Weird blood test discovery O_o

[Myself]

There is no way I have an uterus O_o Probably just the stomach or intestine! The pain is just around the belly button, uterus is supposed to be lower anyways.

[rejennyrated]

Well I guess that's a genuine mystery then...

[Ms Jessica]

a little late to the game, but I get some PMS type symptoms during my trough week (E levels are usually lowest, and it's the week right before I'm due for an injection.  It got so bad that I started cutting last year (something I hadn't done for like 15 years.  I mean, srsly, WTF?).  I started keeping track of my moods in my day planner and realized that it was every 4 weeks, almost like clockwork.  My endo's solution was to switch injection frequency to every 2 weeks (hope that's not too close to dosage information for this site) and that's helped quite a bit. 

[Myself]

Well today I am feeling much better. Started getting better sometime yesterday, I think it's almost suddenly. Well slowly but fast.

I always like the "day after" or the days after, it's like my mood, happiness and calmness is just increased tenfolds, almost like being on happy drug (but I never tried drugs ) without bad side effects.

I also find it's the days I get a bit more interested in guys and intimacy. O_o much more social too.

On an embarrassing note, someone asked me if I am alright and I said yeah and then he said "that time huh?". eek! I was half embarrassed half "HUH" and it resulted with him being like "It's ok" apparently he is used to it O_o

Would be cool if I had some uterus or something :3 but I still doubt it :/ I don't think I can convince my gynecologist to look into it seriously either, he will just suggest to change the doses a bit probably.

[Northern Jane]

It was too long ago to remember numbers but at age 18 (when I could legally get tested without my mother's permission) my testosterone levels were found to be about 1/2 of normal male levels and oestrogen was about 1/2 of normal female levels and cyclic (which explained why I had natural breast development and very little male development). All levels dropped to "post-menopausal" after SRS and nobody ever explained it all.

Of course that was a long time ago and people still wrote with a quill by oil lamps then 

[JessieMH]

I know that oh, 4 years back or so, my testosterone levels were about half the normal male levels, never had the oestrogen tested, was for some other genetic health issues I have.  Hope that'll get me a leg up on HRT when I do actually start

[aerosolchild]

That is one of the most interesting replies so far because of course there is some observed data suugesting that sometimes a group of closely knit females living in close proximity will tend to synchronise their menstrual cycles. It's by no means a proven effect in humans, but it is intriguing.

This definitely does happen. Growing up, my mom, sister and I all menstruated at the same time. It made for some interesting times at my house. (especially since my sister is a bathroom hog )

Now that my gf has been on hormones for a while, something interesting has happened. At the same time that she began having monthly symptoms, mine went wonky, starting to come in earlier each month until we were synched.

The human body is a weird, complex thing. Every time I think I'm starting to get a grasp of how it works, some new piece of information comes along and amazes me all over again

Also, from what I understand, cramps don't actually take place in uterus, at least not all/most of the time. Mine definitely come in quite a bit higher than that, and I also get back aches, arm/leg cramps and muscle fatigue. Not sure what's up with that.

[gothique11]

as for my self, I know I have "extra material" there that shouldn't be in a male-bodied person, same with some really badly formed ovaries. I know that through a scan 'cause I was having a lot of inflammation of the parts (they said it was probably endometritis). The docs didn't know what to do, 'cause they've never dealt with anyone like me before. I just went on pain killers. I had it happen for almost 2 months straight. I've had problems before I transitioned, too, and did a scan and they just said that there was partly formed extra material that's not supposed to be there in a male-bodied person.

I've never done a genetic test, although I've thought about it... I just haven't had any real reason to. I will say, that my condition causes me problems and has caused them since I was young. It's not fun, and I usually don't talk about it much. Doctors just don't know what to do and my current family doc just says my biology is how it is and we'd just have to deal with things as they come, since he can't predict what could happen next.

It almost stopped me from getting SRS 'cause I was experiencing the problems with inflammation and pain inside. Luckily, it stopped a month before SRS and I was able to have it. I know that the SRS doc took some of it out to make room. I only sometimes get the pain now.

After my SRS I had major bladder problems. It was found that I had nothing to do with the surgery, but my own biology with the stuff down there (probably from the trama from it). I then started expericing nerve problems similar to MS. I don't have any leasions on my brain, and they still consider I could develop ms in the future (like my mom). So, I'm kinda stuck in limbo. After a while, and some bladder meds, I got better. I don't need the bladder meds now.

It was very annoying, 'cause doctors didn't know what to do or explain things. My doc tried to get me to see a urologist for possible surgery down there, but they all refused here 'cause they said they didn't know how to handle someone like me. It's hard to be left in limbo.

Being intersex isn't fun (for me at least). Sometimes it really bothers me, especially when it comes to health and doctors having no clue what to do with me and in some cases, won't even really help me 'cause they don't know what to do. I wouldn't wish someone else to be intersex - it's a ball of trouble. That's why I don't mention it very often, 'cause it full of painful memories and there have been many times I wish I wasn't intersex or had these health problems.

At the moment I'm doing fine. No problems at all. I'm glad for that. Very glad. I just hope it keeps up.

[Silver]

I posted a topic about us having a monthly cycle in this thread:
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,69765.0.html

It's true. My therapist who is very educated about our issues and hormone research has already informed me this is a symptom of us taking estrogen. We have a monthly cycle. That week when you are feeling cranky,depressed, and having horrid cramps is your "period" and your body apparently wont process as much estrogen. You might even notice a strong or fishy odor down there at this time of the month.

However, the time you are calm, relaxed, feeling like yourself again is when your body is processing estrogen correctly and the hormone level therefore reads higher. The estrogen levels continue to rise after your period ends until they reach their peak level. Once they reach their peak, they start to drop again and again until you start your period again.

This is just how a genetic female's body works when it comes to hormone usage. We are so lucky to have cycles but also cursed in a way with all its side effects of constant changing hormone levels, but its something I would put up with any day just to experience what a girl is supposed to go through

Female born people don't have cycles because their bodies refuse to process estrogen for a week out of every month. The ovum releases a burst of estrogen that peaks during ovulation and falls once the ovum reaches the end of its life.

If the refusal of the body to process estrogen were the cause, birth control pills would be useless. The body simply would continue with normal menstrual cycles.