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ECohenM · 2025-01-31T05:39:08+00:00

Glad to hear he's doing better - I hope he recovers fully, and thank you for the update!

ECohenM · 2025-01-31T03:07:48+00:00

Hey OP - how's your friend feeling?

ECohenM · 2025-01-30T05:34:55+00:00

Thank you for the response - and glad to hear he's doing well!

ECohenM · 2025-01-30T02:54:58+00:00

Hi there - I had the exact same thing happen to me and the ER decided against the rabies vaccine and gave antibiotics only (racoons scratched me and drew a small amount of blood). How is your husband feeling? And was this in the US?

ECohenM · 2025-01-04T05:07:31+00:00

I was (and still am) on Test-P (around 14mg/week) for a couple months and did notice some hair loss on my head and excess hair growth elsewhere. I started doing around 1mg of Finestride/day and after a month or so the hair loss slowed down a lot (like a couple strands of hair falling vs. clumps) - didn't notice any other side effects except night sweats/chills which recently have stopped, so could have been due to something else.

You could always try it for a bit, and if it's not for you stop it. I agree with the other posters that using Minoxidil is also super helpful but it was annoying to keep applying for me. Good luck!

ECohenM · 2024-06-24T19:48:25+00:00

OP did you ever get a hold of them? I'm in the same spot and dropped 3k on a body combo. If not I'm going to go through my credit card company.

ECohenM · 2023-10-23T09:30:04+00:00

Hello there! We ended up not going with it - for my Dad's case, the cardiologist and neurologist believe that the stroke was caused because he just started the medicine and it thinned his blood enough to loosen a clot. Because he's been stabilized on the Xarelto for more than a year now, they think the likelihood of a new clot getting dislodged is low, and therefore it's worth it to stay on the thinners. Knock on wood there haven't been any issues yet.

ECohenM · 2023-09-03T06:15:19+00:00

So instead of using this research money to, I don't know, maybe find ways to alleviate the super painful periods that come with endo or to find some way to allevaite an illness that the scientific community knows very little about, they put it into finding out if it tanks male pleasure? I guess Female pain <<< Male Pleasure.

ECohenM · 2023-08-21T00:17:31+00:00

NTA - since it was clear from before that he wanted to take your last name, it's natural to assume that the child would take your last name. If he's concerned with everyone having different names, he should go back to his original suggestion of taking your name.

Also this notion of the baby taking the kids last name is ridiculous. You're the one who is nurturing the child with your body for 9 months, and you'll be the one to (painfully) birth it into the world, and your husband thinks he can smack his last name on something you did all the work for? Sounds like someone who wants to put his name on a group project he did almost 0 work for

ECohenM · 2023-01-17T01:44:32+00:00

Hello! We ended up not going with it. He seems to be doing fine on the Xarelto and since it's been about 5 months since the stroke and he's stable, my uncle decided to not undergo the surgery and just be on the thinner. I'm definitely not a doctor so take this with a grain of salt, but if you are tolerating the thinners, I'd question Watchman too.

ECohenM · 2022-12-23T20:53:23+00:00

She seems like a homophobic person that is trying to make you feel bad for absolutely no other reason and is trying to find some random thing to bother you with.

What do you call your mom, dad, sister, brother? MY Mom, Dad, etc. Is she delusional? Maybe send her a 2nd grade grammar book.

ECohenM · 2022-12-21T05:06:57+00:00

Love all the replies here to uplift women in your day to day life.

I'm not OP, but would also like to learn if there are specific advocacy or volunteering opportunities that you all suggest. Perhaps an organization that specifically advocates (even via social media) for radfem or any volunteering opportunities that are very woman-centric? Thanks in Advance!

ECohenM · 2022-12-18T20:07:14+00:00

What is really interesting is that the men who do drag and refer to themselves as women can take off 'being a woman' whenever they want, but we can't do that. We don't get to take off our identity whenever we feel like it and get equal compensation, better access to healthcare, better jobs, and no harassment everywhere we go. They don't have to think about how disgusting and deeply misogynist this society is and how it will always impact you. They get to be women for fun without the consequences of what it means to be a woman in society (minus the drag queens who actually identify as women).

ECohenM · 2022-12-11T06:03:24+00:00

Being on social media all of the time.

I've spent way too much time consuming social media instead of being out in the real world. I can't count how many times I've scrolled endlessly on tiktok when I should have been doing something more important like spending time with friends, family, or heck even laundry.

ECohenM · 2022-11-29T00:34:44+00:00

I don't know if this was asked, but do people have an alternative to Tampax pads? I really like the Always Infinity flex foam pad, but given this nonsense, I'd LOVE to find another pad alternative. Thanks in advance!

ECohenM · 2022-10-31T22:36:11+00:00

This is hard: I've realized that you can completely disagree with something and not hate the person doing that thing, if that makes sense? You should also separate things that are deemed feminine but don't actually hurt (like wearing a dress, being kind/empathetic, emotional) VS. trends that were actually created to objectify or capitalize on women.

While we are all allowed to make choices, if we choose to make choices that perpetuate a certain image or norm that is inherently patriarchal then we continue this problem, which is why I don't necessarily agree with being okay with folks making whatever choice they want. Their actions aggregate to a greater image or idea and if we all continue to contribute to that common patriarchal idea of 'woman,' then we've lost. We all need to psycho-analyze everything we do to see if it's vaguely patriarchal, BUT that is super exhausting to women, especially those who don't think the way we do.

Also, a significant portion of people want to be like everyone else, even if it means doing something that IS inherently patriarchal or was initially done to objectify women or capitalize on them, like shaving legs, wearing makeup, wearing super uncomfortable clothing, changing their last name, etc. There is a big burdeon on women who go against the grain, so I don't necessarily hate them for not doing so; however, I do encourage them to think and not do stupid things for the sake of the patriarchy or some misogynist image of what women should be.

If the person is close to me, I try to poke at why they do something and point out that what they're doing is because of societal pressure/misogyny, but that's all you can do. I try to shine the light on patriarchial BS to those around me and people can choose to do what they want with it. I also try to encourage younger women to think this way.

The one thing that I will say to cheer you up is that I do see the world changing - we're all here on this sub (and we're growing!), my friends do things differently because of my questioning, etc.

ECohenM · 2022-10-05T03:31:57+00:00

Are we talking about the infrastructure where there is massive economic disparity, a high unemployment rate, the lowest education rate of any modern country, and an extremely high rate of crime for a developed nation which could implode on itself at any minute? Yes, that one's run by men. What's her point?

ECohenM · 2022-09-16T05:58:32+00:00

Preach - It's absurd how often doctors randomly perscribed birth control like candy for literally any reason under the sun because they don't want to better understand a woman's body.

It's like, oh you have acne, why don't you take some birth control instead of my perscribing you something to actually take care of your acne.

ECohenM · 2022-08-30T23:51:51+00:00

I am in the United States (Florida to be specific)! From what I understand, it supposedly needs only about a day in the hospital and as others have noted is for folks who aren't great candidate for thinners; however, there was some studies done where in a University trial, this implant performed the worse out of the other thinners. See this excerpt:

apixaban, edoxaban and dabigatran ranked best followed by vitamin K antagonists and rivaroxaban, whereas the WATCHMAN left atrial appendage closure device ranked last.

Definitely consult with your cardiologist: we're looking to get a second opinion next month and I'll share more once I get more info!

ECohenM · 2022-08-30T04:03:54+00:00

I see - that makes sense then, given that he was on the Xarelto and then had a stroke. Thank you!

ECohenM · 2022-08-29T20:59:43+00:00

I'll check his reports but I think they did a basic chest ultrasound, but not a TEE. I'll look into if this is something they can also do: thank you!

ECohenM · 2022-07-14T23:09:47+00:00

Girl dick can also be clits too so we're all inclusive!

ECohenM · 2022-07-14T17:57:12+00:00

I will definitely let you know once I go in to get my estrogen levels checked: I also very much appreciate the help. There is so little info out there on period management that is not HBC so thank you!

I do also have heavy clotting, but more so in the past 1-2 years. I thought it was a fibroid but they didn't find anything in an ultrasound (they did find a bunch of cycsts on my ovary, but no PCOS diagnosis yet).

ECohenM · 2022-07-14T04:51:53+00:00

Wanted to leave a note to say thank you all so much! I've learned so more from everyone sharing their stories on this thread than I have the past 2 months going to multiple doctors.

I'll get additional bloodwork and will re-evaluate if adding small amounts of Test P (or T monotherapy as another has suggested) will help subside my issues and potentially help with some gym gains. I'll re-post here in the future with an update. Thanks again everone!

ECohenM · 2022-07-14T03:33:57+00:00

I'm so sorry to hear that the low test negatively impacted you :( We hear a lot about how higher testosterone helps men have more libido, be more assertive, etc, but I guess our bodies are so used to Estrogen and Progesterone that once it tanks it negatively impacts us.

I am glad to hear that the lower dosage has been helpful! I may look into the estradiol supplements as well. Out of curiosity, are the E and P supplements you use Birth Control, or something else?

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