new bread!>what is INTERGEN?INTERGEN is a general for intersex people to talk to each other about their experiences or just to hang out>what is an intersex person?Intersex people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies>am I intersex?We are not doctors, please seek medical advice, but dont be afraid to ask questions here to maybe understand things better >are trans people intersex?Trans people are not inherently intersex, however an intersex person can transition if they want>how is this /lgbt/?We share similar experiences of discrimination and social prejudice based on sex and gender norms, even though intersex is a variation of sex characteristics, not a gender identity or sexual orientation itself—————————>QOTTWhat’s on the menu anons? Do you have any dietary restrictions? How’s your tummy feeling?
>>41624986Previous break >>41551765
>>41624986QOTT>What’s on the menu anons? Do you have any dietary restrictions? How’s your tummy feeling?My tummy health is “okay”, I can’t really process red meat (I get sick and then I feel like dirt) so I stick mostly to rice, veggies, and seafood or chicken. I started also taking a daily enzyme and probiotic to help with digestion it’s been working decently wellPicrel was late dinner last night rice with leftover shrimp, a clam or two, brown sauce, kewpie mayo, yum yum, avacado and furikake I also had some extra seaweed on the side
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>>41623228Fair enough. Bad example.OK so somehow my primary care's office kept bumping up the height on my chart. My growth plates fused decades ago so I'm definitely not getting any taller. At one point they actually measured me and were close to reality, but eventually they had me 5.5 inches taller than life.So my doctor's reviewing my weight with me and he starts to lecture me. I'm bracing for him to tell me I need to lose weight (I hover around 25 BMI give or take depending on the phase of the moon or w/e) but he started to tell me I was *underweight.* I look at his screen where he's showing me the numbers and he has my BMI just under 20 and it dawns on me what happened. And I understand the confusion on the numbers but my height is unmistakably NOT what they recorded and I don't look starved. To be fair I probably don't look my actual weight either after a few years of lifting but my fancy multi-segment bioimpedance scale guesstimates I'm about 23% body fat. I feel like that's fine?Also a BMI of 20 still isn't underweight?Anyway I never expected a medical professional to tell me I need to eat more.I've got actually bad stories but they're venturing into trauma dumping territory and I like the happy yummy mood in here rn.>>41625082It's early so caffeine. Caffeine is on the menu. I don't really eat breakfast usually.My system doesn't outright reject anything but my mission in life is to delay or prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. I'm living on borrowed time--my fasting numbers were not great 5 years ago. But by some miracle / actually caring about my health for once WE ARE SO BACK!Not actually sure what I'm in the mood for for later. Chat what should I eat?
>>41625595My suggestion for food French toast, strawberries, and a poached egg or you could have my breakfast of rice, honey, hot sauce, an egg yoke and mixed fruit on the side
>>41626001See breakfast for lunch or dinner, that's an idea I can get behind!
>>41626463Breakfast for dinner is the most based option imaginable
I DONT WANT TO DO THIS HOLIDAY MEETING TONIGHT KMS
>>41626748My life is proof God has a sense of humorBreakfast for dinner is proof of God's love>>41627003I'm sorry :( I hope it at least goes as well as can be expected.
>>41627026This is my fourth meeting/holiday party… it’s glam (rhinestone ) football theme.. god has abandoned me
damn this board moves too fast for this thread
I know, there’s a new shit thread every like 2 minutes
>>41627059I'll send you good thoughts.>>41627277It's Sunday and we all know nobody who posts on this board has anything else to do.
>>41627578Pray for me… it goes on till 1030 tonight
>>41627615That's rough :(Also what the hell is glam football?
>>41627956I live in buffalo so it’s “buffalo bills” everything. Think of jerseys with rhinestones, make up in team colors, sparkley Ugg boots ,football shaped and themed party food .. I’m not into sports at all and don’t own anything football related I’m just gonna wear a black turtleneck dress
>>41628039Oooh I see.Side note but I wonder if I still have any of the infinite pile of Minnesota Vikings things my family bought me after I decided they were my favorite pro team so my brother would quit asking.My personal interest in football is limited to eating food and watching the superbowl with a bunch of lesbians. Though this year (which I actually thought was last year because I forgot the game was in February) we ended up watching Pulp Fiction instead of watching KC get absolutely destroyed.
>>41628262Pulp fiction is waaaay more fun imo I think I’ve worked every Super Bowl since i moved out like 16-17 years ago lol
>>41628363The movie was fun! If you can believe this I'd never seen it.I don't mind the game desu. I'm just not really invested in the outcome. I was rooting for KC only because I knew my brother would be.You could probably keep me occupied until the heat death of the universe showing me movies everyone else has seen except for me.
It’s snowing here
>>41629075It's too cold and I'm not ready for it to be winter yet.
>>41630054Me neither :( I don’t want to go out tonight
>>41630139It's funny cuz I put on my winter tires so that I could but then I'm all "I dun wanna" sitting at home.Condolences on having to go out in it.
>>41630365Last bump for a bit time for four hours of boring videos about theft and harassment
>>41630779I hope things are going OK over there. And that everyone learns how not to do a sexual harassment.I'm occupying time by studying biology and endocrinology on 4chan dot org. It's quite the adventure!
>>41631850My brain is fried but I drew dinosaurs instead of participating .. oh no we have two more hours Ples god no
>>41632091I hope you're surviving out there.Cute dinosaurs! Though I'm not sure if that's the sun the moon, or an angry meteor coming to end them.
>>41632977The meteor represents my disdain of sitting soo long, the impending doom is like my stomach because it’s all meat options and no fruits or veggies, the coming ice age is what I’m living in now … I stood out like a ghoul tonight in black haunting the place lol
>>41633084<3And we wouldn't have it any other way!
>>41633234Maybe I shouldn’t dress in all black with boots and leather straps I looked more like I’m going to a funeral than a holiday party>or do red eye makeup to look more sleep deprived
>>41633253You say to the woman who spent most of her time in all-black for a good two or three years.That does sound intense though.
>>41633442That’s just me every day lol except the one day I wore pink with black stripes
>>41633537Black is a good color though!This summer I went through an aggressively pink phase. Was kinda fun.
are guys with gay voice intersex?
i wish i was born not just a mental freak (tranny), but as a physical freak as well like you all you justify my mental freakiness
>>41634624like you all to justify my mental freakiness*god i need to get some sleep
I’m awake .:: there’s snow everywhere my mortal enemy>>41634673Slep>>41634614No but have 9/11 Batman tattoo as a consolation
For some god forsaken reason I larped as being intersex a couple years ago and most people I know think I'm intersex. I look like pooner so people that don't know much don't question it but one day I'm gonna get found out and that's gonna be stupid as hell whenever it happens
>>41634624Would you actually accept yourself being both if you were?>>41635814Legitimately why?
>>41635814kill yourself, pathetic dishonest retard
>>41634624Calling people freaks is pretty gross behavior :( what’s wrong with just being yourself?
>>41634614no, but some of us do have a gay voice.
>>41634614Googling it to try to break down the components, gay voice sounds more like a change in how you operate your voice than something physical:Higher pitch variationLonger vowel and 's' soundsGreater degree of enunciationThe heavy use of gay subculture termsTo some extent it could be thought of as habitual feminization but I think gay voice is a distinct phenomenon. This is separate from the effects of testosterone on the vocal tract, which include:Lowering of resonances from the expansion of resonant spaces in the vocal tractLowering of pitch and a change in character caused by the thickening of the vocal cordsYou can hear these changes in women with a habitually feminine voice by listening to current or former anabolic steroid users.Habituation can also to some extent overcome these changes or their absence--this is the basis of trans voice training--but they are induced by a physical process.Is there a stereotyped gay timbre as well?>t. basically faked a guy voice, not particularly convincingly, for a lot of my life
>>41636098>bee yourselfNice.>>41635557No snow but it's unseasonably cold here :(
>>41637303I’ve been told I have a gay voice to that of a retarded child :/ big reason why I picked up smoking and faked a man voice (think lance from portlandia)
>>41638399We have a few inches here, not much but a lot of ice .. I wish I could crawl back under some blankets
>>41624986im neurologically intersex can i post here
>>41638405People are so cruel :(I still can't get over the fact I went from being annoyed that I sounded like a child to being annoyed that (I thought) I sounded like Ben Shapiro practically overnight.
>>41638515I think ur thread is this one >>41636824It's still up if you hurry!
>>41638851I’m sure you need to take speed and lightly huff helium to sound like Ben lol
>>41634624thanks anon that was really nice of you to say
>>41639033I should see if I can figure out how to do impressions of him. The flexibility of the human voice kinda fascinates me.I suppose if I can't make it work there's always the helium.
>>41639738If you can talk fast and in a circle then you’ve got him down
>>41624986being trans is a form of neurological intersex
I’m almost done here at work :) I think I need to use a netty pot soon to clean out
>>41640128sounding LANs is a form of urological intercourse>>41640439Oh hey I do sinus rinsing sometimes! It's a gamechanger. It's soooo dryyyyyyyyy in here right now.
>>41640718It’s a total game changer, I think the mold at work is getting me sick rn, probably some hot tea will feel good though
>>41638998>>41638515samefag>>41640128>>41640718also samefagalso inbreds gtfo out of lgbt this is not a community for deformities
I’m making hot tea
>>41642438Is it yummy? I haven't had hot tea in a long time but it's definitely the season for it.
>>41643003It’s a warm apple tea with local honey (well local for my brother a state away)
>>41643035Ooooh that does sound yummy!I have some local honey from here I put in things sometimes and it makes me happy.
>>41643743Honey might be one of the best things in existence ever: also before bed bump
>>41643974Yeeeeeees. It's also really good on sopapillas!
>>41645087>sopapillaHow have I never heard of these before O:
Bump - I have a sinus infection woo! Time for a month or so of getting over this>picnotrel I just want this plush but it’s like 300usd and I’m a broke bitch
>>41646413Boo sinus infections>>41645823Yay sopapillas!The one big thing I miss from back home is definitely the food.
>make appointment with radiology>it's just an ultrasound how much can that be?>log in to prepay the part I owe>see the number they actually bill insurance>experience periodic reminder that US healthcare is doomed
>>41647370Yikes I’m sorry, it’s ridiculous how much they charge :(
>>41647416Well, heading out to do the thing!
>>41649022Goodluck!!! Hopefully it doesn’t take forever to get it done :p
good afternoon (morning) INTERGEN how are we doing today
>>41649806I have a sinus infection so I’m home from work, and I just woke up from my nap
>>41650136Well, that's not good! Sorry about your sinus infection... Are you at least doing something fun? I've been playing vidya (TF2)naps are based but it's really hard for me to fall asleep after i wake up so i envy those who can take them
>>41650546I’ve been relaxing today painting and watching bad movies
>>41649143It wasn't too bad! They were actually on time and everything!>>41651282I could think of worse ways to kill time!
>>41651335>on timeHell yeah!!
>>41649806I just ate my feelings about the earlier part of the day. No regrets!>>41651744My usual experience with these things is that no one even really talks to you until an hour after your scheduled appointment so hell yeah indeed!
>>41652450My favorite is the nurse that forgets about you and doesn’t take your urine sample until like an hour later
BUMPUMPMPP
>>41653057Now that's just mean :(
>>41627277>>41627304There's like 7 of us. We just don't have enough to talk about to keep a thread active and meaningful. We should just make a chatroom or something.
>>41654359The doctor I go to regularly and the staff has been getting worse and worse over the years, like once they started using AI to schedule and even prescribe medication it’s been downhill. >>41654393I don’t disagree with this sentiment
i love my stupid bf so much i want to eat him
>>41656501Congratulations:3 I hear long pork is a popular dish this time of year
Don't really go on 4chan much these days because I'm a phone poster and they ruined phone postingBut I like threads where I can talk about being intersexDid any of yall eventually get a normal relationship with gender? Because I feel like it's been a long time and I'm still fucked up about it. I kind of internalized the sense of being Some Third Thing and everyone just socialized based in gender so it mostly makes me lonely. I try to just hang out with coed friend groups and eject when things slant too hard one way (which they usually end up doing). My parents called me a boy growing up but the people in school called me a girl. Now I call myself a girl and I only like it marginally more than calling myself a boy. I don't like calling myself neither because it feels lonely but it's how I feel
>>41655764>AI to prescribe medicationI'm concerned for the state of civilization right now. Sometimes I ask AI questions just to see how enthusiastically it'll hallucinate answers.Google has gotten pretty useless but somehow AI manages to be worse.>>41654393Yeah :-/
>>41624986As an individual with an intersex condition my experiences have been being born with a numpty dick and having my existence used to justify cutting the tits off little girls. Pleased to meet ya!
>>41656570I think loneliness is an under stated symptom of being different. Like iktf in that at home it’s everything male to solidify what my parents and therapist wanted, socially around peers I was called everything from a he-she, it, and general homophobic slurs regularly, and now more than a decade after that I’m finally comfortable with who and what I am and how I identify myself. I think it’s fine if you do or don’t identify as one or the other, at the end of the day it’s what matters to you. I’m happier as I am now and more comfortable in this skin than I was six years ago, you should be able to have that same feeling no matter how you identify or what conditions your body has. I don’t know if it helps but I hope you’re less lonely soon anon
Pmub
I hate being sick at work :(
>>41660852Having to go to work sick sucks
hitler had kallman's lmao hitler for next intergen pichttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/adolf-hitler-dna-sexual-disorder-kallmann-syndrome-b2864008.html
>>41661335No let’s not>>41661130The worst part is the guy who smelled like hotdog water
Goodnight [INTERGEN] I hope everybody has nice dreams tonight
>>41661613>hotdog waterWait what? Did he like bathe in it or something?
>>41666389I don’t know how to put it but there’s a guy at work who literally smell like hotdog water like I think he’s got to bathe in it or it’s all he eats and it permeates everything
>>41666487That sounds uniquely unpleasant. Unless you really really love hotdogs.>>41661335You mean my doctor's gotta collect a history and get prior authorization for genetic tests but Hitler gets them just because? BAKA
>>41667750>hitler doesn’t have to pay out the ass for testing while I’m paying off a $300 urine testLife is unfair is an understatement
>>41667952>$300 urine testOk I'll stop complaining now holy shit.That ain't right.
Mothefuxking hotdog man is back! Why??
>>41669415He's been enjoying that salty, savory hotdog wine. Only the finest for our hotdog man.
>>41670154His favorite vintage
>>41670556This is the best thing I've seen today, and likely the best thing I will see today. Thank you!
In the end I did not have a hot dog. Instead I had a sad white people burrito bowl (Chipotle).I'll have to enjoy hotdog wine another day.
>>41672461Chipotle isn’t bad though it’s still super tasty
Anybody else have problems with their nervous system? Like I have weird issues with pain sporadically occurring not in my joints but all throughout my body or like spasms
>>41673445I have an RA like flare up thing that will happen seemingly at random every few months. No reason has been found to date, its not RA. It involves onset pain and stiffness. There is some minor red inflammation especially with larger joints. Onset is wildly fast, like 12 hours from when I first notice symptoms. It hangs around 2-3 days, sometimes it hurts enough I cry. and then its just gone by the 4th or 5th day.
I'm not intersex, I just want to say hi! hope you're all having a very nice day! or night.
>>41674570Hi and goodmorning fren thanks for bumping >>41674062I’ve been tested for both RA and FM but both were negative, it’s soo weird how ill be fine one minute but then the next it’s like sharp intense pains like in the middle of my arms and like only the right hemisphere of my brain for like 5-10 minutes be okay for like a few hours and then it starts in a different spot. I gave up on figuring it out since I don’t have enough for the testing >last night I was reading and just doubled over due to brain pain
>>41674062>>41675953Damn that sounds awful.I had seizures as a newborn but thankfully I grew out of them.
>>41676709I still have them, not as regularly or which I know of, I’ve been told I have them in my sleep, but it could be night terrors making me thrash and spasm. Last grand mal was at least 15+ years ago.
>>41677025I have a friend who found out he was having seizures in his sleep after he'd wake up sore having wet the bed.
>>41677530Yeah, it’s why I tend to just be “preemptive” with sanitary products not just because of physical issues but … yeah.
>>41678241If it makes you feel any better:I wet the bed basically my entire life. Common issue in my family but I was the only one who never grew out of it. No one ever tried to get me help. My parents sent me off to college like that. Absolute champions at pretending problems don't real.I remember reading anyone who carried that into adulthood had a maybe 1% chance of ever solving it, so I never tried to get help either. Plus I was too embarrassed so I just accepted that this was my fate.No idea why but hormone therapy seems to have cured me. It wasn't overnight. It was a very gradual thing. Like who would've ever guessed that would've been the answer?Have you talked to a neurologist about what's going on in your sleep?
>>41678344Yeah, about the seizures or the night terrors? Night terrors I worked on with a trauma therapist, and like it’s definitely some bad things in the past, likely from SA that may have directed things in that matter, but that’s an ongoing issue. As for seizures, they didn’t want me to take medication unless they were more frequent but to make sure I take things like sodium tablets to make sure my bp doesn’t fall too far since that seemed to be the correlation but it could have just been a symptom post seizure that they were relying on. I feel like my body works against me
>>41678439Mostly I ask to make sure you're sure they are night terrors and not seizures. I won't hound you about it but I read what you wrote and I worried about you a little.
>>41678477I think they are night terrors mostly, the difference is mostly the difference in how I feel waking up the next day
>>41679607I hope they get better for you.
>>41680144I hope so too, but the genuine enjoyment of spicy miso has eroded all concerns in my life.
Bumo
>>41681088I'm glad! Sounds yummy!
>>41682441It was beyond belief
I got bit by a litter box :(
>>41683422I’m perplexed however I’ve been attacked by a toilet at work so I’m in no position to question or judge
>>41684324I think I must've cut myself on the cardboard packaging or something. I didn't really notice until I saw blood.Now I gotta hear the attack toilet story!Kind of a tangent but some people at the school I went to invented a game called toilet chunk baseball. They were very drunk. Basically you hit chunks of toilet with 2x4s.
>>41684646Short of it, I worked at a gas station over night when I dropped out of college for extra money, I would always get the college crowd, one night a person I worked at my other job (restaurant) came in there super drunk to use the bathroom, w/e. Anyway he slips out of the store super quick only for me to see a river of feces gushing out of the little hallway where the bathroom was. I’m the only person there working it’s like 2 am and there’s a fecal river, I’m freaking out, like I’m 22 people are stealing shit there’s a literal poop river broken shards of toilet everywhere I wind up having to clean this up. Worst night ever, in my franticness I kick everybody out, cleaning everything using like a gallon or two of bleach, but I wind up cutting myself by accident picking up the porcelain shards, I cry in the office until like 5am and when the next person comes in, super upset and distraught the old man who operated the gas pumps comes in blames me and calls me a fag. I just stood there in shock, no words, clock out and leave. I stopped showing up after that day
>>41685250Wow that's uniquely horrifying. And what an asshole to blame you for it!
>estrogen low every time it was tested>testosterone high but not in the male range>high dhea-s>never had a regular period, then they stopped completely at 15>slapped with a pcos label by pediatrics without deeper investigation>getting on T fixed all of the pelvic pain and early menopause symptoms>haven't been able to get childhood records>no reason to investigate further because of transition>some naturopath doctor I saw twice sent a sample to a lab for a gene test, and only got one result back for the X-linked geneswhat next? karyotype?
Bump I don’t have my eyes on yet
>>41687142Fun fact! Glasses make my vision worse. My optometrist wants to train me into them because while I haven't lost near accommodation yet I'm old enough that I'm living on borrowed time.
>>41686638If you have the money and insurance, go for it, it’s expensive but that’s about the one downside>>41687866I kinda miss wearing them, i don’t have peripheral vision after an accident it’s just kinda blackish (like vague horse blinders ) and the best solution i found was contacts. I had to look up optical accommodation, I thought having things be blurry then come into view is normal
>>41687980So one of the features of aging is it gets harder to focus on things close to you because your eye lenses become less flexible. That's why a lot of older people get reading glasses, bifocals, trifocals, or they just crank up the font size on their phones and complain they can't read my tiny ass handwriting in school.Sorry about the accident :(
>>41688646It’s a lesson of making sure safety equipment is in proper condition, especially goggles when you’re sand blasting or welding lol
>>41686638>no reason to investigate further because of transitionYeah I got a response kinda like that when I approached a doctor about scarring and it's a core memory now. I was in such a weird place and kind of phasing in and out of denial about it and then to get a reply that's somehow worse than useless. It's crazy-making.
>>41656570Real I remember being in high school and people were confused about my gender identity which confused me even more
>>41688717YeaaaaahGlad that didn't turn out worse!
>>41690905Yeah although it was a fun course and an interesting internship/apprenticeship I never want to do bronze sculpture work again. I wasn’t strong enough to lift it or do anything aside from cleaning the pieces
>>41691810Yeah that's fair.I feel like I have way fewer neat life adventures than you do.>>41689917My own mother was verbally confused about my gender identity. Talk about a unique mindfuck!
Been cleaning my house today. I am le tired.What's everyone else up to today/tonight?
>>41692514My life is a lot of misadventures, I kinda feel like between it all it’s a mistake in general>>41693993Going to bed, have to be up for work at 1am then we’ll see what happens:3 enjoy your clean house
>>416943711am is not a real wakeup time you can't make me believe in it.
>>41696118It’s a terrifying truth, I’m awake again :( >PSA stay in school don’t drop out
>>41696118I wake up at 6pm sometimes, so I'll believe it
>>41696870Sleep cycle>5am Monday through Friday in bed by 12-1am>8am Saturday - 9pm (if lucky)>1am Sunday I think I might be a little sleep deprived :/
>>41697164Yeah that sounds pretty rough.I don't sleep enough either but my routine is pretty stable so at least I've got that going for me?
So I have 5ard would you be able to tell?
>>41698993Im going to be real. I had to look up what 5ard is, I guess your face is a little masculine, it’s an odd angle to judge from since the focal point is at your neck and bottom jaw with your head titled up. I would have guessed Greek or Croatian otherwise >>41698746>have that going for meSure!!>im in trouble at work :/ I can’t log in or out so I’m waiting on a manager to come in and fix this, I wanna go home and read
>>41698993Gendered as female, might be a weird angle though
>>41699521Noooo hope the work stuff worked out! And that you get to read now!>>41698993My brain says female but yeah thirding the angle.
>>41649143dang i rember that two horned chick, childhood was wild
>>41701138I’ve been running through reading berserk… it’s a rough read and really really sad but good, I’m almost at the end but my physical body crashed out and I finally slept after work now just waking up lol>>41702062I love witch queen bandora, between her cool friends, awesome makeup and clothing, and dating the floating head of Satan while she turns the reanimated corpse of their child into an evil super cyboge-machine man… literally goals <3
>>41702563Haha fair enough. Yeah I don't think I could do your schedule without regular crashes like that. I can barely do MY schedule like that!
>>41702757I’m soo ready for a crashout lol
Am I intersex if I’m 100% male anatomically and genetically but have a female brain?
>>41705177no
>>41705224But my brain is biologically female/intersex due to low prenatal testosterone exposure. I have no male spatial and math skills and I have female emotions and interests. I know it’s bc of prenatal factors because my index finger is longer than my ring finger.
>>41705264>I have no male spatial and math skills and I have female emotions and interests. that means nothing>I know it’s bc of prenatal factors because my index finger is longer than my ring finger.that's more than just your brain then
>>41705315>that's more than just your brain thenWhat?
>>41702563I rushed through Berserk when if I first read it. There might be a few more chapters than there were. Still never found anything like it in over a decade.
>>41705900I’m liking it for a lot of the same reasons I really fell in love with the various universal century mobile suit gundam mangas, complex characters with terrible lives and choices decided what’s right to do and sometimes what’s absolutely the wrong thing. I’m curious to see what miura’s understudies decide to do
Bummp
>>41705264Woman is when can't math>>41703903Took a bit to wind down but yeah it is time to pass ouuuuuuut
>>41708730Well tbf, math is a man’s sport if anything a woman doing math probably makes her a witch, therefore in league with the devil. Pretty sure they figured this out in the 1500s
>>41674062I get this primarily in my neck and will barely be able to turn it sometimes + it hurts. I will also get swollen lymph nodes in my neck and have gotten a rash across my neck before at the same time as the lymph node swelling. Was supposed to be tested for RA last time I asked about it, only to discover I'd already been tested negative for RA after I left the doctor. Doctor couldn't figure out reasons for the rash or lymph nodes either. I keep having mysterious symptoms/issues that no one really knows the reason behind. There is also inflammation markers on my bloodwork, but no one knows why that is either. I'm not on any HRT either and never have been afaik.
>>41675953I get intense pain specifically on the right side of my head as well. There's also a specific spot on the top of the side side of my head that it seems to focus on, as well as behind my eye. I had a head CT and they said no tumors. Same as what i said here: >>41710373no one seems to understand why I have all these issues, even when there are observable physical symptoms instead of just my reports of pain/etc.
>>41686638>my estradiol is usually 30-60 >my testosterone is usually 150-200>my DHEA is usually 550-560>my progesterone is nearly nonexistent, 0.1-0.2>afab but never began having periods>significant hirsutism began at puberty >no childhood records or baby photos i didn't have access to regular medical stuff/insurance until i was in my 30s. finally got testing and i have half a uterus shoved off to one side of my pelvis with only one fallopian tube mixed alongside some wolffian stuff remaining (seminal vesicles, etc.) and ovotestis, including one that is up in my abdomen instead of my pelvis (on the side without mullerian structures/no fallopian tube). also got handwaved as PCOS at first until they realized the total androgen levels were too high to be explained by PCOS. they had to check me up and down for testosterone secreting tumors, adrenal issues, etc. because they could not figure out where the testosterone was coming from and kept saying it was too high for PCOS/an ovarian source alone.
>>41710383I think there’s a serious issue in the medical system when it comes to reporting these types of pains, what genuinely bothers me is when I report having these issues they assume I’m after painkillers, no I literally want to know why so it can be treated not just numbed
>>41710444I think some of my issues may improve with HRT, but I avoided taking HRT because it would complicate physical symptoms and hormone levels for doctors. I'm still not done with the medical bullshit. It's very slow and referrals to specialists and stuff are also very slow.
>>41709600I mean I can't promise you're not wrong about one or more of those things about me.>>41710562Obviously it's hard to predict how any given person will react especially given your circumstances but it's wild how different my post-HRT life is.Sorry medical stuff is delaying you :(
>>41711366Can't promise you're wrongUgh brain no words good
>>41711372>cant promise you’re wrongShhhhh they’ll burn us like they do Harry Potter books; I’m not looking for another inquisition >>41710562Like I would say that it’s worth it to try, however I wouldn’t say that it made my chronic issues worse or better, if anything it made me more aware and want to treat myself better and try to be more preemptive towards when I get flair ups
>>41712474>Shhhhh they’ll burn us like they do Harry Potter booksToo real!>treat myself betterThat's been a huge thing for me too. I'm not perfect by any means but I started making an effort to take care of myself.
Everybody I have an announcement I shared part of my lunch with a squirrel today>>41713355I don’t think anybody is perfect and it’s cool that there’s always room to improve ourselves :)
>>41714448Ooh what'd you and the squirrel have?
>>41715299I shared half my honey crisp apple and I had some granola on my backseat in the car, it’s getting cold and they mowed at work so I’m not sure there’s much food for them. And unlike me it’s good that they get chubby for the winter
>>41710562The frequency of these RA like events diminished pretty substantially after I started HRT. But I also made a lot of changes over those first months from getting rid of processed foods and sugars, working out more, and trying to pace myself better instead of just being stubborn.My bone density also increased over the first year, which elevated me out of osteopenia and into a normal range. Again hard to tell if its the HRT, the eating better, or the working out. Probably some combination of the three.
>>41715988Awww that's sweet of you!
>>41718891The little wildlife around here is soo cute, I want them to just be safe and well fed >plus who doesn’t like a tasty apple :)))
intergen is a dumb name
>>41710433>also got handwaved as PCOS at first until they realized the total androgen levels were too high to be explained by PCOS.>they could not figure out where the testosterone was coming from and kept saying it was too high for PCOS/an ovarian source alone.oh, that's fascinating. I didn't know there was a cap. I only had a few E tests, but it was similarly only ever 26-30 ng/dl. my T and dhea were just a little bit lower than yours.I know I have a tiny uterus. supposedly I have ovaries or things that look like ovaries (I don't have the records anymore so I'm working off of what kid-me remembers the doctor said), but they couldn't be seen at all on my last scan.I don't think I've had any of those other checks. I need to go pester my pediatrician's office at christmas for my records.
>>41719573What would you call it?>>41719532It's true! Tasty apples for everyone!
>>41719845Same anon.My "ovaries" were also huge. They did a pelvic MRI and in addition to one being found above my pelvis and detached from the single-fallopian-tube-having lopsided uterus, when the radiologist measured them and calculated the volume with the normal ovarian formulas, the volume of mine were 26 and 27 ML. Normal ovarian volume is 3-6ml. Normal testicular volume is 15-25ml. Basically, they are huge, and there is no missing them on my scans.
>>41719573It’s not the worst, but it’s been the thread name for a hot minute, intersex general isn’t bad either just less stylish
Good morning beautiful people of 4chan! I am exhausted and there is not enough caffeine in the world for this week. But we're getting through the stuff and doing the things and all that.How's everyone else doing?
>>41722777>lucky trips I kneel, I’m kinda craving coffee now just saying but going grocery shopping and getting an oil change after work, really been craving grapes recently our produce sections have been lacking :/
>>41722977That's unfortunate about the lack of produce :(Yeah yesterday I did a bunch of shopping. Gonna try to eat like a normal person or something. Wish me luck?
