So it seems like the Abilify is helping. I have noticed that my mood has been much more stable. Even things that get me down don't seem to last more than a little bit before fading back to baseline. Also, baseline mood seems to be back up around where it was in August/September. This is nice because there's possibly more <poo> going on now than then. So it's either the Abilify or my T being back down. It's hard to say because I restarted Spiro right around the time I started Abilify. Either way the current cocktail seems to be doing it's job.
Had my visit with my Endo yesterday. We discussed my levels and the reason it seemed they were so off. We upped E yet again. Really capping out on that option, but this should be the last time it's necessary. My E level in August was 128.8 pg/mL and T was 23.7. The recent results are an aberration based on this little experiment so I base my thoughts on the August numbers. Not terribly happy to be on Spiro and almost peeing myself multiple times a day at work and driving. With all this dancing you think I would be getting good at it

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On the bright side when I weighed in for my visit I was down 2 pounds, even with clothes on (albeit light clothes because the weather was really nice). I typically weigh myself in the morning in panties post evacuation for consistency. So I am nuking the T back down and suddenly the weight loss train starts running again. I don't really get it fully but I just run better on female hormones. This just affirms my theory, that I was just meant to be a woman, even more. What a nasty cruel prank life played on me. I could have been happy and slim and enjoyable to be around my whole life. Oh well, it's a shame for the years lost but I'm not gonna dwell on it.
So my visit was not without issues, though they weren't directly related to the visit itself. When I pulled into the parking lot my wife called me. She was heading to the ER with mouth pain as soon as her mom could get there to sit with the kids (I was an hour away at this point). We suspected very strongly she had an infection because this weekend she had some bad mouth pain. But since it was the weekend we opted to not do the ER and try to get her in to the Dr when the week started up. Guess that was the wrong choice. So I was already on edge. She does indeed have a bad infection and got some antibiotics, a lidocaine shot, and a referral for dentistry.
On the drive home I got about 1 mile from my exit I got a flat tire. I had been planning on getting new tires with our tax return anyway. They are 7 years old (rated for 10) and the tread is wearing low. So it's dusk and I get to change a tire along a busy highway. I get the lug nuts off and go to pull the tire and the <not allowed> is stuck. Apparently it had fused itself a bit due to corrosion. I eventually got it off by replacing the lug nuts at finger tight and driving back and forth a few feet. This let it wobble enough to break off most of the corrosion. I put it back up and still had to yank hard enough I wasn't sure the jack would hold to get it off. Wouldn't you believe it, but here there I was, a damsel in distress, and not one shining knight stopped to help. I kid, I totally didn't need help. Unfortunately, the bra I was wearing was not made for this kind of work and left some impressive marks in my sides. Then I got stuck at a train and had to pick up my new Rx and a refill. I had to apologize profusely to my mother-in-law for how late I was getting back.
I had another electrolysis session on Monday. That went really well except for me being 10 minutes late (thanks 20 minute window time at McDonald's, seriously, it was a burrito and a coffee, <I don't understand>). You can really see a difference on the upper lip now. We don't spend nearly as long there and we have been getting a lot more time on the chin. I enjoy the conversation too. She asked me about how I figured out my style. I told her I don't even know if I have a "style" yet. I buy what I think might be cute and most things are still just an experiment. It must work well because I am just not used to getting so many compliments. To be fair I saw my reflection the other day and realized that, holy <poo>, I look like a woman that I would flirt with. I can just imagine how it's going to be once I drop under 200.
We have been having issues with the county assistance office lately. I'm starting to think that if we are going to get screwed on our assistance (insurance) I might as well get a big girl job. The only reason I haven't is because of the looking expensive surgery that I know for a fact is covered. Guess it's time to update the name on the resume and start looking again. If that happens at least we could probably have my wife drop her job and go to school full time. Just kinda stinks because the current plan works, even if not ideal.
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