Okay, so I'm using voice to text right now and I need to stress how absolutely shit I feel. I have been off spironolactone for about 1.5 weeks at this point. For the last three to four days I have had the craziest fevers from 37-39c.
This is just a warning for anyone who is transitioning MTF who may be on spiro, that when you stop taking spiro (no matter how much) you may feel some symptoms.
2 weeks ago I tapered off at 25mg. I was having extremely bad back pain for at least a week. It seems to have subsided and has diminished now.
But I'm currently having lower back pain, crazy fevers, chills, inability to regulate temperature in a bedroom, sweating like mad.
I'm also very anxious about my stomach because I've been taking Tylenol, acetaminophen, on and off about a week, and I'm anxious about stomach ulcers or stomach bleeding.
At publishing of this post, I am laying down in bed with back pain having taken 1mg of acetaminophen. I am sweating like crazy, I am wearing wool almost everywhere on my body, and my bed has a wool topper, which is all very good for moisture abd moisture retention avoidance, but this is not sustainable.
I think in general this post is more so just a rant. I want to do a proper blog post in a bit once I actually feel good, to document my entire process, because I don't know how long this is going to last. Online I've seen reports anywhere from one week to one month, and it's already been something like 1.5 weeks off it completely, so I don't know...
If there are any transfems or individuals who are transitioning MTF who have experienced similar symptoms, please reply and let me know how long they lasted for you.
I'm extremely curious to know as I try to determine how long I will continue to be suffering. Thank you so much.
This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we come back to Kaleidoscope, my series on how to set up your very own project like mine! This week, we're talking about branding--how you can make, and keep, a promise to your readers about what you're here to do! So, come on down and learn why you know exactly what a Stained Glass Woman article is going to be before you even open it up.
I am altersex. And... it's more complicated than that.
This week on #stainedglasswoman, we talk about the Panel Lines I don't have, being born in the wrong century, and what it's like to live without the words to describe who you even are.
If you hang out in gender questioning spaces for long enough, you'll see a surprising number of people pop in, wondering if they have Trans OCD. This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we dive in, to see what that is.
Today is the third anniversary of Stained Glass Woman, and to celebrate it I'm publishing, a day early, the first article in a miniseries on how you can make your own Stained Glass Woman!
The part we far too often don't talk about when we finally get the gender-affirming surgeries that we need is how hard recovery is--and I don't mean the physical stuff. Today, on Stained Glass Woman, we're looking at The Other Recovery.
Ever wonder why Substack Recommends Nazis? This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we're diving into the history of publishing and how queer voices and, oddly, Neo-Nazis were suppressed for decades by the publishing industry--and how they broke containment.
A bonus article in celebration of Banned Books Week!
This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we're talking about some Heavy Stuff, because fat doesn't work like you think it does, fat redistribution REALLY doesn't work like you think it does, and weight cycling is mega unhealthy for you.
Why do we expect trans folks to know that they were trans at the youngest possible ages--4 or 5 or even younger--when we know so many of us take so much longer to figure it out? It's time to talk about The Story, as Stained Glass Woman returns with a mega-sized, 5,000-word article!
Peach's ongoing fundraiser, current PROGRESS/GOAL:
week of Feb 10: $350/350
week of Feb 17: $400/400
week of Feb 24: $0/370
week of Mar 3: $95/95
week of Mar 10: $15/15
week of Mar 17: $20/20
week of Mar 24: $25/25
week of Apr 7: $40/40
week of Apr 14: $15/15
Week of April 21: $0/30
Venmo: @notamaterialgirl
Peach's need for mutual aid is ongoing. Thank you so much for the continued donations and/or boosts!
Please boost! Peach is a trans woman who is recovering from being homeless, and recently relocated to a blue state. She needs some help getting groceries and hygiene supplies. Asking $25, any amount helps!
Trans folk were always around.
Back then as today erasure is the norm.
Though there were times when it was accepted.
Shakespeare had a love affair with a Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton (1573-1624), who today could probably best be described as some shade of #MTF transfeminine, trans or gender queer.
Hello everyone. I'm Asteriya or Steri. I'm from Greece but I've been living in Japan since 2018! I'm a metal singer and composer. I had a band named Atermon Phos but now I'm doing solo. My music is gothic metalcore, djent and progressive!
Nice to meet you!
There are a loooot of misconceptions and myths surrounding sex, sexuality, and what happens downstairs when someone starts HRT--so let's see what our best science says about it, this week on Stained Glass Woman!
Hey, what's some good feminizing exercises that you'd recommend? I don't have money for a gym membership or like... a stair master. So stuff I can do at home would be preferred.
The holidays are often a really tough time for queer, and especially #trans, folks. We fight for family and somehow it always seems to turn into us getting hurt more and more.
This holiday on #StainedGlassWoman, we're holding the Black Sheep close, and talking about the reasons families are dysfunctional.
And no, it's not your fault. It was never your fault.
La Journée du souvenir trans, déclinaison française du Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a lieu le 20 novembre dans le monde entier, pour commémorer les personnes trans assassinées pour motif transphobe, c’est-à-dire la haine des personnes trans, et pour attirer l'attention sur les violences subies par les communautés trans.
Journée du souvenir trans French
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