Cha ChaJan 7, 2023

Please #Boost this.

I don’t usually talk about #PrimaryOvarianInsufficiency but I have it and apparently it affects 1 in 1000 “women” (i’m guessing it means people with ovaries but I didn’t perform the study so I don’t know) under 30 and 1% under 40. I want to converse with folks about how #POI and HRT affects gender and sexual identity and mood, and also experiences of diagnosis process. Feel free to message me if you don’t want to talk on the open fediverse

Show threadCha ChaJan 7, 2023
I never identified completely as a woman, but I still used she/her pronouns when I was introduced to the idea of pronouns bc I didn’t consider myself trans (tbh cis didn’t feel right either). When (unbeknownst to me) my ovaries stopped releasing regular eggs I started including they/them when asked for pronouns. I dropped she/her around the time I was diagnosed and started HRT. Being on estrogen sucks so I take testosterone. It relieves all physical side effects
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I got T bc my doc told me I could be on an androgen if estrogen wasn’t working out. They worked with me to find the right dose for me, and checked in with me about the dysphoria I felt while on feminizing drugs without anything to balance the feminization. T isn’t known to take away the side effects of E, which begs the q: were the side effects psychosomatic? Did my body stop fighting synthetic hormones bc they started validating my lack of gender?
Jan 9, 2023 at 3:35amWeb
Show threadCha ChaMar 10, 2023

People often talk about gender confirming care. I want people to know about gender dysphoric care. If your body is young and isn’t producing sex hormones and you don’t have a gender, any care is gender dysphoric. The best you can hope for is a doctor who accepts your lack of gender and is willing to adjust hormone doses until you are kind of ok

#PrimaryOvarianInsufficiency #POI #agender #TransHealthcare #GenderDysphoria

Show threadCha ChaMar 17, 2023

Most trans people have experienced gender dysphoric care. The healthcare someone receives can affect their self perception. I was ambivalently agender - neither cis nor trans seemed to fit - before receiving my diagnosis. When medication started changing my body (if I had been cis, it would have been gender affirming care) I felt wrong. I went from ambivalently agender to angrily agender

#PrimaryOvarianInsufficiency #Agender #Trans #Healthcare #HRT #Gender #Dysphoria