Some of those bandages ARE impregnated with chlorhex or antibiotic, and are already non-sticky. Not all of em but a lot are already non-sticky. It depends on the wound but sometimes they have to be kept dry so they dont put any ointment on for good reason, sometimes it has to be dry because of the specific repair they did. The bandage is just there to soak up whatever is leaking, keeps things in place, and help protect it from infection while it heals. I guess stick with what you were told, if it gets bad-stinky, you get a fever or it leaks something that looks bad gross (not just clear or red - green, yellow, gross pus looking), or if its soaking so much its sopping off or soaking a lot quickly, then go back for more advice and treatment. Later when it comes time to remove the dressing they might tell you to soak it to loosen it up, or to remove it a different way - stick to what they tell you when the time comes.

I definitely like groups where its a mix of how long people have been transing, I get why support groups can feel like a total downer though. I see it too. I deal with people all day who are sick or injured and sometimes its because they haven't followed any medical advice or were not compliant with meds - so my tolerance for how much repetition there is is naturally higher.

Its definitely hard to read or speak with people in a lot of pain and dysphoria week after week and also seeing the steps they could take but aren't to make their lives better (at least less miserable).

Gotta say, Im still really digging having a vagina! Its great every day. I still grin like an idiot when I see it and look at it.

I am glad that FINALLY I'm on the part of the recovery schedule where dilating is once a day and slowly I can decrease that (or just have someone else to dilate for me so to speak lol).

After training I can sing along with scene queen which is nice

He walked in to mostly like a nazi tattooist in croatia

Cis men get gynecomastia, bam scientific medical word if anyone asks

A gender neutral space would still be better regardless lol

They're not wrong that they wanna do the equivalent of a coup and run Mills regardless but the Platner campaign and the people who pushed him definitely didnt do themselves or progressive nominal left by picking this fucking guy - and backing him after the nazi tattoo thing and the earlier abuse story

Thats a weird one because he cant even fall back on being poor and that was the only way out (his parents are rich af and he went to a private boarding school as a kid)

Its one thing to be Butler style figure, you entered it apolitically or desperately or were drafted otherwise forced - and then figured out it was evil inside. But it sounds like he knew it ahead of time and still dreamed about being a lil soldier boy regardless

If youve never seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind it can be a doozy

God loves her bottoms o7

All that work, damn.

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