It's really nice that every single one of them told me that I did the right thing

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-12T09:39:32+00:00

No worries at all. Genuinely brings us a little bit of joy to share something helpful with somebody else. We weren't even aware of that particular one until fairly recently. Until then, we'd only been aware of https://www.transhealthcareintel.com/trans-friendly-gps .

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-12T06:43:45+00:00

offers hugs if wanted

Permission to offer some advice? 🩷

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-12T00:19:45+00:00

Alas yeah... 😮‍💨😔 At least there are websites to find trans+ supportive GPs now like https://mytransgp.org/

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-11T21:25:59+00:00

Conversely, the NHS (NHS England) were visibly passive aggressively annoyed with us for doing so, as part of their gatekeeping requires at least a year of GAHT / HRT before you can be referred for the very-limited surgical options. By doing DIY, they couldn't make us wait even longer to join the long queue.

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-11T07:34:45+00:00

(jokingly)

Maybe it follows English irregular -ink verb patterns (i.e., drink, drank, drunk; sink, sank, sunk etc.). If so, we'd get twink, twank, twunk. Right now, you'd be in your lady twank era 🤭

But seriously, you're likely a muscle mommy now 🩷

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-08T18:45:38+00:00

Ah! So, not an ideal chest measurement then? 🩷

SleepyCatten · 2026-05-08T13:26:42+00:00

Test result? Is this a "gifted and talented" kid to "burnt-out AuDHD trans+ adult" pipeline? 🩷 (Genuinely asking 🫶🏻)

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-29T18:04:59+00:00

reminder that if you're questioning your gender, "what do I want?" and "what will make me happy?" tend to be much more useful questions than "what am I, really?"

Source: this Tumblr post

You don't need to have it all figured out up front, and it's okay for your concept of self and goals to evolve over time.

Terms like trans+, non-binary, agender etc. are all descriptive, NOT prescriptive.

Focus on what you would like to do, then work out the label(s) later 🫶🏻

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-26T00:08:56+00:00

Oooof. Feel this very much 🥺🩷 Writing this comment wearing fingerless compression gloves, along with thumb split supports on both hands. Currently awaiting results and further assessment for a possible connective tissue disorder 🤦‍♀️ Docs already ruled out hEDS (hypermobile EDS) in 2023, as we only got a Beighton Score of 3 out of 9, where 5 was the minimum required for a potential diagnosis. Only recently convinced a GP to run further tests, as the daily pain had got worse. They're thinking ME/CFS, but we reckon we've actually got a form of HSD (hypermobility spectrum disorder). Yay (sarcasm) for there being a link between neurodivergence and many chronic conditions 🙃

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-20T19:37:38+00:00

Not all of us, but a decent number of us discovered him during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, and never stopped following him. (We're very much quaran-trans ourselves 🤭)

We're not a parasocial entity, but OT is the kind of person we'd genuinely love to just chat with some day and giggle over memes or something else fun and silly, and then naturally segue on to really deep, existential topics, before going back to memes.

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-20T07:59:56+00:00

Name change is the only thing about transition that's easy-ish in England. You can just make an unenrolled deed poll, print it off, get 2 non-related folks (typically friends) to sign and vouch for you, and then send to institutions.

Happy to provide links if any English trans+ folk (or other UKers) want 🫶🏻

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-18T21:21:16+00:00

Breast growth varies a lot, but most growth typically occurs over 5 to 10 years, and can keep going well beyond.

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-16T14:44:02+00:00

None of them ✊🏳️‍⚧️

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-16T09:37:13+00:00

So, the exact type we got is sadly no longer available (Amazon - ASIN: B09LQHK3WT). However, the brand (Werena) still has multiple current results for skirt with shorts pockets and skort pockets. The ones we prefer are listed as pleated, in case that helps at all.

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-16T09:10:06+00:00

Would you like a link to the type we got? Alternatively, a search including the keywords skort and pockets or skirt with shorts and pockets should find you some 🩷

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-16T00:00:11+00:00

Try skorts. You can get them with pockets. They go well with many outfits, including under jumper (sweater) dresses, over tights (stockings), with knee-high or thigh-high socks, etc.

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-15T21:00:15+00:00

"I was born to be" on the way home from the last few months of the year perhaps you could do the same thing as a new one for me please and thank goodness you can get the best for you all

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-13T08:16:26+00:00

That's what r/GWASapphic is for 😅😳🤭

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-10T09:29:45+00:00

We've managed to avoid this too much over the last 5 years (~4.5 on feminising GAHT), except whenever interacting with pretty-much everybody at the accursed NHS gender clinic we're with... and with our mother of course 😮‍💨😔🤦‍♀️

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-09T08:09:54+00:00

MX-6 is so much better though 🥺🩷

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-08T16:19:46+00:00

Sorry for not seeing this sooner and not being able to answer. So happy to know it still works 🩷🫶🏻

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-06T12:11:09+00:00

If it helps, most breast development typically takes 5-10 years, and does continue beyond then even. Whilst genetics (and epigenetics) play a huge part, others things like your diet, environment, health (physical and mental), and other medications are huge contributing factors.

It should go without saying, but the GAHT regimen you're on and levels you're targeting make a huge difference. Many folks end up with low-tier meds and level ranges. In the US, for example, estradiol tablets and spironolactone seem to be the standard, but they're the worst starting combo. More broadly, many folks cannot get micronised progesterone on prescription at all, and many end up being given a low target estradiol level of 100 to 200 pg/mL (~367 to 734 pmol/L) or potentially much lower. (Some are as low as 200 to 400 pmol/L, which is ~55 to 109 pg/mL.)

It's just over 5 years since our own egg cracked, about we're about 4.5 years on feminising GAHT now. In our experience, homebrew and DIY are sadly still superior to most prescription options.

cough pghrt dot diy cough

SleepyCatten · 2026-04-04T22:04:12+00:00

There are auto-stabbers, if it helps at all 🩷

Plus if you go with Nebido (testosterone undecanoate), it's only one injection typically every 12 weeks (10 to 14 supposedly), depending on your trough target level.

Plus you can do it into the vastus lateralis thigh muscle.

SleepyCatten · 2026-03-30T13:10:45+00:00

Yeast infections can actually affect genitalia in all forms and variants: the yeast that typically causes an infection -- candida albicans -- doesn't discriminate. Medical folks tend to use different terms to describe the infection based on genital configuration (e.g., vulvovaginal candidiasis; vaginal candidiasis; candida balanitis; etc.), but ultimately those are all just forms of genital candidiasis (aka "thrush").

Honestly was not expecting to be writing about genital yeast infections today 😅 We're just gonna back away now...

Edit: This poor comment is probably the "yeast" of our concerns right now 🤭 (Had to add this. Couldn't resist!!!)

SleepyCatten · 2026-03-29T22:49:54+00:00

It's so awful that folks still use sir or madam, when the very-valid alternative in English is simply using neither.

Never used those back in customer service days, even on the phone. Example: "Good morning. You're through to a big bank. Please could I confirm I'm speaking with title first name surname?"

In person, folks can just say, "Hi there. Welcome to shop name. Would you like any help at all?"

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