busybee fluffy rambles

HRT

I’m now on week three of estradiol injections, and it’s going pretty well. My mood has very much stabilized, my skin has cleared back up, and I’ve gotten the hang of injections. Also my boobs are showing signs of starting to grow again, so that’s nice.

Fibromyalgia

Last night I took my first dose of Tonmya, the new formulation of cyclobenzaprine (aka Flexeril) intended for long-term fibromyalgia treatment. Just like the standard pill form, the sublingual form knocks me out pretty well but then I end up having extremely intense (and emotional) dreams, and my sleep wasn’t super restful. It’ll take a few days before I can tell if I’ll get used to it and if it’ll linger in my system like Flexeril does; the point to the sublingual route is that it’s supposed to not do that, so maybe this will work better for me long-term.

I’m going to skip it tonight and possibly tomorrow because I’ve got a bunch of shows in VRChat and I want to be sure I’m awake for them, the first one especially.

Fiona

Fiona’s nasal infection cleared up after a few days of antibiotics and she’s still got a week left or so. Hopefully it stays gone, because she’s in a much better mood now (plus it’s nice not having her get snot everywhere). If it does come back then we’ll know that it’s a structural or systemic issue that needs some other long-term treatment. But for now it’s nice having her back in high spirits.

I’ll be really glad to be done with giving her the doxycycline though. That stuff smells awful. Also it gets everywhere and I’m allergic to it.