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There is genuinely not a whole lot to say. The drive down was long but uneventful; we set up in a hotel containing sufficient beds but also a Sad Dog somewhere on the premises and slept poorly; we visited the in-laws. Sister-in-law showed up for a bit. Photos were taken, general conversation was had, mother-in-law's stuffing was praised as superior to when Kevin makes it, recipe for cream puffs has been obtained for family recipe book purposes. Sunday, Kevin and KJ went down to the Mall and puttered at the Smithsonian a bit; I, who had again slept like crap, stayed in the hotel room and did very little, and SM joined me to loll about in bed like the teenager they now are. Today we drove back. 7.5 hour predicted drive (very optimistic) took 9.5, with a stop for lunch and a couple bathroom breaks; Connecticut remains a traffic jam, basically. Also Newark. My biological brother did not require a drinking buddy over the weekend; I checked in to make sure.
I am tired but okay.
The most surreal things about starting T are the parts where I have no idea if it's doing anything yet. It's one of those 'takes time to see effects' but also. There's things.
For example: for the week prior, I have had horribly achey knees for no particular reason, and my right hip - which is not the one that usually fails me - was a wreck. Which of course made me go look up whether things were likely to affect that and discovered 'If you experience low or imbalanced testosterone levels, your risk of experiencing joint pain increases.' So. Okay. Good to know that I'm probably not going to make it worse.
Running the experiment: I may have made it better? Already? But lacking a control group I have an infuriating lack of basis to judge this.
(I also looked up effects on GI issues, but I am pretty sure my GI issues getting better was a case of 'not eating the food that was offending them' rather than hormonal tweaks. Travel is fun!)
Also my face and hands feel uncommonly warm. Body temperature regulation changes? Or just the fact that I'm really, really bad at homeostasis in all kinds of ways? (I will see what happens if I have to deal with Cold Winter Rain, which is the thing that really gets the cold into my bones....)
I am frustrated by not having a parallel universe me whose knees I can inspect.
I am tired but okay.
The most surreal things about starting T are the parts where I have no idea if it's doing anything yet. It's one of those 'takes time to see effects' but also. There's things.
For example: for the week prior, I have had horribly achey knees for no particular reason, and my right hip - which is not the one that usually fails me - was a wreck. Which of course made me go look up whether things were likely to affect that and discovered 'If you experience low or imbalanced testosterone levels, your risk of experiencing joint pain increases.' So. Okay. Good to know that I'm probably not going to make it worse.
Running the experiment: I may have made it better? Already? But lacking a control group I have an infuriating lack of basis to judge this.
(I also looked up effects on GI issues, but I am pretty sure my GI issues getting better was a case of 'not eating the food that was offending them' rather than hormonal tweaks. Travel is fun!)
Also my face and hands feel uncommonly warm. Body temperature regulation changes? Or just the fact that I'm really, really bad at homeostasis in all kinds of ways? (I will see what happens if I have to deal with Cold Winter Rain, which is the thing that really gets the cold into my bones....)
I am frustrated by not having a parallel universe me whose knees I can inspect.
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