From: M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 04:09:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: "informed" and "informative" mean different things X-Git-Url: http://232903.hjopswx29.asia/source?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3ecd61d57775e770f9b0ede099fd22daa845ba17;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git "informed" and "informative" mean different things --- diff --git a/content/2017/whats-my-motivation-or-hormones-day-89.md b/content/2017/whats-my-motivation-or-hormones-day-89.md index 53ec095..2001c9b 100644 --- a/content/2017/whats-my-motivation-or-hormones-day-89.md +++ b/content/2017/whats-my-motivation-or-hormones-day-89.md @@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ And really, the results so far are nothing to write home about. (Although they a And ... that's it, as far as I can tell. Not really a big deal, at all. Should I be disappointed, that I hoped to discover some True Secret of Ultimate Gender, only to find that the secret can't be had by taking other people's medicines? Should I be relieved that maybe there's not much of a secret to be discovered in the first place? Or do I just need to continue to be patient? -It should be noted that my 10 July lab results put my estradiol levels well below the expectation for transitioners, so I'll be increasing my dosage. The test result uninformedly just said "<50 pg/mL", with the standard range (for males, presumably) given as ≤50 pg/mL; the doctor says it should be over 100. (This information makes my earlier [patch-only-no-spiro phase](/2017/Jan/hormones-day-13/) of the experiment look even more useless than I knew at the time.) I asked for the higher dose in oral form (well, [sublingual](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublingual_administration), anyway); the transdermal (no pun intended, one assumes) patches have _usually_ been lasting out the week that they're supposed to, but it was slightly annoying to feel the patch wrinkle when I twist or bend over. The spiro, however, does seem to be working as intended: the July lab puts my "free" testosterone at 20.8 pg/mL, with the standard range given as 59–166 pg/mL. +It should be noted that my 10 July lab results put my estradiol levels well below the expectation for transitioners, so I'll be increasing my dosage. The test result uninformatively just said "<50 pg/mL", with the standard range (for males, presumably) given as ≤50 pg/mL; the doctor says it should be over 100. (This information makes my earlier [patch-only-no-spiro phase](/2017/Jan/hormones-day-13/) of the experiment look even more useless than I knew at the time.) I asked for the higher dose in oral form (well, [sublingual](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublingual_administration), anyway); the transdermal (no pun intended, one assumes) patches have _usually_ been lasting out the week that they're supposed to, but it was slightly annoying to feel the patch wrinkle when I twist or bend over. The spiro, however, does seem to be working as intended: the July lab puts my "free" testosterone at 20.8 pg/mL, with the standard range given as 59–166 pg/mL. Although the experiment so far may not _currently_ feel like directly throwing myself on a fire, as things progress, I will eventually have to _decide_ what I'm trying to do here, and which trade-offs (in health risks, in the social consequences of my appearance) are worth what. Like the frog in that story about a slowly boiling pot of water. Or the man who, attempting to split the difference between getting the girl and being the girl, achieved neither.