to be here as a trans-friendly resource for those looking into puberty blockers, birth control, surgeries, etc.

If you have any questions, send me an ask or a DM!!

[like-it-or-not-i-am-alive]

Tw: menstruation, vent post, parents.

Thinking about how when I was a teen, I had really painful menses. At times, it was so bad that my legs felt like they were tingling, and standing was difficult. I was sent home from school on a number of occasions due to vomiting during my menstruation.

Overall, a really shitty time.

Not only was I frequently told I was being over dramatic, that I just needed to "walk around," eventually restricted from going home or seeing the school nurse... But I was told because I'm trans, it shouldn't be an issue.

My mother told me on a multitude of occasions, "If you're a boy, then you shouldn't be having these issues, huh?"

"Boys don't have these problems."

I hold so much bitterness over the fact that no one ever took me to the doctor for my painful menstruation. My mother told me years later that she didn't believe cramps actually happened during menstruation because she had never had them before. She only began to believe people get cramps when she had some herself, years after I was now missing menses all together.

Sometimes, that bitterness of feeling pain that no one believed me for, out weighs being invalidated. Other times, like now, I see the whole picture and feel so much anger.

The same adults who told me my pain was a lie, told me I was just trying to get attention, or get out of school, are the same ones who told the doctors, "She has a really high pain tolerance, we just know something is wrong when she complains about the head aches!"

Why is it that no one took me to the doctor? Why is it no one believed me when I never complained about pain before? The years of perfect school attendance suddenly questioned when I couldn't stand up from the desk. Was it all for nothing?

Why is it that the people I was supposed to trust the most were the ones who never listened?

Maliciously never listened.

I was punished for having a body that I didn't ask for and feeling a way I couldn't control.

I'm allowed to struggle with my anatomy, trans or not. I'm allowed to feel pain.

To be told I wasn't allowed to express the physical pain I was dealing with because I am transgender is heinous. They laughed when they would say it. I don't care if they thought it was funny. It was a mockery, and they knew it.

I should have been given some support. I should have been given at the VERY LEAST a supportive pat on the back.

I could have dealt with the pain on my own if they had just given me the space to do it. Without the shame and mockery.

Just before my menses went away, they started to believe me. I guess because it had been years at that point.

Even though the only change was that they would let me go lay down rather than be forced to socialize or do their activities. It really made a difference. Sure, it was painful, I was sick and couldn't eat. But it was a million times better than being made to continue as usual and burden everyone with my inability to function.

It still irks me.

[aintgonnatakethis]

guess who might have developed endometriosis some time in the past 5 years but didn't notice because of the anti-shark week meds he was on! guess who stopped those meds after his hysterectomy and suddenly BAM 💀

[smilepaint]

hey guys! a few weeks ago i got to help organise and host something really cool and important - a transmasc specific menstruation education episode! as far as i know this may be one of the only things out there like this, so i wanted to share it here. some of the information is specific to where i live in aotearoa new zealand (and its made for students of my university) but most is broadly applicable. i think this will be especially helpful for folks either considering going on T or early in the process, but apparently even my mom learned some things from it. give it a watch!

[loserdudelover]

I absolutely love being in so much pain all the time that i can barely move and get out of bed/s

[vulpine111]

I'm glad I have enough spoons to make phone calls today.

I called the clinic that might help me get on PrEP. I will be seen in late December. I look forward to being on medication that will prevent me from catching HIV, even if that means lots of blood work.

I gotta call back the clinic that managed my testosterone next, but I also just called insurance for a ride to see my sleep specialist next Thursday. I'm going to try to get a CPAP mask that won't blow air into my eyes or give me as many sensory issues.

I also initiated the process to get a different care coordinator- one that might actually get me the level of support I require.

While I am at it, maybe I should finally look for a nutritionist who can help me lose some more weight. I'll try the UNM Truman Clinic. My goal weight for the hysterectomy is now 235 pounds but I'd like to get down to about 200.

My goal weight before I get top surgery would be even less, but we will see what is realistic.

I like to eat, after all.

[pre-t-pickles]

where are my endometriosis boys at

[slime-hoe]

Got off my period suppressant because I have osteopenia so now 2 years of suppressed periods, endometriosis and the tidal wave of gender fuckery I had shoved into a box labeled “don’t even think about it” are all fighting and I’m just laying in a heap on the couch.

[softhospital]

endometriosis update i suppose since i brought this up a few weeks ago but ive been doing well on this birth control (nuvaring) in terms of clearing up atrophy. but it doesnt seem to be playing well with my uterus so ill just randomly get period cramps throughout the day. nowhere near as bad as during my period but enough to stop me. so if youve been on T long enough to stop your period, just know that this is a possibility on hormonal birth control or treatments for atrophy.

[slpffow]

we only found out one of my ovaries never developed and that I had endometriosis after my hysterectomy. I still wonder if the fact that I essentially have one ovary is why testosterone affected me so hard.

ppl said that your voice won't drop for awhile. I started on a 1ml shot every other week when I was 16, and my voice started changing a week after my first one.

my T was too high, so we switched to .75 with no notable change in development. same at .5 and, after a short T break, at .75 combined with finasteride. I was still able to feel some cramping/ discomfort every month, but I never bled unless I was too late on a shot. I'm still growing hair on my face despite being on finasteride too.

[himmurf]

I don't know how many people in this thread don't know that having excessively heavy and painful periods is grounds to get a hysterectomy if they want it, but I hope they know.

Anyway seems like a great product

i learned that with the passage of the CARES Act, menstrual products are now considered eligible expenses for your health insurance, FSA, HSA, and HRA funds. (x)