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the_fantastic_ms_fox) wrote2007-11-07 10:57 pm
the_fantastic_ms_fox) wrote2007-11-07 10:57 pm
Entry tags:
- clever,
- cycle,
- diana,
- embodiment,
- gender,
- hormones,
- menses,
- moon,
- phantom parts,
- trans
Pride in being clever
Some people may remember that last year I was "taking gender studies and calculus?" Sounded like an odd combination, didn't it?
Hah! Not anymore!
You see, I have just combined women's health resources, BC biomedical blood-work, transgender information pamphlets, and, of course, calculus, to chart out a planned progesterone regimen that should see my P levels rise, fall a bit, rise again, and fall again over the course of the wax and wane of the moon. I just ran it by my doctor today.
I have done this because:
- I want to be less crazy, or at least less hormonally crazy, or at least more predictably hormonally crazy. I want to know roughly in which week to expect big ol' mood swings, fatigue and so on rather than just "whenever," which is what I've been getting.
- My body-sense has "phantom cunt sydrome." It does not (I do not) get that I don't have a female reproductive system. The further I go into this, the more pronounced it gets. When I lie on tits and they hurt, I think, it must be that time of the month. (and then there are the times where I wonder what the fuck is that in my pants, and how can it come off) After some observation, I've decided that, given the choice between ignoring the u=♀ signals, and honouring them by manipulating my body to fit, I should go with the latter. Hey, it's worked so far.
- I have the feeling that female hormones are kinda supposed to follow one of several tracks: prepubertal; fertile; pregnant; postpartum; perimenopausal. I don't think that "leaving the lights on at 50% all the time" is a good idea. But that's what HRT does. So I want an alternative
- I can, yo
Why the moon?
- So that I'm not going through the same cycle-phase on the same day of the week
- So that I can remember which week I'm on.
- It's all cool and Dianic.
(Speaking of the moon, there are contradictory studies on whether night illumination affects women's cycles.)
Next month, I do this with Estrogen. This may be especially convenient as my blood levels were high enough that I might be able to do most of a cycle by selectively reducing the dosage.
:D
Hah! Not anymore!
You see, I have just combined women's health resources, BC biomedical blood-work, transgender information pamphlets, and, of course, calculus, to chart out a planned progesterone regimen that should see my P levels rise, fall a bit, rise again, and fall again over the course of the wax and wane of the moon. I just ran it by my doctor today.
I have done this because:
- I want to be less crazy, or at least less hormonally crazy, or at least more predictably hormonally crazy. I want to know roughly in which week to expect big ol' mood swings, fatigue and so on rather than just "whenever," which is what I've been getting.
- My body-sense has "phantom cunt sydrome." It does not (I do not) get that I don't have a female reproductive system. The further I go into this, the more pronounced it gets. When I lie on tits and they hurt, I think, it must be that time of the month. (and then there are the times where I wonder what the fuck is that in my pants, and how can it come off) After some observation, I've decided that, given the choice between ignoring the u=♀ signals, and honouring them by manipulating my body to fit, I should go with the latter. Hey, it's worked so far.
- I have the feeling that female hormones are kinda supposed to follow one of several tracks: prepubertal; fertile; pregnant; postpartum; perimenopausal. I don't think that "leaving the lights on at 50% all the time" is a good idea. But that's what HRT does. So I want an alternative
- I can, yo
Why the moon?
- So that I'm not going through the same cycle-phase on the same day of the week
- So that I can remember which week I'm on.
- It's all cool and Dianic.
(Speaking of the moon, there are contradictory studies on whether night illumination affects women's cycles.)
Next month, I do this with Estrogen. This may be especially convenient as my blood levels were high enough that I might be able to do most of a cycle by selectively reducing the dosage.
:D
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Sounds like the punchline of a very obscure XKCD...
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