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[Laurie]

Hi folks,

  For some reason I thought this was Ellie's thread, but all I see is boobies errr talk about boobies and shock over parental sex. How the heck do you all think you got here? Parents don't stop having fun in the bedroom just because of a kid or two.    anyway...

Hi Ellie,

  I saw your post in the unhappy thread and rather than risk DERAILING that tread I thought I would respond about it here. What I am referring to is your chili cheese fries. Specifically the part where you said

"three big comfort foods (mac and cheese, pizza, chili cheese fries"

   The way I see it you can always have pizza!  the other two are meh. Also I can understand you feelings about Mickey D's  But bad mouthing the King? Now shame on you. They are far superior to Mickey D's. They a tastier and messy. How can you go wrong with messier. Oh well I guess we can go get pizza.

Hugs,
  Laurie
 

[Roll]

I WELCOME ALL TALK OF BOOBIES AND PARENTAL SEX! (I did mention my show can't even air on HBO and was called "Too filthy to ever see the light of day" by both Lena Dunham and the ghost of Sam Kinison, right? Not sure why those two were hanging out, but they seemed like besties.)

Anywho! Mostly it's that I don't like fast food burgers, at all, anywhere. Not Hardees, Wendys, McD's, BK, DQ... not a one of them. I tolerate Five Guys because it's like high quality fast food, but even then it's not my favorite. So that rules out most of BK for me, since their chicken has always been 2nd rate and they are right next door to Chick-fil-a.

But Chili Cheese Fries.... Oh god, I love them. Had one of the few Del Tacos on the east coast here growing up, and they had Chili Cheese Fries that were absolutely amazing. It and Stouffer's Mac and Cheese (specifically Stouffers) were huge staples of my childhood memories with food. (Alongside putting the pizza guy's kids through college I ordered so much.) Larry's was very close to the old Del Taco fries, and I love them for that.

There are some great pizza places here fortunately! If not for the calorie concerns I would eat it nonstop. Never once in my life have I ever become sick of pizza. Though I can never do the whole just a slice or two or even three thing. I eat it all. All. It's a minor miracle I wasn't fatter.

[amberwaves]

I must not have gotten the memo that the left boob was supposed to be bigger.  Definitely the right one.  Then again, I've always been a wierdy.

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[Laurie]

 Ellie,

  Way way way back in my Navy days when the ship was stationed in Norfolk and before I could move my wife and new daughter down from New Jersey. The ship made a trip down to Puerto Rico for a missile shoot and then were supposed to go from there to Guantanamo I got a hankering for a good pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom pizza with extra cheese (my favorite) along with the obligatory pitcher of Schlitz dark draft beer. I couldn't wait to get back and get me that pizza and beer. We had to come back after about 2 weeks to fix a problem so I header for that Pizza place with some of the guys. I ordered 2 medium pizzas and 2 pitchers of beer just for myself. I finished the beer and manged to eat one of the pizzas and put a sizable dent in the second. Yes I drank too much for a lot of my life.

Hugs,
  Laurie

[Roll]

My Dad just asked if I wanted to grab dinner with him at a pizza place here. My answer "Sure, they have great salads!" And they do. They truly do. One of the best Caesars around here. But there's no way I'm not getting pizza.

[Laurie]

I hope you get a good one but since you are so much younger than I .... probably not by my tates. Enjoy it Ellie.

Hugs,
  Laurie

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I hope you get a good one but since you are so much younger than I .... probably not by my tates. Enjoy it Ellie.

Hugs,
  Laurie

I don't do weird modern pizzas. Classics for me. Pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage, bacon, that sort of thing. I don't mind some stuff like chicken bacon ranch type pizzas, but I don't consider it pizza, I consider it a flat open face sandwich.

[Laurie]

Ellie,

  I think you and I would get along nicely.

[Roll]

It just hit me... it's been a month. Dec 16th to Jan 15th. (Ticker seems to have weird day 0 in it, so is 31 in reality.)

So quick summary of changes!

- Breasts continue to ache on and off. Not really bad or anything and I don't notice them all the time, but it's like a tightness or tenderness in them.
- Bud definitely on right side.
- Body hair has reduced dramatically already. Like a good 1/3 to 1/2 gone. This one really caught me off guard. Grows back slower too.
- While I get sad and irritated about specific stuff, I am so much happier in general. It's like my baseline level of content shot up. I'm more prone to smiling by myself I think.
- Sense of smell came on hard, and then kind of went hiding again. Might be the weather, it's been ridiculously dry and then rainy and then dry again and I've had sniffles a lot.
- Body odor changed significantly. Another thing I was completely surprised about was the turn around time on this. I never had bad BO, but now it's definitively feminine odor. Particularly down below. If I don't shower for a day, it comes on strong.
- Head hair has thickened up even more. I started out with very thin, maybe 50% coverage on top. Visible scalp with scattered hairs. Now the front third of my hair looks like 90% or so of sides. between that and the crown, it's up a quite a bit as well from probably 25% coverage to about 50%+. Crown is still thinnest, was almost barren before, now it's maybe 15-20% ish. (It's thick enough by touch it just feels like I have hair, but thin enough when contrasted to front and sides it looks bald still.) In addition, the individual hairs seem stronger and darker in general.

Weight is unchanged probably, will weigh tomorrow. I've been exercising, but I've also been eating.

I am shocked it has been a month. Time has flow by like nothing.

[LJH24]

Ellie,
That all sounds awesome! I'm glad it is going well for you. Thank you so much for sharing. It's very helpful.

[Roll]

Ellie,
That all sounds awesome! I'm glad it is going well for you. Thank you so much for sharing. It's very helpful.

So far so good at least!

I hope everything has been going better with your daughter the past few weeks as well, what you all are going through is so rough(I remember the post about the Dr. visit), but she is so lucky to have you!

[Laurie]

 Congrats Ellie,

  The ticker can be redone to correct it.
  The changes are real.
  You are still you.
  And we love you just as you are.

Hugs,
   Laurie

P.S. And you know what a good pizza is as well as how to cook a hotdog if you have to eat one.

[Cassi]

It just hit me... it's been a month. Dec 16th to Jan 15th. (Ticker seems to have weird day 0 in it, so is 31 in reality.)

So quick summary of changes!

- Breasts continue to ache on and off. Not really bad or anything and I don't notice them all the time, but it's like a tightness or tenderness in them.
- Bud definitely on right side.
- Body hair has reduced dramatically already. Like a good 1/3 to 1/2 gone. This one really caught me off guard. Grows back slower too.
- While I get sad and irritated about specific stuff, I am so much happier in general. It's like my baseline level of content shot up. I'm more prone to smiling by myself I think.
- Sense of smell came on hard, and then kind of went hiding again. Might be the weather, it's been ridiculously dry and then rainy and then dry again and I've had sniffles a lot.
- Body odor changed significantly. Another thing I was completely surprised about was the turn around time on this. I never had bad BO, but now it's definitively feminine odor. Particularly down below. If I don't shower for a day, it comes on strong.
- Head hair has thickened up even more. I started out with very thin, maybe 50% coverage on top. Visible scalp with scattered hairs. Now the front third of my hair looks like 90% or so of sides. between that and the crown, it's up a quite a bit as well from probably 25% coverage to about 50%+. Crown is still thinnest, was almost barren before, now it's maybe 15-20% ish. (It's thick enough by touch it just feels like I have hair, but thin enough when contrasted to front and sides it looks bald still.) In addition, the individual hairs seem stronger and darker in general.

Weight is unchanged probably, will weigh tomorrow. I've been exercising, but I've also been eating.

I am shocked it has been a month. Time has flow by like nothing.

Again, you give this rookie something to look forward to

[Sarah_P]

Congratulations Ellie!! The hormone train keeps on a rollin'!

- Body hair has reduced dramatically already. Like a good 1/3 to 1/2 gone. This one really caught me off guard. Grows back slower too.

Wow, you're lucky! I'm almost 6 months and have only now noticed a reduction. I started epilating my legs a week ago, and that's helped dramatically. Can't get to the armpits though (can't get them flat enough).

[Roll]

Congratulations Ellie!! The hormone train keeps on a rollin'!

Wow, you're lucky! I'm almost 6 months and have only now noticed a reduction. I started epilating my legs a week ago, and that's helped dramatically. Can't get to the armpits though (can't get them flat enough).

Unfortunately I was super hairy to begin with, the reduction still has me well above the norm. Stupid 1480 testosterone...

[Julia1996]

Unfortunately I was super hairy to begin with, the reduction still has me well above the norm. Stupid 1480 testosterone...

That sucks but thankfully you have a very feminine face.

[Roll]

Oh, one more thing I've noticed that... seems way too good to be true.

I think being on HRT has helped my psoriasis. Of the three types, my humira knocked out the plaque psoriasis but doesn't really do anything for inverse and guttate. Guttate I dont have too badly, so not a big deal. Inverse psoriasis on the other hand is a huge pain, it's like having extremely raw skin all the time that never goes away. Particularly occurs on folds of skin, so you can imagine that friction and sweat make it exponentially even less fun. But over the past few weeks, it's gone. Like not sort of gone. COMPLETELY GONE. I actually have more hair in my armpits than I did pre-HRT because the psoriasis would prevent it from growing in, and of course it's one of the spots that isn't that big of a male female variation so didn't get reduced, it was just allowed to grow normally resulting in a net increase. But that's agood thing, because I'd rather take an extra 5 seconds shaving than have the inverse.

So I googled a bit, and turns out... studies have shown conclusively that while more women have psoriasis apparently, men overwhelmingly have more severe psoriasis. Psoriasis may be an autoimmune response, but it's skin centric and usually in reaction to something skin related. HRT softens and dries out skin. Seems perfectly logical something about that may also play in favor of not triggering psoriasis then. No trigger, less psoriasis.

[Cassi]

Oh, one more thing I've noticed that... seems way too good to be true.

I think being on HRT has helped my psoriasis. Of the three types, my humira knocked out the plaque psoriasis but doesn't really do anything for inverse and guttate. Guttate I dont have too badly, so not a big deal. Inverse psoriasis on the other hand is a huge pain, it's like having extremely raw skin all the time that never goes away. Particularly occurs on folds of skin, so you can imagine that friction and sweat make it exponentially even less fun. But over the past few weeks, it's gone. Like not sort of gone. COMPLETELY GONE. I actually have more hair in my armpits than I did pre-HRT because the psoriasis would prevent it from growing in, and of course it's one of the spots that isn't that big of a male female variation so didn't get reduced, it was just allowed to grow normally resulting in a net increase. But that's agood thing, because I'd rather take an extra 5 seconds shaving than have the inverse.

So I googled a bit, and turns out... studies have shown conclusively that while more women have psoriasis apparently, men overwhelmingly have more severe psoriasis. Psoriasis may be an autoimmune response, but it's skin centric and usually in reaction to something skin related. HRT softens and dries out skin. Seems perfectly logical something about that may also play in favor of not triggering psoriasis then. No trigger, less psoriasis.

A little off topic but may be related.  I woke up last night with sweaty armpits.  I cannot recall if and when I ever had sweaty armpits before.  It was definitely weird.

[davina61]

Snap, been 6weeks for me and rh nipple tender and bud forming , lh hardly anything. Not noticed any hair change yet even using IPL (probably my age!) but skin is improving , not as dry and flaky.

[Shambles]

I don't do weird modern pizzas. Classics for me. Pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage, bacon, that sort of thing. I don't mind some stuff like chicken bacon ranch type pizzas, but I don't consider it pizza, I consider it a flat open face sandwich.

Im considered a bit strange with pizzas as i dont have cheese on mine