and they were right. i couldn’t handle them so i went on testosterone lmfao
Saaaame holy shit, the desire to never go through that again no matter what keeps me on T. RIP to dudes out there still dealing with it, it was just a 24/7 dysphoria factory for me.
out of curiosity, how fast do they cease? i’m on the feminising path, but curious about what taking boyotics is like
It depends on the person, for me I think it stopped immediately? I might have had one light period or spotting after that, but it stopped pretty quick.
What’s spotting? Never heard of that term
Very light bleeding that sometimes just leaves spots of blood rather than an actual flow, if that makes sense.
more like if most men had periods, there would be better treatments because they would give a shit about the pain and suffering that is caused
That’s one of the things Gloria Steinem mused about in 1978
So dumb question from someone who’s not trans:
Can you get your uterus removed? /me gestures at all the women I know. Periods supposedly suck
As others have said, technically yes but in practice it’s difficult. My friend has actual medical issues with hers, and the doctors were still like, ‘but you’re of childbearing age!’ and ‘what if you meet a man someday and he wants children?’ No consideration for her making decisions for her own body at all.
I mean, I get that it’s hard to reverse. But like it should be a “we will note your desire but it’s not a decision you should make lightly. Go home and if you still want this procedure, come back in 2 months” at the very least.
Depending on how serious the operation is (it ranges from tube tying to outright removal) it’s pretty much impossible to reverse. Full removal also comes with long-term hormone issues.
I absolutely guarantee you that no woman makes that decision lightly. But we are treated as though we are not allowed to make it at all.
If we have a significant other, their desires are prioritized; only if they say ‘go ahead doc, I don’t want anymore kids’ will the doctor do the procedure. If we don’t have a significant other, then we are told that since we might have one someday, the doctor won’t do the procedure until this non-existent man turns up and decides if he wants kids or not.
There’s a reason we women keep a list of the few doctors in the US willing to respect our bodily autonomy and do the goddamn surgery.
Yes, but most insurance doesn’t cover it if there’s no medical issue with the uterus or high risk of cancer. I spent two years trying to get mine removed, and even with a medical history of excessive pain and very long and unpredictable periods I can’t get it removed. For that problem they usually suppress cycles with progesterones.
They offered to take out one ovary when I was still considering medical transition 😭 I’m having pain and bleeding again with an implant that supplies progestin, and they still won’t remove my uterus lol
Prolonged pain is not grounds for removal with insurance? That’s wild.
It took until this year for doctors in the US to start giving a numbing agent for IUD insertion, so I think the medical industry as a whole underestimates the amount of pain people with uteruses feel
Yes, it’s called a hysterectomy. Around 600,000 people get them per year in the US, so very common.
