WalrusDragonOnABike

Any delivery options? $10/week in tips still is far cheaper than a car insurance alone. Of course picking out better produce is an advantage of in-person.

So its not allowed on planes, but only barely?

Sorry, I biked through there a couple times while singing. Its pretty bad, so I don't blame them.

/j

Except when you ask it for the meaning of an acronym and they say something with totally different letters. Yet people treat it as a source on something they know so little about that they cannot possibly tell it its just spitting out nonsense.

We wouldn’t deny a diabetic insulin because we think they would benefit from therapy, and we might think a doctor who does that should have their license revoked.

Yeah. Was thinking medical malpractice already describes people who try to deny people access to HRT because reading:

I didn’t end up getting a therapist, at the end of the session he revealed that I had “earned” my estrogen prescription … He was also really creepy and spent a lot of time touching his stethoscope to my breasts, but at an angle where it wouldn’t help him actually listen to anything - really bizarre (no doctor has ever done this or “used” a stethoscope that way), and after he seemed to finish the exam, he then he went back to my breasts again.

There was a lot that happened in that session. I wouldn’t be surprised if he sexually preyed on his patients, and it seemed like some of his behavior was similar to sexual grooming I have witnessed in the past (like guilting me into sitting closer to him, and telling me he was treating me nice because I was being nice to him, etc.).

WTF? I don't think I've had a doctor touch my breasts with a stethoscope (granted, I've only had one visit since having them where that would have been a concern). I wonder how often doctors take advantage of their positions to be able to do things like this...

My CPAP machine app blocks screenshotting on my phone. I've never seen anything prevent screenshotting on desktop and blocking copy/paste is often circumvented easy by just looking at the source. But it would be enough to probably limit how many people do such.

that said, I recently went to a new endo, and at first he told me he wasn’t going to prescribe me estrogen until I have established care with a therapist because “you doubled your risk of suicide by choosing to transition” (which … is factually false, besides being problematic for other reasons)

this was someone explicitly listed as an informed consent provider, but he pretended like he wouldn’t give me estrogen

I guess I can see why he thinks he's informed consent if the reason he wants patients to have therapy isn't to prove they are trans but instead to ensure they are getting help with all of the stresses on being trans in a transphobic society? And just using E as the carrot to motivate people to get care they probably should get regardless.

Regardless, glad where I went was truly a IC clinic and didn't do any sort of gatekeeping. Still haven't seen therapist. I don't think such gatekeeping would have gotten me to see one either.

despite the fact that I fully pass as a woman and I’m post-op … my body doesn’t produce sex hormones, I rely on this for my literal physical health - my bones and joints will deteriorate without sex hormones.

Wild that you had that happen despite the obvious need of it. Wonder if he'd have given you T without therapy....

Randomly got someone else's foundation in our grocery order. Always had the excuse of sensitive skin to be a reason not even try make-up, but since it was otherwise entirely going to go in the trash, figured might as well see how my skin behaved. Obviously not the right tone, but no clear negative reaction 😠 There goes that excuse? Still not gonna think about it further though...

Same, but also not wanting to deal with people at my work figuring out I'm not cis. Sometimes the shirts aren't even baggy, so I'm just hoping I pass as being overweight enough to justify my boobs those days.

That’s the big thing yea. People noticing. Having to be out, especially before I’m ready. idk how long it will take before I’m ready to be out. I mean thick shirts/sweatshirts if weather permits, I worry about wearing bralettes/sports bras imprinting and the bra being visible. Like that doesn’t help me hide if that’s visible you know.

I'm nearly 2 years into HRT and I'm still not ready to be out 🤷‍♀️ Fortunately people are still oblivious or don't want to say anything, which are basically the same for me. I don't do jackets/hoodies except if I want it specifically for the warmth.

I’m not built for that kinda affection being platonic.

Wish at least some cuddling was more normal as a platonic thing. Only had one friend who'd I'd cuddle with and that was platonic (at least for me... he later did try kissing me while really drunk, so I'm not not sure if it really was 100% platonic). What lily is describing seems like a lot more...

Probably that you're cool to be around?