Thread by @benjyswagner

"JUST GET A HYSTERECTOMY" thread

I am a 31 year old trans man. My periods have never been normal. They last way too long, are always way too heavy, and it seems there's a physical barrier keeping the lining from shedding effectively because it is always oxidized and clotted. 1/

I first asked for a hysterectomy when I was 14. Obviously, this was denied. That makes perfect sense. I was put on birth control and they didn't look any further. That birth control caused me to have my period for over a year straight before I gave up. 2/

I asked for a hysterectomy or at least testing again at 21, when I still thought I was a cis woman. I was told that I might change my mind, and what if I found a partner someday that wanted me to have kids? I said "then they aren't going to be my partner." I was denied tests 3/

And they had me try the Mirena. I bled for 2 years straight on that until I had it removed. Then I had an abnormal pap, got a colposcopy, it was bad cancer-causing HPV, but then my body cleared it. 4/

I then asked for a hysterectomy when I was 30. I said in addition to never wanting kids, now as an out trans man, that my periods cause me distress and happen for way too long and don't seem right. And that I have a partner who doesnt ever want kids. 5/

I was forced to try depoprovera. To prove I've "exhausted all options." I got one 3-month shot, then got my period for 9 months straight. So I decided to try my primary care doctor for a referral to talk to someone who might take me seriously 6/

She put me back on birth control instead. Now I am 31, still with months-long periods, during which the uterine lining is so dark it is almost black, has the texture of ooblek, and nobody gives a single shit because I'm not trying to have a baby. Thanks for coming to my Ben talk.

Also. #obgyntwitter #obgyn id love some guidance on what tests I should ask for when I find a new doctor

@MamaDoctorJones Dr Jones, if you could perhaps just point me in a direction of questions to ask? It would be a huge help.

Or like can anybody just affirm that this isn't normal?

@MamaDoctorJones Also the day after my Mirena was inserted i woke up with severely swollen eyes. How is this possible

I love that the moment i finished posting these threads i went to the restroom to pee and there it is, my period. Solid. Brown. Gloopy. Stringy. Painful. Physically and emotionally and spiritually.