Nothing unusual but....

[Guest Rachel Gia]

Just waiting for my son to vacate the bathroom so I can get ready for my yearly medical.

She's a new doctor and although I saw her once in Sept this will be my first medical with her.

My electrologist is tomorrow so I have a little growth of white hairs but the denuding of the chin is noticable.

I figure no makeup.

The other significance is it will be my second medical since starting hormones so my second exam for breast cancer signs.

(I check for signs but have never formally learned)

For some reason i am kind of private with surgery so I will leave the details to my discussion with her today as I have approval from my transition doctor and shpuld be on a waiting list.

The weathers lousy here right now and despite Vancouver's beauty in the spring and summer, the winters are mostly wet, dark, and dirty from debris being blown away.

Still it's my home and it always looks worse outside than it actually is.

2 weeks from now is my transistion doctors appointment and I hope to have a surgery date by then or given to me then.

Cheers Rachel

 

[Charlize]

Hope you physical goes well.  My endo's PA showed me beast exam techniques prior to starting HRT.  Perhaps you could ask for help.  It is an important skill.My primary doctor had not my physcial for several years due to scheduling difficulties.  This last exam was made memorable by her seemingly surprised exclamation:  "You've got tities".  She is a lovely and accepting person but I had to smile at the lapse of professional demeanor.

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[Jani]

Best of luck today and in two weeks Rachel.

 

Jani

[tracy_j]

Good luck Rachel.

 

If it's any consulation, the weather here is pretty wet, windy and dull too and has been for some time. I remember years ago having predominantly dry, bright frosty and crisp January's. It's November, December and February that were dull, now all of them.

[Guest Rachel Gia]

Thank you all and it went well with me being in good health however the hormones are most definitely working and I have gained some weight since last year.

I had taken some action in November to cut back on cooking will oil.

Its not bad and I was telling my electrologist that I laugh out loud sometimes when I put on my jeans and I see how hippy I have gotten so its a good thing.

The number is not a good thing so I will be changing a few other things to bring it down.

Its nice to have two doctors on board who are making this easy for me.

My electrologist is also a real godsend for me as she is so supporting and we always seem to have fun in what is a painful procedure.

I will be checking into how to check my breasts and sort of do that daily.

Work looms as does the weather

Rachel
 

[Gwen]

Rachel, sounds like a good report overall. You seem to have lots of reasons to feel positive about your progress. I love the relationship you've developed with the electrologist! What a surprise. One would never expect to find such a supportive ally with someone who's simply removing hair from your body

 

Hugs

Gwen

[Charlize]

Glad things went well for you.  When i read about cooking with less oil i thought about my experience.

  A while back after a second heart attack i got serious about starting and living a low fat diet.  I started looking at the packages and when the percentage of fat was high i went to another brand or cut it out of my diet.  I had started a vegetarian diet awhile beforehand found that weight simply disappeared with a change away from fats, oils etc.  I'm now about my high school weight (not during wrestling season) which is pretty good especially considering my hips have grown as well.

  Not only did it help in weight loss but i'm sure my heart is happier and for me that's a life or death situation.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

 

[Timber Wolf]

Hi Rachel,

That news makes me happy to hear it! I always love good news.

 

Lots of love,

Timber Wolf?

[Guest Rachel Gia]

Hi Everyone!,

The thing i have to take out of my diet is salt and all forms of preservatives as I have gotten even more sensitive to them these days.

This has been a battle for me for some time, even before HRT.

I pretty much live a Spartan life style food wise but this stuff gets by me all the time.

Its really weird but my sons vegan baking is even more disruptive to my system and I get the worst reactions after sampling his cookies or breads. Go figure!

Its now seems to be happening with this other bread that is coarse grain rye and pricey healthy stuff.

I looked at the ingredients in table salt , which I never use and along with NaCl there are three other compounds added to it. It was a no go and I think the only thing for me to do is learn to eat without out adding salt in any form.

It's bizarre how almost nothing we are sold these days is pure. Organic sour cream for instance has a bunch of stuff added to it like tapioca starch added to it.

I really don't have to worry to much about losing weight I figure as I am going into another round of "Fear of Food!", which I went through about 15 years ago.

This happened when my body developed an intolerance to eggs and I did not know it and in the process ended up hardly eating anything other than ice cream as I was terrified of the reaction.

I went down to 165 and I am 6 ft 4 in.

HRT seems to be spotlighting my food issues but I got through it in the early stages of starting HRT and know I can get through it again. '

Thankfully Spiro will be a thing of the past once I get the orch done and I am looking forward to that!

Rachel