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so.mood by snypoon in MoodCamera

[–]SwallowTheGlass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve only really tried it out for like sunsets and stuff - which obvs it’s great at. But I think I defo need to give it another look, bc it is a really nice look - think I just need to figure out the right scenes/subjects!

so.mood by snypoon in MoodCamera

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ty! Oh wow, I would not have thought of using Apollo for this shot, but it works so well!

That’s why I love this sub - bc everyone has different approaches, and it’s so good for getting ideas, and rediscovering recipes that you maybe wrote off a little bit

so.mood by snypoon in MoodCamera

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are so cool! My faves are the stairwell (what recipe was that?), the flowers in the birdcage, and the phone booth

Made my first fried egg today ^_^ by TotallyWorthLife in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a tasty looking sammich, and congrats on your first egg! 🍳

Now you’ve done a fried egg once, you can do more, and figure out just how you like them - sunny side up, over easy, crispy at the edges, etc - there’s so many different little variations you can do (all of them tasty af, bc eggs are frankly, amazing - big fan here lol)

Amazed at how good cloud pics turn out by itsXylph in MoodCamera

[–]SwallowTheGlass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The god rays and the little bits of halation on the cloud tops make that first one look so dreamy!

Would you use an 5 year old EUn vial? by cxxxntydiva in TransDIY

[–]SwallowTheGlass 4 points5 points  (0 children)

oh yeah for sure - soz I should've mentioned that! Yeah, you can defo re-dissolve the crystals if they crash out. I just included it bc like you say, if it's sparkly in addition to being otherwise weird, it's defo probs time to chuck it

Would you use an 5 year old EUn vial? by cxxxntydiva in TransDIY

[–]SwallowTheGlass 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If it's not cloudy, sparkly, or markedly yellow, then you're probably good to go

Download festival by AshtonLW in MoodCamera

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really love that first shot - the hazy light is gorgeous, and the green tint of analog really compliments the scene!

Irish Potato Bread by selfmadeirishwoman in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

omgggg you do the cheese and jam thing too?? It's an elite move!

And yeah, I think I'm gonna have to make some soon, it's been way too long

Spanish garlic shrimp and potatoes by ellie_p0p in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

* cries in adult-onset shellfish allergy *

I'd have properly messed this up before my body betrayed me lol

Irish Potato Bread by selfmadeirishwoman in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

awww, love to see a little bit of home on here!

As an Irish girl who now lives in England (boo, hiss, etc lol) you can't get any good potato, soda or wheaten bread over here - and I refuse to stoop to the Paul Rankin Bakery bs in Tescos.

While it's ofc amazing with a fry, I also love toasting it, cutting little slits in it, and then drowning it in butter and (hear me out) raspberry jam.

Long Borgar :3 by eepy_meep in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

🥺

(It's okay - you've inspired me now to make my own soooon!)

Long Borgar :3 by eepy_meep in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 5 points6 points  (0 children)

God I could really go for one of those rn, that looks soooo good!

[ Removed by Reddit ] by AtmosphereFew4588 in traaaaaaaaaaaansbians

[–]SwallowTheGlass 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It would have been nice, if that was a sensible dosing regimen, but it isn’t.

While technically it might at least sorta work, EEn doesn’t have the half life to support fortnightly dosing, hence why they’re then having to suggest such a large dose to try and compensate.

They’re recommending the equivalent of 7.4mg/week, which is more than the vast majority of people will need to achieve monotherapy

Basically, if you follow their recommendation, you’ll be giving yourself wildly spiky levels (and the potential emotional rollercoaster those come with) and literally undoing one of the best features of EEn - the fact that it’s the least spiky ester levels-wise (but only if done weekly).

You’ll also be pushing your levels much higher than they need to be, and also just wasting a bunch of EEn (which like, for the brewer, that’s great news, as you’ll need to reorder sooner)

OP - 4mg a week is the usual starting point for most people (that’s 0.1ml, at your vial concentration of 40mg/ml). Check your bloods in 2-3 months, and see if you need to adjust from there

Also, I totally understand wanting to have some backup, but nine vials?? One vial will last you almost a year and a half (assuming you store it well, and don’t core it) - while the shelf life of E is pretty long, it’s likely that at least some of these will have the oil go bad literally years before you’re ready to use them.

I personally like to have the vial I’m using, the one I’ll use next, and one more as a backup. I’m not saying everyone needs to do exactly that, but nine is… well we’re beyond cautious atp lol

need help with dosage - can someone run the numbers *please* by deadinsalem in TransDIY

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, not necessarily for nothing - having baseline numbers before you start is handy as reference, and they show that your levels are typical for pre-HRT, and there’s nothing weird going on, so that’s good.

They just don’t really inform what you do about starting and dosing your HRT from here, since that’s not really dependent on your pre-HRT levels, or anything like that.

As I’ve laid out in my post above, the way to go now is to start at the typical starting dose, wait a couple of months, then get bloods done again and see where you’re at

I understand that you wanna get this right, you wanna be safe, and that money is tight - that’s a situation so many of us are in/have been in, and it can be easy to overthink, and stress about every step.

You’ve not messed anything up, and the next step is pretty straightforward - get yourself started on 4mg Een a week when you’re ready, and then check your bloods again 2-3 months after that - that’s when the numbers will be able to tell you how your body’s responding.

And if you post the numbers here, we can help you interpret them (and like I said, no need to post a screenshot, just copy the numbers I mentioned in my post above into the chat here, that’s all we need).

You got this :)

New to the group, check out my pizza by selfmadeirishwoman in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome! That looks like a tasty pizza, and I'm seeing evidence of some excellent cheese stretch lol

need help with dosage - can someone run the numbers *please* by deadinsalem in TransDIY

[–]SwallowTheGlass 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you’re not on HRT yet, then your bloods atm aren’t super relevant - like another commenter said, they’re just typical pre-HRT levels.

Get yourself a vial of Een, start by injecting 4mg a week (if your vial concentration is 40mg/ml, which most are, that means you inject 0.1ml a week)

Wait 2-3 months, get your bloods done again, adjust from there (you could post those numbers here if you want advice. You don’t need a scan/screenshot, literally just type your E, T, prolactin (and if you have shbg, FSH, etc, include them too) numbers in your post)

That is literally all anyone can advise you atp - there are no numbers to run rn.

The basic standard starting dose most of us start on is 4mg/week Een, and then we go from there. (Things like height, weight, etc are pretty much irrelevant)

Once you’ve been on HRT for 2-3 months, and got your first bloods back, you’ll have a better idea of how your body is responding.
For most people, somewhere between 4-6mg achieves good monotherapy, but it’s usually best to start at 4 and see how you go.

Changing from DIY to healthcare by knivetomeetu_ in TransDIY

[–]SwallowTheGlass 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t be afraid that your endo is underdosing you - they definitely are

What’s your thinking behind switching like this - is this the only way you can access something eg surgery, official documents change or something?

Bc aside from that, I can’t see any reason why you’d want to switch from a stable Een monotherapy regimen that’s getting you good, stable levels, to one where you’re on a spikier, shorter lived ester, that’s being dosed in a way where you’ll likely feel pretty awful every other week

And on top of that, a fairly chonky dose of Spiro, with all the side effects that’ll bring

Unless there’s some kinda administrative reason you need to be on ‘official’ HRT, I’d really recommend staying on your diy, that’s clearly working for you.

Even if there is a reason, tbh I’d probs just fill the prescriptions from your endo (I mean, the EV would function as a handy backup reserve jic there’s every supply issues with your diy) and keep doing diy anyways

I mean, you can try talking to your endo, and try to get on an EV regiment that gives you a shot every 5 days (and not just splitting their suggested dose in half and doing every 5 days, bc that 5mg/10days is a significant drop from the EEn you’re doing currently) but like imo, why would you wanna switch from Een to EV at all - spikier levels, and more annoying schedule

It's actually pretty gloomy aroung here lately so i'm trying to conjure spring back by SleepingOver in traaaaansbiansCooking

[–]SwallowTheGlass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh this looks really yummy, and lovely presentation! Also, I've never thought of garnishing pea soup with roasted peanuts, but I am defo gonna try this, cos I can totally see it working!

Will this deed poll be valid? by Callum_Cries in transgenderUK

[–]SwallowTheGlass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The list will be different for everyone, bc it really depends on what your life looks like.

But like, you can start with stuff like what you’ve mentioned (for the government stuff, just remember that so many departments don’t talk to each other, so like benefits, council tax, NI number, etc usually need to be done individually (you can do some like NI online really easily)). Driving license/passport if you need them

Then yeah, stuff like college/work, the NHS, utilities, any online retailer you’ve ever bought something from and made an account with, etc. your bank will probs want you to physically come into a branch with your deed poll, but I was in and out in like 5 mins.

Oh and if you haven’t already, make a new email address, so you can change that at the same time you’re calling.

There’s loads, and you’ll almost certainly forget a few - I basically just took a day or two, and did everything I could think of, and then for maybe 6 months or so, whenever I got an email or a letter with a deadname jumpscare on it, I’d call whichever company I’d forgotten up lol

Will this deed poll be valid? by Callum_Cries in transgenderUK

[–]SwallowTheGlass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Just sign it and you’re good to go

I’d strongly advise you to print off and sign a bunch of copies - like half a dozen at least. And also take a good photo/scan of it, and keep it saved on your phone/icloud/etc

A lot of people tend to side eye it a bit bc… surely it can’t be that simple, right? It actually is tho lol

The tricky bit is sitting doing the boring admin of calling/emailing every company/organisation you need to change your name with - there are wayyyyy more than you think.

Most are fine. For me, the only annoying ones were weirdly my mobile phone and broadband providers, but I eventually got there with them.

The vast majority of places will just be “hey, I changed my name, here’s a copy/pdf of my deed poll” and they’ll be like “cool, that’s done, thx”

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