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gesundyke ([personal profile] gesundyke) wrote in [community profile] trans2007-04-06 09:19 am

forgive me, this is just a paranoid ramble really



I'm really just posing a question.

Over the last 3 weeks I've had a recurring sinus infection. I've been
on 3 antibiotics so far and finally a month later I really think I
have this thing licked.

But.

During the last three weeks I'd get on and off headaches and sometimes
they'd really be annoying (top of my head and a little to the left,
the back of my head an inch or two away from my left ear also
sometimes above one eye). I'd also get like, tension in my neck.

Now as of this week sinus-wise I feel better but I can't really tell
if i'm fully recovered, sincethe head issues are still kinda there,
albeit nowhere near as worse as they've been. it's not like they're
heaches, but more akin to on and off sinus pressure. the two doctors
I've seen have said headaches can be associated with sinus issues
(especially infections).. i'm fairly certian the last information they
have is that i was self-medicating on female HRT (from when I was
trying to go legit earlier in life- but this information is outdated)
but that's a wierd place to get them.. don't you think? i've been
drinking more water as a result cuz it turns out i'm supposed to drink
lots of water taking my antibiotics too (have to take them till
Sunday).

This really has me frazzled, and it's made my years-dormant hypochondria flare up with a fierceness. I've never had a recurring anything
before, and it's making me paranoid that my HRT (2mg EV and 100mg
spiro (both twice a day)) are somehow causing my head issues and that
i'll have to go off HRT or something..

i see my gynaecologist on Monday, and the 17th of this month will be
11 months on HRT for me. i fully intend on mentioning all this to her,
and I don't know if she'll be concerned.

my biggest fear is having to go off HRT. I can't go back to the way I
was; I have a lot of relationships that only know the girl me. I'm
really close to starting the process of changing my name, and... yeah.
:/ paranoia sets in.

It's also possible that i'm not still fully healed from my sinus
issues and that it could take several more weeks...

am I just being irrationally paranoid, or should i be concerned that
my HRT is causing this?


x-posted to mtf