Comments on: Avoiding hypochondria?

By: janefae

janefae — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:25:25 +0000

except, zoe…you are talking to a girl who loves the feel of her beautiful and clean hair…

who loves to look smart and well-turned out…

who loves every single aspect of her new femininity and is taking a crash course in prim and proper whilst she can.

yes…of course i know squick is out there somewhere…but if it comes anyway near me, i’ll whack it with a hairbrush!

By: Zoë O'Connell

Zoë O'Connell — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:04:17 +0000

After a while, one ceases to care about the mundane squickyness of bodily functions. It’s just life.

By: janefae

janefae — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:52:05 +0000

eeeyuw! You have such a way with words, Zoe!

By: Zoë O'Connell

Zoë O'Connell — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:47:50 +0000

General answer would be “if it’s experienced by teenage girls, it’s normal”. Sore hips, sore tits, thrush, cystitis, and watching “Beaches” all fall into that category. Blood isn’t supposed to come out of that hole, so it’s definitely in the “not good” area.

By: janefae

janefae — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:41:34 +0000

the blood thing was after my hernia op. I had the most excruciating pain in my back and when i went to see the GP, the blood turned up.

He put me down for more tests but…he didn’t seem too bothered, the pain went away and i put it down to post op stuff.

Then when i saw another GP this week, she read the riot act and insistedi go backn for tests. Which is sort of why i don’t know now. It didn’t feel serious…and it probably isn’t…but apparently its the sort of thing that should be taken seriously.

i’ve never in my life previously had boobs this sore. If i was still living as a bloke, i’d be worried. given that so many women have now told me this is pretty much par for the course, i’m not…

…but until i got the soreness and asked the question, i had no idea that this happened or that it was broadly not a prob.

jane
xx

By: spirifer

spirifer — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:44:20 +0000

Probably not much help here, but I would say you get used to what feels OK for *you*. I know people who have had incredibly sore boobs from time to time, whereas the only times I could ever say mine felt unusual were when I discovered I was pregnant, and when I had a baby. Otherwise, they tend to just “be there” and don’t feel all that different over time! But that’s just what’s normal for me.

I really do think that if you are concerned about something, you should ask your doctor – better to raise a false alarm than to ignore something that might be serious.

How on earth did you ignore blood in your pee? I’d be off to the doc pronto if that happened!

By: janefae

janefae — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:01:43 +0000

Thanks Louise (and khyri),

Guess there were two questions, really. First was whether this is an issue…consensus seem to be it isn’t. Second: how do i know when to ask GP, when to just float it round female acquaintance. Suspect that is something that cis women pick up by osmosis…whereas right now i don’t know what to worry at, what not.

Unknown unknowns and all that.

jane
xx

By: janefae

janefae — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:51:56 +0000

hmmm…do you mean transgenderzone? i am a member…have been for some while, but have found response patchy.

Doesn’t mean i won’t try – so thanks. Just wondering if there is or should be some sort of trans faq somewhere

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:31:08 +0000

Sore boobs are normal for CIS women. Not all month, obviously, but most women have a week or two during the menstrual cycle where they feel painful because of hormone fluctuations. I’ve only once been to the GP about sore boobs – when one became so painful that I was literally screaming and crying and the side of it was clearly inflamed. My GP despatched immediately to the breast clinic at the hospital for scans in case it turned out to be cancerous. It didn’t, fortunately – just an inflamed cyst that was treated with antibiotics.

In short, if they hurt but there’s no obvious inflammation, heat or burning sensation, localised swelling and you’re not crying with pain, then any soreness is probably within the range of normal.

By: Khyri

Khyri — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:18:53 +0000

My boobs have been sore since they started growing … some 36 years ago now! The only time I ever went for medical advice about it was when my first husband urged me to “do something” about the fact that I didn’t want him to touch them. My GP found nothing wrong, sent me to a psych, she found nothing wrong. I’ve stopped fretting about it.