Oct. 26th, 2008
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Oct. 26th, 2008 01:23 pmErika's latest post brought up just how much I loathe the Menstrual Fairy.
Right, for most bio-women, she's just an inconvienence.
But for me...
Ugh.
Wayyyy back when, before I started blogging...when I first went off my hormone shots, I actually eagerly awaited the little bitch. You know, as a sign that I was normal, that my body was actually doing what it was supposed to do. And I was happy when she showed up.
Yeah, I was an idiot.
My cramps used to be hellacious. Now, outside of the debilitating cramp I tend to get in my right leg the day before, not so much. And even that I can live with if I have to.
But...
I don't know. It's just one more thing that makes me gendered when I don't want to be. And unlike a lot of people, I can't safely take birth control of any kind (okay, it probably wouldn't kill me, but it wouldn't be a good idea), and I'm not stupid enough to not eat/exercise so much that it goes away. I could always go the total hysto. route, right? But...I really don't want to go through menopause when I won't have any other hormones to counteract it. At least transmen are usually on T when they have a hysto., but not me. And even if I do something about my ovaries, the damn painters will still show. And I just...sigh.
This video pretty much says how I feel when the period shows up.
Not always, but sometimes I'm just feel uber male (I tend to feel like that in the morning and night when I brush my teeth and junk, don't ask why) and then it shows up and it's like...aargh!
Yeah. Blah. I have another two weeks before it shows...at least if it sticks to what it's been doing the last three months.
Right, for most bio-women, she's just an inconvienence.
But for me...
Ugh.
Wayyyy back when, before I started blogging...when I first went off my hormone shots, I actually eagerly awaited the little bitch. You know, as a sign that I was normal, that my body was actually doing what it was supposed to do. And I was happy when she showed up.
Yeah, I was an idiot.
My cramps used to be hellacious. Now, outside of the debilitating cramp I tend to get in my right leg the day before, not so much. And even that I can live with if I have to.
But...
I don't know. It's just one more thing that makes me gendered when I don't want to be. And unlike a lot of people, I can't safely take birth control of any kind (okay, it probably wouldn't kill me, but it wouldn't be a good idea), and I'm not stupid enough to not eat/exercise so much that it goes away. I could always go the total hysto. route, right? But...I really don't want to go through menopause when I won't have any other hormones to counteract it. At least transmen are usually on T when they have a hysto., but not me. And even if I do something about my ovaries, the damn painters will still show. And I just...sigh.
This video pretty much says how I feel when the period shows up.
Not always, but sometimes I'm just feel uber male (I tend to feel like that in the morning and night when I brush my teeth and junk, don't ask why) and then it shows up and it's like...aargh!
Yeah. Blah. I have another two weeks before it shows...at least if it sticks to what it's been doing the last three months.