I’m so glad you ended up going to the appointment! good girl~

He said that if this one came back high too, I'd have to get an MRI, which I'm really fucking scared of doing 😭

I've had to do this years ago. Your endocrinologist is checking to see if there are tumours growing on your pituitary gland, which are mostly benign but can still cause significant problems if they're left unchecked. If your endo recommends an MRI, don't skip it! Even benign pituitary tumours can cause serious hormonal problems if they're not addressed.

The MRI itself isn't too bad - it sounds like you're inside a floppy disk drive as it's reading and writing a disk (if you don't know what this is, YouTube! (now I feel really old...)).

MRIs do get quite loud - like standing near a large concert speaker and subwoofer, so earplugs are usually required, due to the very large currents flowing through the MRI coil (magnetic flux) to take pictures of your body part. The very first MRI image they took of my head made me jump a little bit because the magnetic flux was so loud it vibrated me a bit, but once you're used to the sensation it's pretty fascinating to experience. MRIs are absolutely not painful, just weird.

Perhaps the scariest part (if you're not fond of needles) is the dye contrast they can inject for some part of the imaging process to quote "light the pituitary gland up like a christmas tree on the scan". It's just a simple IV injection, and not that bad (for what it's worth, I hate needles).

MRIs can be claustrophobic, so if this is something you think you may have issues with see if your endo is able to prescribe a short acting anti-anxiety medication to help with the experience.

Overall my session took about 50 minutes, was boring as hell as I obviously couldn't read or do anything other than imitate a statue (moving causes blurry images) but it's not a terrifying experience. It can be unsettling if you've never had one before, but they're genuinely not scary machines.

Realistically, CTs are scarier because you're being shot with high energy x-rays to take an image, but they're also not painful. MRIs just exploit physics to take images with a huge magnetic coil. There are a few YouTube videos on the experience.

Don't worry about the whole metal and MRI thing - you'll be extensively screened before you're allowed anywhere near the MRI, because those things are extremely expensive to repair after an emergency quench (dumping the liquid helium from the machine to 'turn off' the magnet). MRI operators are very protective of their machines... 😂

Yaaay! I know I'm just a random stranger, so I hope this isn't weird to say, but I am SO proud of you!! <3 I'm the same way with doctors appointments, so I totally get how big of a hurdle it can be to get yourself to actually go. And I'm so glad your doctor is so good!! :D

Yay! Woohoo! Yippee! Glory to QUEEN Miisha!!!!

So happy for you misha!!

Congratulations!!!

It's so hard to pick yourself up and go sometimes, but often it ends up really being worth it. I'm so glad that you had such positive outcomes today! Hooray!

Hell yeah miisha, you got this. Seems like your doctor is really on top of things and ACTUSLLY LISTENS, that's worth its weight in gold.

be well continuing your journey into girlhood!!

Being so close to cancelling an appointment and then just going anyway, and being glad you did is so me lol

congrats! monotherapy has been wonderfully simple for me, hope you get the treatment you deserve

woohoo! happy for you, miisha!

yay some much wuv news, gz You!

Glad Your doc is so friendly - some of them feels the mission and do awesome job. Or maybe sorry for these who don't follow changes? My endo also do such stuff, even if I have to travel a lot.

hmmm beer, long time didn't went any czech tavern, like after 1.5 year or so (after being at one weekly for years)... but was at one today! Much nice taste, with cheesy snacks and stuff, did miss that af. Think overall (I may not be ready to say detail) stress of the day did overtake drunkin, so felt nuffin :<

Don't forget about magical 20! and stay cute.

wow you can get an SRS referral within a year of starting HRT in your country? The standard here is to wait a few years for pretty much any surgery.

I'm proud AF of you Miish! <3

Yay, I'm happy for you!

Hell yeah congrats on all of it. And good luck with Suporn, the wait list was hell back when I was picking surgeons

I'm so fucking happy for you sis ! And proud !

I wish I my body didn't handle alcohol. But it does :3 Even with E and weight loss and the fact that don't drink in general. Still need a significant amount if I ever do so (a bit less today I'd say)