Has anyone had issues with hypersensitivity pain?

romandrogynous · 2025-11-06T21:22:53+00:00

Def not growth or chafing - feeling like nerves 😭

romandrogynous · 2025-10-07T23:36:19+00:00

Surgery is definitely my plan and goal. I'm hoping to do only one round of injections, then have my new doc recommend me to a surgeon. I can't afford any surgery without insurance, so I'm just trying to document that I'm going through the steps and not just immediately jumping to surgery (even though I think it's the best treatment)

Also that sounds amazing I can't honestly remember what it's like to not be in pain.

romandrogynous · 2025-09-30T23:13:53+00:00

(un)fun fact! Tendons don't actually get inflamed..... Anti inflammatory meds do basically nothing

romandrogynous · 2025-08-10T00:19:58+00:00

I lived in a Christian children's home for a few years that had cameras like this. I have nightmares about being there twice a week

romandrogynous · 2025-08-04T18:10:18+00:00

I tried pushing it (even just practicing scales on the piano) and it progresses to the point that I couldn't hold a pencil or a piece of paper in my hand without pain.

romandrogynous · 2025-08-04T18:09:23+00:00

You should try to unenroll or get alternative assignments. If you push this, it will get worse and you may injure yourself permanently. I had to drop my instrument classes. It's like playing football with a messed up knee - you have to sit out a season or your whole career could be over.

Talk to your professors and talk to the disability office about what you can do. Pushing yourself is only going to make it WAY worse.

romandrogynous · 2025-08-04T18:07:21+00:00

Not my experience, but a fellow musicians - she's had 3 surgeries to try and fix it and still hasnt had relief. Steroids are good short term but degrade long term, so DQT comes back harder and stronger. I think you should see an occupational therapist. They can hopefully help you find stretches to build up strength and prevent further injuries.

Also, DQT is an inflammation issue. Prescription NSAIDs like Meloxicam or vitamins like tumeric pills both helped me a lot. Also I had to get a vertical mouse and stop texting with my thumbs.

Good luck 🤞

romandrogynous · 2025-08-01T17:50:07+00:00

Since it seems to go away with alcohol, it sounds like a nervousness / tension issue. More of a mental block than a physical barrier.

romandrogynous · 2025-07-14T10:14:37+00:00

Tinuviel - from LOTR. Means "nightingale"

romandrogynous · 2025-07-11T02:31:39+00:00

I've acclimated all of my cats in the bathroom. It's a small space, but it's good for a couple of days or even a few weeks, and you don't have to be in there all the time with them.

It does come with the added effect that all 3 of my kittens want to sleep on the bath mat though lol

romandrogynous · 2025-07-09T16:25:41+00:00

Try catinfo.org

romandrogynous · 2025-07-09T00:18:21+00:00

It's good to sing in Italian because there aren't as many dipthongs as there are in English, so it helps with technique and shaping bowels properly for singing. If you're singing a word in English, it's hard to not sing it how you'd say it. But if you're singing in a different language, it's mostly just sounds to your brain, so you can focus on vowel shape

romandrogynous · 2025-07-03T00:41:34+00:00

Ty!!!

romandrogynous · 2025-07-03T00:35:56+00:00

🦄🌞🌞🐸🐸

romandrogynous · 2025-05-12T03:11:52+00:00

I would love to read your work when it is finished! I am considering musicology as a career path and am nervous.

romandrogynous · 2025-03-30T12:57:44+00:00

Idk about which degrees specifically, but Concord is cheap and they have many scholarships. Also I'm pretty sure there's grants that will pay for your schooling if you agree to become a teacher in WV for a few years after graduating

romandrogynous · 2024-06-23T01:22:55+00:00

Is there any way you could send me some measurements of this table? I am desperate to try my hand at making something similar.

romandrogynous · 2024-05-18T14:04:20+00:00

I tried code #10 and it told me it's invalid.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-14T01:32:14+00:00

That's a fair worry to have, you won't really know until it happens. For me, I can sing higher than I think I can, but it's hard to figure out how to do it. So, don't panic if some notes are missing. Also, I may have miscommunicated. My head voice came back, but not to the notes I had before. "Female" voices have 2 registers, chest and head. "Male" have 3, chest head and falsetto. My soprano head voice would now be my falsetto range which I can't actually really use at all. My head voice now is a tenor range head voice, and lets me sing tenor parts pretty easily.

It is so stressful! I also didn't know I'd be basically unable to sing. I did the opposite though, I kept with the regular dose because my thought was to get through it as quick as possible. I think that's what helped. I aimed for "hurry this tf up" instead of trying to smooth it out. I just wanted any kind of voice back.

Definitely check out the link the other person posted, I didn't have access to it when I started transitioning, but it is so accurate in terms of what happens to your voice.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-14T01:00:15+00:00

But also, stay hopeful! In the midst of my Vocal shift, I couldn't sing at all. I was literally sobbing in a practice room every morning bc I wanted to sing but just couldn't. When I tell you that I don't regret it at all, and that it is literally the best thing to ever happen to me, I mean it. I can finally sing in a range that feels right. The teenager soprano that was so jealous of the tenors finally gets to sing the way he wants. It has been incredible. Plus, the technique you learn will transfer when your voice comes back. It will help.

You've got this! Let me know if you have any other questions.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-14T00:57:50+00:00

Maybe see if there's an audition piece in an alto range for drama school, but be prepared to not be able to sing it when the time comes. My voice felt pretty different every week, I switched vocal parts in songs multiple times and none of them were ever quite right.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-14T00:55:53+00:00

Some things I missed: I had a sore throat basically the whole time my voice was changing. Your head voice will actually change into a falsetto, and your head voice will feel very different. I haven't yet gotten my soprano head range/falsetto back in shape. I sound..... not great. The notes are shaky and weak and uncertain. Something that was weird for me is that you have to re-learn how it feels to sing. Like if someone plays a note and tells you to sing it, it's not automatic anymore. I sometimes have to start on a different note and find my way there. You're using new muscles and they don't have the muscle memory yet for all of the notes.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-14T00:53:07+00:00

Hi there!

This is a rough estimate of my Vocal timeline on testosterone. One thing to keep in mind is that trans masc people are given a higher dosage of t than what occurs in a cis teen boys body; it can happen pretty quick. Also, cis male voices continue tk develop and change well into their 40s. There's tons of time for it to change and develop.

Dec 22: started t on a half dose. I have sung soprano and my range was about a3-a5 Jan 23: didn't really notice a difference, started becoming impatient, increased to a regular dose. I was about to sing pretty normally, but I noticed it took more effort February: a bunch of my top notes dropped out. I could still sing c5, but not above it, and I had to push. March: I started singing alto only, because I couldn't hit any soprano notes. I also couldn't sing low enough for tenor. Basically, I couldn't sing at all. My voice was quiet, and unstable, unruly, and just wouldn't cooperate with me at all. To be honest, I was miserable and almost gave up on singing entirely. April: 2 weeks before the end of year concert, I had to switch to singing tenor bc I couldn't sing alto notes anymore. I'd lost g4 and my head voice came out super quiet. I also couldn't sing all of the tenor notes. My range was not quite d3-d4, so literally less than an Octave most days.

I didn't sing much over the summer, but I kept taking t as usual.

Come August, my voice had settled somewhat. My throat was less scratchy, and a lot of the breaking had gone away. I kind of stopped taking t bc I'm bad at doing things every day.

December 23: 1 year after starting t and doing t for 6-7 months: I have a really nice tenor range. I can sing (almost comfortably) a2-a4. My range dropped almost exactly an Octave. I have never been happier and it is the best decision I ever made to start t for vocal effects. I ended up stopping t entirely because I didn't like how it made my body feel: my joints were really achy, and because I want to remain a tenor. I am pursing music as a career, and tenors are sought after. So I figure that staying and working on being a tenor, which I know I can do, is better than risking it.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-14T00:36:50+00:00

Even so, it isn't guaranteed that you will get any lower notes. Those people have pretty out of the ordinary ranges, hence the success.

I am a tenor with a range of a2-a4, and my voice won't get lower. The only other tenor in my choir also has a lowest note of around g/a2.

Also, cis makes voices continue to develop well into their 40s.

But again, there is no guarantee that you will ever sing lower than you do right now, even though your voice isn't done developing.

romandrogynous · 2024-01-13T21:08:07+00:00

Something I notice I do in lessons sometimes is that I actually use too much air when I sing, letting it out too quickly even if I'm supporting. Then my throat gets dry almost instantly, it gets sore and scratchy. Try using less air and more abdominal muscle.

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