This sounds delicious but I’m a fan of weird food combos

You don’t believe in the power of a strongly worded letter?

If I were single and they* were secure, then sure. I really feel for a lot of trans people because I know the transition can cause a lot of insecurity. And that’s absolutely valid and I don’t want to be unfeeling about it, but at the same time I know myself and I don’t want a partner who is insecure and potentially overly emotionally needy, because I’m not good at providing that kind of support. So I’d be fine dating a trans person who is confident and secure, no matter where in the transition the person is.

* I say ‘they’ because I’m fine dating either men or women, not because I want to invalidate anyone’s gender :)

Thanks for the suggestion! I do have a set of these and I tried them but even just the pressure of them touching my nipples was uncomfortable. But it’s worth a try again - maybe inside a looser-fit bra would be better?

Seashell nipple shields! These are cool, I’ll have to check out the reviews. I don’t know if they’d be comfortable - seems like something hard against my nipples would be painful - but it seems like they’re cooling which might help. Also I could be a secret Little Mermaid haha

Oh that’s a good idea! I didn’t have kids so I never would’ve thought of that. Thanks!

Let’s hope so - I’d love it if this just went away!

Yeah I was surprised when she mentioned evening primrose as well, but I’m at my tits’ end so I figured I should at least look into it. I did find a paper on PubMed indicating that evening primrose and Vitamin E as combination or standalone therapy could help with cyclical breast pain so plausibly it could be helpful. However that seems to be contradicted by the review article you shared.

I started at 100mg progesterone and that wasn’t enough. Tried 200mg for a while and that helped to some degree with the brain fog and night sweats but I was still having long periods of sleeplessness at night. So on her recommendation I went up to 300mg. She said I could technically take up to 400mg but 300 seems to be the sweet spot for symptom relief. But I do think the nipple pain coincides with the increased progesterone.

Thank you as always for such a detailed and well thought out reply! If I figure out a solution for this I’ll be sure to share it with you. We deserve better in life than perpetually sore nips!

I just took mine off and now nothing else can happen tonight.

Things will get much worse before they get better, but with time they’ll be so much better. You just have to hang in there. You are a swan.

Best season everrrr

I love greyhounds - for an animal that is basically a bag of elbows, they’re so bendy!

This is so stupid, but every time I read something about Ro Khanna, my brain thinks it’s about Mo Rocca.

I feel this!

Beach because sometimes the sun would smile at you!

Nicely done!

This is ridiculous and I love it

I call it the pizza bone.

Same! It doesn’t share the same cubby as the rest of my forks - instead it sits in the ‘miscellaneous’ cubby that holds serving forks, the pie slicer, and the gravy ladle. It’s the fork of last resort.

Pretty birbo! What kind?