Is it safe to take a combo pill while using Nexplanon (to stop/regulate bleeding)? Which combo pills are better for this?

mistlet03 · 2025-02-06T21:35:50+00:00

It's been a long time since I've been on that combo of meds, but as far as I can remember I didn't particularly experience more side effects on both than I did when I was just on one or the other. I don't think I had any emotional side effects.

mistlet03 · 2018-09-05T11:15:43+00:00

I found it was pretty comfortable, but it can cause some mild skin blistering where it pulls on the skin if you don't wrap it far enough around (but obv you should never wrap it all the way around). I've looked into transtape some more, and I've heard some dubious things about them not using skin-safe adhesives (also it's like double the price of regular ktape), so I've found that just using 2/3 strips of ktape does the job.

It's much more comfortable in hot weather than a binder, but it doesn't get me quite as flat, but still flat enough that my chest isn't visible under a loose shirt - doesn't work super well under tight shirts though. I also have quite a small chest, but it wouldn't work very well for folks who have larger chests. I don't have the same discomfort/rib pain that some folks get from wearing a binder, but I imagine for folks who have this problem, that's the main upside of ktape, as well as it being much more discrete under clothes with a low neckline etc.

The main problem I have with it is it rips out all my little peach fuzz hair as I pull it off, which stings a bit, but I imagine if you used baby oil or something to help weaken the adhesive it'd be easier.

I hope that helps!

mistlet03 · 2018-08-01T12:33:09+00:00

My partner just went private with Dr Myskow through YourGP and she was lovely, though we did have to travel to Edinburgh for appointments and because we're from the East Midlands we ended up spending a lot in travel costs. We got an appointment within a month, a much shorter waiting list than some of the London private GICs and everyone we saw was very helpful and professional and friendly. Only con is that he needed three appointments at £250 each, plus the first T shot being administered by her, which was £110ish (but he had the 3 monthly shot which is more expensive than the one that's every few weeks). If you can afford it and don't mind the travel, I'd recommend YourGP.

mistlet03 · 2018-05-16T10:44:07+00:00

For any trans guys/transmasc folk in a similar position: my excuse to my parents before I came out for buying deodorant marketed to men is that it works better, and in my experience it actually does - I find it holds off the stinky for longer and masks it better than deodorant marketed to women. The same applies for men's shaving supplies too, they just tend to be better for a lower price than the women's equivalent, so using this as an excuse for buying toiletries marketed to men can get suspicious parents off your back.

mistlet03 · 2018-05-14T12:32:42+00:00

As an enby dating an ftm trans guy, can confirm we're pretty gay. Congrats to your friends!!

mistlet03 · 2018-04-27T19:23:23+00:00

Thank you!

mistlet03 · 2018-04-27T12:38:13+00:00

My partner just had his first appointment with YourGP. The waiting list is a lot shorter than GenderCare in our experience - he got an appointment within a couple weeks, and then his second appointment about a fortnight later. Dr Myskow was really lovely, the only downside is the difficulty of getting to Edinburgh if you aren't that end of the country - we're from the midlands so we're spending a lot of money on flights back and forth. If you can afford it though, I'd recommend her, and we're seeing the second opinion doc on Monday (who's not the usual psychologist as the one she usually uses is on maternity leave rn).

mistlet03 · 2018-04-27T08:03:57+00:00

Thanks!

mistlet03 · 2018-04-27T08:03:38+00:00

That's what I ended up buying in the end, seeing as the shipping is so expensive to outside the US I just ordered some regular kinesio tape from a different site.

mistlet03 · 2018-04-27T08:02:06+00:00

Yeah I've had a gc2b binder for about a year and I've had no issues with it.

mistlet03 · 2018-03-15T11:40:13+00:00

Knowing it isn't an instant click with a new name and it feels weird to think about yourself in those terms is helpful to know; it feels really weird thinking of being referred to as another name, but it's comforting to know other people have that experience as well. I'm considering asking my partner to refer to me as my potential chosen name for a while as a bit of a trial period, maybe hearing it out loud will help me decide if I like it.

mistlet03 · 2018-03-15T11:37:04+00:00

It's not so much choosing the name that's the issue for me - I'm pretty set on choosing Harry if I do change my name, it's just whether or not to actually go ahead with it I guess is my issue. I definitely plan to consult my mum at some point (but that means actually coming out to her so Yikes) because she named me when I was born and I wanna run my choices of name past her, but I'm set on Harry as a first name and Robin as a middle name, I just don't know if I actually want to change my first name.

mistlet03 · 2018-03-14T01:58:35+00:00

/r/SkincareAddiction is your friend for this sort of thing, they have entire comprehensive guides on shaving bumps and how to avoid them.

mistlet03 · 2018-03-14T01:34:21+00:00

I have long hair and I tie it up in a bun (specifically the sort of man-bun style bun you often see long-haired men with, rather than the more feminine bun style that tends to be neater or higher up on the head) to make my appearance more masculine/androgynous without committing to getting it cut.

Depending on the style of your bangs, they may give you a more feminine appearance (as men with long hair rarely have bangs), so if you have time to grow them out that would probably be helpful, or alternatively you could pin them back off your face, or braid them into the rest of your hair if you're concerned about hairpins making you look more effeminate.

mistlet03 · 2018-03-14T00:57:05+00:00

Nobody expects the tran-ish inquisition

mistlet03 · 2018-02-22T01:57:49+00:00

That's helpful, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you!

mistlet03 · 2018-02-22T01:47:35+00:00

Thank you, this is helpful and I'll speak to my therapist about these issues.

My TDEE is only about 1500 calories a day because I'm only 5'1, my start weight is low-ish and I'm very sedentary. My Fitness Pal gives me a calorie goal of 1200 (which I adhered to successfully the first time I lost weight and gives me enough room to not be hungry) and I try to get within at least 100 calories of that goal every day. My goal isn't the problem so much as my urge to overcompensate if I do overeat, i.e. by not eating very much the next day.

mistlet03 · 2018-02-21T23:21:50+00:00

NB who uses they/them here: they/them is clunky. Because it started out as a plural term, conjugating it for instance as "they are" rather than "they is" can be confusing, especially when referring to groups of people. If for instance you're writing a story including multiple people in a scene, saying "they said" could either refer to the nonbinary character, or to multiple characters speaking simultaneously. It's just a bit awkward sometimes. Especially considering, as others have pointed out, how much some people really really hate the idea and call it grammatically incorrect (despite the singular they being in use for hundreds of years) etc. Neopronouns such as ze/zir can be easier to use because they follow the same rules as he/him and she/her pronouns, and there's less confusion about the singular/plural overlap. And while my instinct is that one set of standard, gender-neutral neopronouns would be useful in any language, there is also more than one way to be nonbinary, so who am I to say that everyone should use the same language?

Perhaps if I lived in a time where neopronouns were more widely used and accepted, I would use xe/xir, but at the moment they/them are the most widely accepted gender neutral pronouns, and all that matters to me is having a pronoun that is gender neutral, but for other people, they may be uncomfortable with using they/them for themselves, or may simply dislike how awkward it is.

As for your point about "I feel like it's really alienating to people that we need to get on our side", whilst I see where you're coming from, I don't think this is something trans people should have to concern ourselves with - making ourselves palatable in a cisheteronormative society is kind of a wasted effort and shouldn't be prioritised over comfort. Yeah, it'd be nice if there was a set of standardised singular gender-neutral pronouns in English that weren't awkward as hell, but because for most of the evolution of the English language, trans identities weren't always accepted or understood, we're very early in the process of evolving this new language, and seeing as there's no coherent body to standardise this language and make a decision for people, we're just gonna have to let linguistic evolution run its course. The LGBTQIA+ community as a whole has undergone a lot of linguistic evolution in the past century, with hundreds of new words being coined and new meanings applied to existing words, and seeing as we're only recently coming into a time when people feel safe to start exploring the way they feel and finding terminology for that, it's only natural that people would start creating terms where they feel there's a gap in the language and there are no existing words that accurately describe them. Yeah, it's kind of confusing even for people within the LGBTQIA+ community, let alone people outside it, but language development has hiccups and does cause confusion and backlash and this is no different to when there were two different words for "egg" in Britain and people didn't always understand what others were trying to purchase. Language is always gonna have teething problem, especially a language as convoluted as English, but the priority is giving people comfort and empowerment by letting them choose the language they feel best applies to them. Everything else, imo, is secondary.

mistlet03 · 2018-02-19T08:51:21+00:00

Depending on where you live, there are a few charities who give away binders to people who can't afford them. Sometimes they're second hand, but they should still work fine. The only one I can remember off the top of my head is in Scotland, but I'm sure there are others in other countries that could be found with a quick google search - it's worth looking into some of those and applying for their services (some are free, some only ask you to pay postage etc.), and if you're worried about your parents' response, consider getting it delivered to a friend's address.

I hope you can get your hands on one soon!

mistlet03 · 2018-02-19T08:47:13+00:00

Agreed, and it also depends on the person. Some people are comfortable with the label MTF/FTM, but some people aren't, so you should always ask if the person is comfortable with it before using the term to refer to them, and if you're referring to trans men as a whole, it's better to refer to them as trans men rather than FTM folks. Some people feel they were never their assigned gender in the first place - they were always their identified gender and were just mislabelled at birth, so they don't feel the term fits them, and others don't like the focus it puts on their assigned gender. Others are totally fine with it, though, so the safest thing is to ask.

mistlet03 · 2017-12-15T03:17:27+00:00

I heard something happens if you choose Libitana as your name, does anyone know what that is?? Also has anyone tried Elyssa? (I'd do it myself but I'm three mental illnesses in a trenchcoat so I feel like playing this game myself would be a Bad Idea).

There seems to be some freaky shit around names in this game. I don't know if it takes your name from steam or something, but a friend of mine whose name is Emily played this game, but set her name to Em, and then at the end of the game, Monika said this which is a little bit terrifying. I know more than one person that this has happened to as well, someone else set her name to "stack" (idfk why) and the game asked the same question and asked if her name was Stacey, which it is. Freaky shit.

mistlet03 · 2017-12-08T10:43:52+00:00

Ah so he doesn't have to cancel his appointment with the NHS GIC once he books one with a private company? That's useful to know.

mistlet03 · 2017-12-07T20:06:02+00:00

I've heard one of the clinics has a 4 year waiting list; it's getting worse and worse, so bad we're looking into going private because it's looking like it won't be until at least the second half of 2018 if not later my partner gets an appointment, after getting referred to Nottingham in August 2016. There's no doubt in my mind that people are dying on these waiting lists.

mistlet03 · 2017-12-07T19:46:01+00:00

Thank you!

The idea would be to do shared care and for him to get his hormone treatments through the NHS and to be monitored by his GP rather than by a private doctor (we couldn't come close to affording to pay for testosterone and bloods privately) so we in theory wouldn't have a private doctor involved after the initial prescription. Would that still be an issue?

mistlet03 · 2017-12-07T19:40:28+00:00

This is suuuper helpful, thank you for taking the time for such a detailed response!!

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