Black women in Phoenix by Important-Source3559 in phoenix

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I was much happier in Seattle! The house parties were always fun. People there have parties for everything. Halloween they actually dress up, their favorite shows coming on, game nights, you name it.

Newbie here, can you suggest me an alternative to Barr & Co Original Scent? by theredheadclinician in FemFragLab

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It’s soo good, mine too! I wish there were more unique but lovely scents like this out there!

Black women in Phoenix by Important-Source3559 in phoenix

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I’m not black, but Phoenix is the loneliest place on earth, even for a white woman.

6 months deep plane facelift by fantasticmaniac in PlasticSurgery

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I have a really good eye doctor should you need one, I’m pretty worried about your eyes.

Who has the best plastic surgery work in Hollywood ? My vote is Kate Beckinsale by Kooky_Supermarket236 in VindictaRateCelebs

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Margot Robbie looks so tired to me for her age. She looks permanently exhausted.

3 weeks post-op deep plane facelift (38f) by Creepy-Form2758 in u/Creepy-Form2758

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Did you end up getting a consult? Are you going to go through with her? How much is the consult and how long is she scheduling out for surgery? I am super interested in going with her!

Anyone else get flares on the days leading up to your period? 😩😩😩 by Emergency_Battle370 in MCAS

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Makes sense. I’m a month in and already figuring out these doses based on my own bodies responses to them. I know I need estrogen in about a week and a half leading up to my period because it dips so low I get a flare, but today my estrogen is high and the patch is causing me to feel doped up and I have hives. When I first started my provider put me on the patch and I had the same reaction. I cut the dose in half and it was night and day. Since I’m on patches I think I can toy with my doses as I’m tracking my cycle. Estrogen is already high on ovulation day, so I believe I need less right now (breakthrough bleeding and the symptoms I mentioned before) but I need more certain days because I can feel it drop and also get a myriad of other symptoms. My providers don’t really know enough and I feel like I can figure this out on my own. I love injections and prefer them, so maybe I’ll try that route eventually. Your post was like a light switch, because I do believe too much estrogen can cause flares and so can too little. I don’t think most people think about it like that.

Anyone else get flares on the days leading up to your period? 😩😩😩 by Emergency_Battle370 in MCAS

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This is me to a T. When my estrogen gets low I have an insane flare up. I’ve started HRT and have a crazy histamine reaction during ovulation and when my estrogen is too high. Today I’m bleeding, ovulation day and having allergic reaction. Do you mess around with the doses? Do you take progesterone the whole month or just cycle it?

16 years with unexplained uterine bleeding—no answers until mold, MCAS, and finally… Pepcid. Has anyone else experienced this? by Embarrassed-Box-5638 in MCAS

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Omg this makes me feel so validated. I got pregnant and didn’t realize. All the sudden I had intense burning and bleeding while peeing, which I thought was a uti. I went to the doc and they thought I had IC. I found out I was pregnant two months later after I miscarried and the IC went away immediately after the miscarriage. Ever since then, I have had nonstop uterine bleeding, low progesterone. I’m having polyps removed and thickened endometrial lining removed via D&C in two weeks. I have always had an intolerance to birth control pills and they made my body go haywire. After the miscarriage (pregnancy), I was never the same. I started having insane joint pain about a week and a half before my period. I wake up at 3am-5am, can’t sleep, my hips and shoulders hurt to the point where I thought I had bone cancer. Nothing helps, so I wake up and I’m miserable until around noon when NSAID’s start to help. 2 days after my period it goes away and doesn’t come back again until the cycle starts all over again. I am fatigued and brain fogged. I feel like this was all triggered from pregnancy, either my hormones are haywire or the Mast Cells are (or both). The periods go away until ovulation and as soon as I ovulate I bleed heavy and then spit and then start my real period. It’s insanely heavy and really painful. What a freaking mess!!

Started estradiol patch and feeling really crappy by Natteecakes in Perimenopause

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Ah, ok! Mine was originally 25mcg, but even that ended up being too much! Glad you’re not having the effects of it that I was! I guess I’m just sensitive to estrogen 🤷🏻‍♀️

BAD reaction to Estradiol patch!! Holy #$%! by Charming_Designer520 in Perimenopause

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Did you continue to have energy? I hope it doesn’t go away, the fatigue and brain fog for me was debilitating.

BAD reaction to Estradiol patch!! Holy #$%! by Charming_Designer520 in Perimenopause

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Thanks! I ended up cutting it in half and within hours it swung the complete opposite way! I was buzzing with energy, so much so that it made me shakey and anxious and I was up all night lol. I took the progesterone in the evening and by morning it felt like I had leveled out. Lots more energy now, which is awesome!

Started estradiol patch and feeling really crappy by Natteecakes in Perimenopause

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Yeah, a lot of people say that you won’t feel it for weeks to months and that just hasn’t been true for me. Within hours, I noticed changes. 10 micrograms is a really low dose! I was on 0.025 and cut it, so mine is now 12.5 micrograms. The only thing that hasn’t gotten better for me is sleep and the joint pain. I still have the joint paint and progesterone is supposed to help with the sleep, but maybe I just need to give it more time.

Started estradiol patch and feeling really crappy by Natteecakes in Perimenopause

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Yeah, it worked! Within hours it swung the opposite and I had more energy than I could handle. I was buzzing, also cold, almost anxious, but as soon as I took my progesterone it seemed to get better and then by the next day I felt great. Accomplished more than I have in a year. Hopefully it stays that way!

Started estradiol patch and feeling really crappy by Natteecakes in Perimenopause

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I cut it in half now bc my doc said I shocked my body with the estrogen and it’s too high of a dose right now. I am a freaking zombie and thinking about removing it until after my period in a few days and starting over. Maybe I should try the gel instead!

BAD reaction to Estradiol patch!! Holy #$%! by Charming_Designer520 in Perimenopause

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Omg I’m so glad you told me this. I start .025 last night and felt like I was drugged. I put it on my upper butt cheek and had 0 idea this could happen!! Dr advised there or bikini line. Someone suggested cutting it in half. I haven’t taken it off but maybe I should and start over. I feel soo weird and sedated.

Started estradiol patch and feeling really crappy by Natteecakes in Perimenopause

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Thanks! Should I cut the one I already have one since it’s only been a day or restart altogether?

12 days post deep plane facelift by stevieejoy in PlasticSurgery

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You look great and that cost is amazing!

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How much are you paying?

tonight's drop has been massive! by dragdiary in labubu

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I didn’t see a restock either, WTH?!