Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Someone has an ear infection. 😞

Someone has an ear infection. 😞

The vet cleaned his ears and gave us some meds. He is NOT a happy guy right now - panting, pacing, and shaking his head.

I knew he smelled off. He's been scratching at his ears for a couple of weeks. He's bad at coordination, so we've been helping him. I got a tissue and wiped and got a little bit of wax, but nothing major. I sniffed his ears, then Cub's, and I was like "Yeah... We need to get him seen."

Thankfully, we caught it before it got bad, but he's about to be upset at all the cleaning and medicating we have to do. 😬


We're having a hard freeze.

We're having a hard freeze. I woke up an hour ago (because of course I did) and saw that the temperature in my greenhouse was in the 20s°F. I woke up Shaun and we went and lit a bunch of candles in there. I'm watching the temperature slowly climb, but I'm terrified that I may have lost some plants. 😭

Monday, January 20, 2025

Day 4 on Testosterone went well.

Day 4 on Testosterone went well.

I slept about 5 hours in a row before waking up last night, so that's improvement. I took a Melatonin around 3 this morning and slept late again since I didn't have to work. I definitely needed it.

My mood has been more stable. Not only did I NOT ask Shaun to not look at/speak to me, but I had a little bit of energy to check on the greenhouse. I think that my mood was just intense my first couple of days on T, and I read that is to be expected. Hopefully, I'm done being irritable.

My joint aches are almost non-existent, so that's really nice.

So far, so good. I guess I just had to get over the initial shock to my system. Hopefully, things will keep improving. Y'all know I will keep you posted.

Goodnight, friends. ❤️

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Calypso snuggs.

Calypso snuggs.


I'm still on the struggle bus, but ...

I'm still on the struggle bus, but I did my walking, my Duolingo, and leg day today. Better late than never.

I went to bed early last night and woke up around 1 am with prickly itching in my downstairs. I scratched before I could stop myself and I noticed some skin changes. I'm really sad about that. I'm still on medication for Lichen Sclerosus, so I thought it would stop my labia from changing and/or disappearing. I don't want them to disappear! They are still there, but I'm distraught. Like, do these changes mean that I'm still in an active flare? I don't know anything. I might look for a dermatologist or something.

I'm in physical distress with whatever is happening down there, plus my hormone situation. It's also causing quite a bit of mental distress, too. I feel really scared and sad and then I take my Testosterone and get rage-y on top of that. I think I handled today better than yesterday. I didn't tell Shaun not to talk to me or look at me, but I was pretty rude to him when Toebean let me know he was hungry for his special food that keeps him from getting stones and Shaun hadn't fed him. 😬  Shaun is basically handling everything around the house at this point, and I'm saving all of my energy and politeness for work, since both are very limited.

So far, I feel that the Testosterone has helped my joint pains some. I am still achy, but not as bad. It's only been 3 days, though, so there's plenty of time for me to feel better.

I woke up around noon and I'm heading back to bed at not-even 10. I feel like my batteries are low and it sucks. I do not know how to function like this.

Goodnight, friends. I hope y'all are having a better time than I am. ❤️

Harley snuggs.

Harley snuggs.


Toebean snuggs.

Toebean snuggs.