Permanent Body modification to date. Not counting maintenance like food, exercise, tooth cleansing, haircuts or dyes, sunscreen or dilation

( Greater than one per year )

I find that I can't open a map on a streetcorner without someone stopping to give me directions. I credit thi this to Boston's friendly attitude.

But vuge  tells me that I need to get a bra.

Background:

I've been tweaking my estradiol and progesterone levels for a few months now. Normally, you take a given dose of E and P and test your blood for their ( Read more... )

I've been off progestin, estradot, proscar and novo-spiractalone for one week ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the last day that I'm on Novo-Spironoactalone.

As in "Last Day Ever."

Novospironoactalone (AKA "Spiro" AKA "Mr Agnew.") does the following things:

1 - antagonize androgens, diminishing prostate inflammation if you take a little, shutting down testosterone production if you take a lot
2 - make you pee
3 - make you tired
4 - drop your blood- ( Read more... )

I'm not sure what to blame for this fatigue. Or credit it. You see, I don't mind this state of exhaustion ( Read more... )

Another interesting side effects of wild hormonal shifts from the female to the male (adimttedly right after one huge stressor, and right before another) is a change in appetite. I have no idea where I am putting all this food, or how it is that I feel "full" but not "stuffed." None at all.

In totally unrelated news, my pants seem to be getting ( Read more... )

Last morning I had a half-dream about the phallus as a parasitic/symbiotic* xeno-entity that sprouted from a seed implanted atop the clitoris of a woman I know. Then to grow it into its own shape. Elegant, but unwelcome. Its thoughts intrude. Insist.**
It's been two weeks since I started cutting down on both the right hormones as well as the ( Read more... )

Scary either way: Surgery and hormones don't mix.
Androgen-blockers lower your blood pressure. Estradiol can cause blood clots. Since I need to be off them for two weeks before surgery, I start cutting down today.

The idea of this used to scare me. It should've. I'd gone through months of paperwork and assessements and totally unnecessary delays to ( Read more... )

I've had a few questions about the cycle plan, so I've posted it below.

Since a lot of people seem to link here for the queer content...

WARNING - IF YOU'RE THINKING OF DOING THIS YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I HAVE PROBABLY FUCKED UP ON A FEW DETAILS  HERE, AND IF YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT I DO WITHOUT CHECKING ALL YOUR FACTS AND SAFETIES, YOU WILL ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )