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  2. Love it! This is great news. We need more of this to combat the excessive hate-filled rhetoric and misinformation.
  3. Susan R

    Breast Forms Realism

    The experience was the same for me @April Marie. I slept much deeper and I woke up each morning feeling so much more restful sleeping with forms solidly in place. For me, wearing breast forms at night started when before I was a teenager. I had no access up to modern breast forms and certainly no way to buy mastectomy bras back then. I wore a basic bra my mom had put in a donation box and two pairs of soft cotton socks. I have some crazy memories of things I did in my youth to combat my GD but regardless, these makeshift concoctions helped me work through it all. All My Best, Susan R
  4. awkward-yet-sweet

    R's In Colorado Trying The Ballot Initiative Route To Hurt Trans People

    Colorado isn't exactly a Republican place, and won't become one anytime soon. I think those folks might be better off not spending their time playing Don Quixote. We certainly have our share of California "refugees" moving into where I live, so I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing Coloradans too. I suspect the trend over the next few years will see the blue areas getting more blue and the red areas getting more red as anybody who can relocate tries to find a place where they fit better.
  5. awkward-yet-sweet

    Sacramento, CA Declares Itself To Be a Sanctuary City For Trans Folk

    Well, at least it'll be a place some folks could choose. Options are a good thing.
  6. awkward-yet-sweet

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    My family would have gobbled that jar up in a minute or two. When we do have pickled herring, its usually for Christmas. I didn't grow up with that particular dish, but I grew up in a Greek family so I like just about any kind of fish if I can get it. However, ocean fish and freshwater fish taste so different. We usually have more catfish and tilapia to eat than anything else. What I can't quite get used to is the tons of cabbage my GF insists on eating. When you live with a Russian, there is always cabbage soup. Always. When I first moved in with her, breakfast was "shchi" for soup and either bread or "kasha" which is a bowl of boiled buckwheat with butter and salt. Those dishes can be made in any number of ways, some are better than others. In the winter, it can even be salty and sour like kraut. Not exactly sauerkraut, but packed in tubs with vinegar and salt so it keeps partially for the winter. But I drew the line when the cabbage soup included pieces of fried snake one day.
  7. Ashley0616

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    Good evening to you as well @Mmindy That is awesome that you have support from her side. My dad has communicated with me once and that was because he was forced to. His new wife wanted to spend time with my kids. He hated me so much he was in the process of taking my rights away as a parent to my two boys. He was talking to a lawyer and I called him out on it. I don't love him at all. I'll respect him because I wouldn't be here without him but I wished I had another father. My uncles don't talk to me and unfriended me on Facebook. Almost all cousins except for two are still Facebook friends but they don't give me any support. My mom said she won't support me with that but she has said that she loves me. I have nieces and nephews that are still Facebook friends but they have yet to talk to me. I have one sister that supports me out of three. The other's disrespect me by deadnaming me. They have never called me their sister. I think for them they think it's still a phase. They don't ask questions about me being trans. I have to bring it up and on the look of their faces they don't look comfortable about it.
  8. Mmindy

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    Good evening @Ashley0616, I just got offline with HP tech support trying to get my printer tool box icon locked to my tool bar. This is one of the most important features of my printer that I like because it keeps track of ink, paper, and scanned documents. I'm diffidently not a computer geek. I'll catch up with the other bookmarks next week. We leave to go home for the Easter Holiday with our families. Saturday with her side, and Sunday with my side. What's odd about that is I'm out to more of her side and they're reluctantly supportive. My side on the other hand are less supportive, and my sister just under me in age will not acknowledge my being there. She will be constantly moving to keep from dealing with me. I'm dead to her. Hugs, Mindy
  9. Ashley0616

    Baseball Opening Day! Tell Us Your Favorite Team & Why

    I used to follow baseball and the team I would cheer for is Boston Red Sox. My favorite player was Papi. He was an awesome guy and even held a child during the National Anthem. I haven't watched baseball for a long time. It just died off to me.
  10. Ashley0616

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    That stinks that nothing transferred, and no bookmarks were saved!
  11. Ashley0616

    MaeBe's Trail of Discovery

    I'm doing patches for now but I think soon I'll go to shots because it's hard to alternate when you are doing two xx patches at once. Unless she gives me Estradiol and progesterone
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  13. Sally Stone

    Baseball Opening Day! Tell Us Your Favorite Team & Why

    Go Cleveland Guardians! I love baseball and I loved playing it when I was younger.
  14. My view is we are "dependent" on government, because as a society, we are too lazy to stay actively involved. So, we let politicians do our bidding for us. I think we'd be in a better place government wise if we policed the actions of our politicians. We elected them; they work for us. Sadly, we are allowing them to run amok. We are where we are because we have chosen to let politicians make all decisions without us. Remember "by the people, for the people?" That was the intent of our democracy. Today, however, it is "by the politicians, for the politicians," the people be damned.
  15. "Play Ball! Batter Up!" is the closing line of the National Anthem as far as I'm concerned. It's the call of the Home Plate Umpire and signals the start of the game. I grew up in the TV and Radio broadcast of the St. Louis Cardinals. Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Tim McCarver, and Mike Shannon, were the voices on my transistor radio. KMOX 1120 AM pushing 50,000 watts of Class A clear-channel non-directional signal. It could be picked up all across MO, IL, IN to the East. KS, OK, CO to the West. IA, MN to the North, and KY, TN, AR to the South. There has always been a rivalry against the Chicago Cubs, in the National League. As for the American League, I have to pull for the Kansas City Royals. I've also been a Little League Umpire, and fan of everything the Little League stands for. Going to Williamsport, PA and seeing the Little League World Series is in my top 10 things to do on my bucket list. Mindy
  16. Mmindy

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    Good evening everyone, I don't think my mother ever cooked a meal that I didn't like. We also had a kitchen where mom fixed the food, dad filled your plate, and you eat it. It wasn't until our baby brother was born that we could have Pop-Tarts for snacks. Before that all snacks had to meet mom's approval, and in her opinion wouldn't prevent you from eating supper. Well my day started off on a good note, but has become frustrating because my IT person didn't transfer my saved videos I use for teaching. Then I found out that they didn't save any of my book marks for websites I use frequently. Best wishes, stay motivated, Mindy
  17. MaeBe

    MaeBe's Trail of Discovery

    The number is relative to method of deliver, the time of the dose, and when the blood is drawn. However, I do want to keep away from DVT and other potential issues. I assume I may be getting backed down from my current dose, but my doc told me to stick with the higher dose, so? I also wonder if this has anything to do the my breast growth and mental changes that have been happening over the past few years, like I have some estrogen sensitivity so a little goes a long way or something? I don't have enough data to postulate, but who knows! With weekly, subcutaneous, shots you expect to see big swings of serum level estradiol from shot to peak to trough. My doctor is interested in mid-week testing (for E and T levels only), which would be post-peak blood serum levels but they will be higher than trough. Most, if not all, resources I've seen online is to measure at trough (which I might do just to do it next time) along with a SHBG, LH, and other metrics. This is from transfemscience.org for Estradiol valerate in oil, which is very spiky compared to some other estradiol combinations. It's also for intramuscular, which will have a slower uptake and is usually dosed in higher volume due to the slower absorption rate from muscles. They don't have subcutaneous numbers, which I would expect to see similar spikes but higher levels at similar doses due to the relatively higher absorption rate direct from fat. Are you doing pills, shots, or patches? And when you do get your levels checked are you getting that done when your levels are lowest or some other time?
  18. Willow

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    Both of my parents were from the “North Shore” of Boston. My mother Lynn and my father Swampscot. They had an early 1900s Scots-Irish New England diet. My sister and I were born in the 40s in Ohio well away from New England seafood and in an area where food was more German and Polish. My first experience with liver and onions was during basic training. They ate salt cod but never forced us to eat it same with oysters. My dad ate oysters but my mother wouldn’t. Anyone who ever ate an oyster can figure that one out. I grew up eating lamb. My wife won’t touch it. I love brazed ox tail, again no way. And the list goes on.
  19. KathyLauren

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    My mother was German, so yes, I think it was a cultural thing. If I'd known you when we were cleaning out my mother's place, I could have sent you her "threat jar".
  20. Adrianna Danielle

    Good morning All. Coffees on.

    Been taking it real easy.Another good neighbor of mine and his 15 year old son came over and cut down a couple dead trees on my property.Knew not to do it taking it easy.I had them put the wood near my fire pit in the back yard.Did it and happy where they put it.They knew I had stents put in and needed to take it easy
  21. Ashley0616

    MaeBe's Trail of Discovery

    Wow that is a high number for Estradiol good grief! Testosterone levels are better than mine. I don't remember my Estradiol level but testosterone was 80. To me that is really high but it was in the two hundreds the check in before last one.
  22. Ivy

    Growing the "Girls"

    I don't understand why this would make a difference being a "dad" I mean, as far as how they would grow.
  23. Ashley0616

    Growing the "Girls"

    I don't see why not. I have worn forms since I came out.
  24. MaeBe

    Growing the "Girls"

    I have never worn breastforms, but I assume as long as they don't aggravate your nipples you could.
  25. MaeBe

    MaeBe's Trail of Discovery

    Every week I've been excited to take my shot, so it's never been an issue. Yesterday, however, I woke up and started my usual "slow roll" and then suddenly realized I had breakfast plans that I had to rush out the door for. After, it was straight into work calls, and then I got the notification from the doctor about things being too high and all the while my mind had completely slipped that I needed take my shot. Given that I am not asking for medical advice, but sharing my journey, I will note my results: Estradiol at 447 pg/mL and Testosterone was 23 ng/dL, up and down from 26 pg/mL and 526 ng/dL respectively before treatment. Almost flipped the bit! The doc would like my Estradiol closer to 300 pg/mL, so we'll see what Monday's tests state. Oh, and I teased the dinner with old soccer teammates and never updated the thread! It went well. There were a couple funny moments. One guy, who I was worried about their response, greeted me with "Hey, you've lost some weight!" And a friend who lives near me picked me up on the way to dinner exclaimed, after we learned one of the invitees might show up with a date, "Wait! We could have brought women?!" To which I instantly responded, "You kind of did, bringing me!" Everyone got a good laugh out of that.
  26. Ashley0616

    What are you wearing today?

    To me there isn't that much difference other the measurement, which side the zipper is on and men's pants have bigger pockets.
  27. missyjo

    Growing the "Girls"

    I hope this is not stupid question..I have yet to start n not sure if doc will approve..but once you start growing buds n such, can you still wear forms to get to the size you were? I'm a dad, so when I start blossoms they will be smaller for a long time n probably need surgical augmented..that's fine. I don't want to go ddd to aa to ddd.. any ideas? thank you
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      Love it! This is great news. We need more of this to combat the excessive hate-filled rhetoric and misinformation. 👍
    • Susan R
      The experience was the same for me @April Marie. I slept much deeper and I woke up each morning feeling so much more restful sleeping with forms solidly in place. For me, wearing breast forms at night started when before I was a teenager. I had no access up to modern breast forms and certainly no way to buy mastectomy bras back then. I wore a basic bra my mom had put in a donation box and two pairs of soft cotton socks. I have some crazy memories of things I did in my youth to combat my GD but regardless, these makeshift concoctions helped me work through it all.   All My Best, Susan R🌷
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      Colorado isn't exactly a Republican place, and won't become one anytime soon.  I think those folks might be better off not spending their time playing Don Quixote.    We certainly have our share of California "refugees" moving into where I live, so I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing Coloradans too.  I suspect the trend over the next few years will see the blue areas getting more blue and the red areas getting more red as anybody who can relocate tries to find a place where they fit better.   
    • awkward-yet-sweet
      Well, at least it'll be a place some folks could choose.  Options are a good thing.
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      My family would have gobbled that jar up in a minute or two.  When we do have pickled herring, its usually for Christmas.  I didn't grow up with that particular dish, but I grew up in a Greek family so I like just about any kind of fish if I can get it.  However, ocean fish and freshwater fish taste so different.  We usually have more catfish and tilapia to eat than anything else.    What I can't quite get used to is the tons of cabbage my GF insists on eating.  When you live with a Russian, there is always cabbage soup.  Always.  When I first moved in with her, breakfast was "shchi" for soup and either bread or "kasha" which is a bowl of boiled buckwheat with butter and salt.  Those dishes can be made in any number of ways, some are better than others.  In the winter, it can even be salty and sour like kraut.  Not exactly sauerkraut, but packed in tubs with vinegar and salt so it keeps partially for the winter.  But I drew the line when the cabbage soup included pieces of fried snake one day.  😆
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