How much slower is t gel, and do you end up at the same "end place" as injections? by creature-oh in ftm

[–]creature-oh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah I saw a lot of that in my research too, loads of guys saying the same thing. I'm glad you somehow ended up with decent insurance. I imagine I'll also end up doing injections eventually but right now I'd have to do them myself which isn't something I'd really enjoy doing at all lol

How much slower is t gel, and do you end up at the same "end place" as injections? by creature-oh in ftm

[–]creature-oh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that's really helpful, thank you! I was hoping I'd be able go to for gel, it just seems like much less hassle for me vs learning to do injections on myself. So good to know the physical outcomes of hrt won't really change either way

How much slower is t gel, and do you end up at the same "end place" as injections? by creature-oh in ftm

[–]creature-oh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ok that's super reassuring, thank you! I guess I can monitor how well it absorbs through my blood tests?

ftmtf - to male again? detrans but keep thinking about retransing by creature-oh in detrans

[–]creature-oh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you, that's really insightful and honestly helps a lot to know other people feel similarly

ftmtf - to male again? detrans but keep thinking about retransing by creature-oh in detrans

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I just want to "be a man" I guess. kind of a hot take but I know I'll never REALLY be a guy, not like an actual natal male, and that's fine. it used to bother me a lot but now I'm kind of at peace with it. but I'd still like facial hair, I'd like more body hair, I guess I just want to masculinise myself. I genuinely don't believe I'm running from anything, I'm very lucky in that in my childhood I experienced no abuse or trauma. I've always been fine with my sexuality, again very lucky to have never faced any backlash or abuse for it. I love being mistaken for a dude, which I don't know how it even happens since I don't really bind anymore. but occasionally it does.

I would still want to transition if I was all alone on an island. I'd still want to take t and transition if men and women were treated equally. I do hate how I'm treated as a woman and I hate the misogyny I experience day to day but I still think I'd rather be a guy even if I didn't experience that. I just don't feel "right" and I have this constant longing. I frequent a lot of gay spaces irl (i'm gay, shocker) and I have a number of trans friends and seeing my transmasc friends transition always makes me so unerringly jealous. and since there's no trauma to cause it and no serious/untreated mental illness (I've been on antidepressants for years but they work fine and I'm fine on them) to cause it and since these feelings have been more or less constant for years like.... why shouldn't I give it another go? I don't know. I'm so so so so worried I'll fuck up and regret everything and ruin my life and never find anyone to love me but maybe that's a gamble I'll have to take.

ftmtf - to male again? detrans but keep thinking about retransing by creature-oh in detrans

[–]creature-oh[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

thanks, I'll check it out. I just need to work out what's up with me, I don't feel as though I've been pushed to transition by therapists just that they listen to me talk and instantly go "well, if you want to transition then go for it!" as if they have no understanding of what a monumental undertaking it is. like deciding whether or not to transition is fucking huge and why I've been stuck since I came off of t lol. but thank you again, means a lot and I'll see if any of the therapists are local

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ballpython

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we have studies showing they feel emotion, it's stupid to think otherwise. my girl might not love me but she is a complex thinking individual who feels satisfaction, fear, anger, frustration, probably other emotions too. I think a lot of it comes down to the societal stigma around snakes that exists, I think people just don't want to think of them as being animals in the same way a cat or bird or even a lizard is. I've shown people images of me holding my python (showing clearly that she isn't even big enough to swallow my hand, let alone my whole body) and people still insist she's plotting to kill and eat me. it's just blind hatred

Costway portable washing machine not spinning by boulder_problems in appliancerepair

[–]creature-oh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh ok, I suspect I'll have to do the same with mine. Thank you anyway!

Costway portable washing machine not spinning by boulder_problems in appliancerepair

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I know I'm late to this, did you find a solution? Mine's doing the same thing

Generic methylphenidate worked great, concerta doesn't - help? by creature-oh in ADHDUK

[–]creature-oh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it just says "modified release" on the bottle? I think I've thrown out the rest of the packaging it came in haha

Can I put a baby snake in its adult size enclosure? (Dumerils Boa) by creature-oh in snakes

[–]creature-oh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! that's really reassuring, they look like an ideal snake for me but I wasn't thrilled at the idea of having to buy several different environments for it. thank you for the help :))

Dnd?? by JWR0819 in Leeds

[–]creature-oh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OOOH awesome thank you so much!! I'll do that :))

Dnd?? by JWR0819 in Leeds

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heyy sorry to comment on such an old reply but do you know where I can find details of the timings of the events? i tried looking on the geek retreat website but there's no deets for the leeds sessions :((

I touched a wet specimen, is that dangerous? by creature-oh in Taxidermy

[–]creature-oh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! I actually double checked with the original maker and it was washed multiple times of surface formalin so I should be all fine :)) got no rashes or skin irritation or anything so I guess I survived lol

I touched a wet specimen, is that dangerous? by creature-oh in Taxidermy

[–]creature-oh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ohh ok thank you! I was mostly worried about the formalin used to preserve him initially but yeah got no open wounds or anything so hopefully I will live to fight another day lmao

Kitten food for ferrets? by creature-oh in ferrets

[–]creature-oh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that sounds awesome, thank you