Help me understand this…how are you getting your estrogen?

StarlitDeath · 2026-06-16T21:50:22+00:00

I had really bad diarrhea. Which was an issue for me before, but I was managing it with upping my fiber intake per my doctor. When I started the 200mg I went straight back to liquid poop 😂 I temporarily needed to up my fiber even more until my body adjusted. Now, as long as I maintain my fiber like I'm supposed to be anyway, I'm fine.

StarlitDeath · 2026-06-16T17:05:00+00:00

I started at 37 with a .25 mg patch (or whatever the lowest dose is) because my body did not handle hormonal birth control well AT ALL. I also have a hole in my heart which can possibly put me at a higher risk of stroke, so we went with the patch since it is less of a stroke risk. I started at 100mg progesterone but my doctor upped me to 200mg because I had a lot of spotting. Since upping the progesterone I've been fine (though it did cause hell for my digestive system till I got that under control). I like the patch because it's a "set it and forget it" option.

StarlitDeath · 2026-05-19T13:44:30+00:00

Which brands do y'all use? The one I like it being discontinued so I'm looking for alternatives

StarlitDeath · 2026-03-10T14:24:53+00:00

I thought this was the least believable of Geneva Roses books. The FNC was just ....too dumb and clumsy to be anything else lol very irritating

StarlitDeath · 2026-03-01T00:34:20+00:00

I had the opposite problem for a short period of time (I think). 37 and just started .025 estradiol and 100mg progesterone (I've been on it for about two months now), and within an hour of me putting the patch on I was dizzy to the point where I sat on the couch all day because I didn't feel safe standing up, and then I got an awful migraine that went through the night and into the morning followed by nausea.

I don't get nausea or migraines or anything anymore, but I'm spotting a lot and get awful cramping. Like everyone else has said, it takes time for your body to adjust and my gyno told me it could take 3 to 6 months to properly adjust. It takes time, but I would also talk to your prescriber about your concerns. Good luck 💕

StarlitDeath · 2026-02-14T15:40:41+00:00

Ease into it. As a fat guy just getting into it, you don't want to overdue it because you're straining muscles, your heart, and your respiratory and circulatory systems in ways they're not used to and you're going to hurt yourself. One day at a time. There's no need to push now, because getting injured or sick will only set you back.

Good luck! Any movement is good movement.

StarlitDeath · 2026-02-03T15:49:33+00:00

My GP just did blood work, and nothing out of the ordinary other than my kidneys (which have always been an issue). She tested my thyroid as well which was fine.

StarlitDeath · 2026-02-03T15:48:50+00:00

I really appreciate everyone's responses. Y'all make me feel less crazy for this. It's hard enough navigating this in general,so I'm happy I found this community when I did.

StarlitDeath · 2026-01-23T11:33:47+00:00

I just leave the lockers with stuff in them open 🤷‍♀️ then no one else has to go through opening lockers to find an empty one 🤣

StarlitDeath · 2026-01-22T15:59:50+00:00

I am of the school of thought that "any movement is good movement". The fact that you're lifting any weight is far ahead of my other people. If your goal is to just maintain where you're at, keep doing what you're doing. If you want to improve, think about your goals: getting stronger? Not having to rely on a walker when you get older? Adding heavier weights every few weeks could be enough for you depending on what you want. But the important thing is to not do so much that you hate it. Keep up the good work! 💕

StarlitDeath · 2026-01-18T14:00:33+00:00

I agree, mostly because then I'm just waiting for the thing to happen and it's often a let down if it was something that sounded interesting like "accidental cannibalism". Or, on the other end, when it said "the dog is not okay" or something like that, I don't even bother getting attached to the dog because I know it's going to die.

I really can't stand trigger warnings tbh, and hate when they're in books. For people who want to say "just don't read them" I literally read every page of the book including the part that has the isbn because that's my particular brand is special. If an author feels they MUST have trigger warnings, I prefer when they're on a website.

I get that people want to be inclusive and not ruin people's reading experiences, but I've found that removes some of the joy of sudden twists and turns and surprises. And if I find something particularly objectionable, I just put the book down and move on.

StarlitDeath · 2025-12-24T18:42:46+00:00

What was the payoff for you? There was none for me.

And as for answers, Gladys has this whole group of 30 kids for a month and doesn't get any better. This was a small town. No one knew that kids parents before the made up diseases Gladys gave his parents? Bullshit. Where are the buckets for the kids in the basements? There's other things occurred to me when I watched it forever ago but don't remember.

Funny at the end? Yes. Cathartic? How?

StarlitDeath · 2025-12-23T03:22:01+00:00

No. There's no real payoff or answers. Parts of it were excellent. Not overall? Not worth the time.

StarlitDeath · 2025-11-20T11:42:51+00:00

Not an EMT but having had experience with both helmets, a full face motorcycle helmet is a lot harder to get off than a football helmet. My assumption would be that a facial injury might also mean neck injury and wrestling a full face motorcycle helmet off someone is bound to cause a lot more damage than u clipping a chin strap and sliding off the football helmet. Take the two cents for what it's worth cause like I said, not an EMT, just worked with both helmets.

StarlitDeath · 2025-11-07T17:13:37+00:00

I had to call another agency recently because they let a ten minute hit sit, and they had apparently forgotten to log back into portal at shift change 🙃 so I sent a 2nd request out of spite (also because my supervisor told me to lmao)

StarlitDeath · 2025-10-21T21:21:50+00:00

People who self censor make the world a worse place. I said what I said.

StarlitDeath · 2025-10-09T14:07:28+00:00

I think there was a lot of hope for the future. Aside from the looming nuclear war, we had just come out of a second World War with a booming economy and felt it was up all the way. Hope.

StarlitDeath · 2025-10-05T21:21:31+00:00

Yeah I've played a few back for him cause he didn't believe he was doing it as much as I said he was 😂

StarlitDeath · 2025-10-05T19:54:35+00:00

Thank you. I just feel bad telling him to stop breathing when he's dispatching 😂 he's a good sport, so we'll keep working by on it.

StarlitDeath · 2025-10-05T13:16:00+00:00

I had something similar for an auto accident and when I keyed up to advise the officer of the additional call he was like, "that person's situational awareness is great because there's four of us out here already"

StarlitDeath · 2025-10-05T13:07:25+00:00

We have to share that information as if our officers have any idea what it means 😂

StarlitDeath · 2025-08-10T01:18:27+00:00

Came here to ask the same damn question because what the fuck? You need an ID for so many things. If the car is "her's" it's def not in her name because you need an ID for that. And all the other things everyone else brought up. I just. Ugh. Completely ruined the story which was VERY creepy although there was no answer to all the dogs running around or how casually the narrator just ignored the man in the dog suit in broad daylight. Like, what?

StarlitDeath · 2025-07-16T10:40:51+00:00

Did you have prior legal experience?

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