therapy black out

Therapy black out

Trigger warning sexual abuse talk

I had therapy today and in the middle of it, my power goes out. I had to use my hotspot to connect but because I was in the dark, I didn’t turn the camera on. UGH. We were talking about trauma and specifically my mother’s abuse towards me. She sexually abused me from the time I was young, like age 2 to 13. She always had to look at my genitals or breasts. Now that I have been cathing for a while, I still have flashbacks to when she touches me when I touch myself. In my pediatric records, the doctor notes that my “vagina was closing” according to my mother but I wonder if it was really my urethra as it is in my vaginal opening. I’ve had a few UTI’s growing up and I wonder if it is because my mother stuck things in there. I also had a trauma medical procedure done to me when I was five. I had to be restrained physically and chemically for the doctor to do the procedure. All I remember is that I was screaming for my mother to get me, to comfort me, and when she didn’t come, I felt abandoned. I hated my mother for not being there. It was then that I started hearing voices.

Today’s WordPrompt from WordPress is transition. I was talking about my transition today with my therapist as my mother misgendered me, again. It invalidates me and makes me think my transition is not worth it. As I will always be seen as a “daughter” to her rather than a son. She thinks she owns me. I haven’t told her that I will be having top surgery yet. I want to make sure the insurance is going to cover it. I don’t want to tell her and then it not happen. It is five months away anyways. I am hoping that I can have it sooner but I got to know insurance will cover it first.

I am going for blood work this week so asked my pcp if they also need a urine sample because my test strip for home testing tested positive for white cells. I don’t know if my bladder is still inflamed or what. It still hurts though and even though I am starting the estrogen cream tonight, it could be a month before it has an effect. I was going to start last night but I got too tired to put it on. I was going to put it on after my last cath for the night but I didn’t want to get out of bed. I was comfy.

I woke up a couple of time during the night to pee and I was on the same schedule as my mother as every time I had to go pee so did she. I might have to hide the benzoyl peroxide I bought as I found it on the sink rather than in the cabinet. The last tube I bought was used by family members. I never had a chance to use it because it was used up before I could or it went missing on me. I have a breakout of zits right now and need to use it. For fuck’s sake, I bought it with my money and the shit is not cheap. Pisses me off that someone keeps using my acne products.

I wanted to make a zucchini chicken stir fry for supper but my ankle and foot are hurting me too much. My mother is just going to make the chicken with salt and pepper for me. I just realized I haven’t eaten anything since breakfast this morning. I never made lunch like I had wanted to. Therapy just got me so upset.

Saturday News 06082022

Saturday News 06082022

I had my MRI done last night and got the results this afternoon which sent me into a suicidal spiral. Results weren’t good. My degenerative spine is getting worse than it did 11 months ago. I don’t know if I need to see my neurosurgeon. I hope not because that might mean surgery and I can’t face another spine surgery. The cause of my clit going numb is unclear. I have no nerve compression anywhere. The good news is that one of my CSF leaks is gone and the one remaining is getting smaller.

I texted my therapist and she said what does my safety plan say to do. I said I would read some and overdose on some gaba. She didn’t like that and asked what does my prescription say. I told her and she said to take that. I doubled the dose anyway. I still have another 1200 mg to take at bedtime. She doesn’t know this.

I feel really depressed and suicidal. I want to die. I also don’t want to be evaluated for MS. Truth be told I should have had an MRI of the sacrum. Those are the nerves that control the clit. I don’t know if you could see the nerves as it all bone but still, it is worth a try. Since I read the report, my lower back has been hurting me. I can take another pain med in an hour.

I texted my cousin and she kept on asking me stupid questions which annoyed the fuck out of me. I don’t know what can be done to stop the degeneration. I also have arthritis in my spine as well. Probably why my back is hurting. All of this doesn’t explain why my clit is numb. I won’t get evaluated for MS as I don’t have MS. I think I would have other symptoms if I did.

There was a Twitter post about bottom growth on testosterone that most FTMs didn’t know about. That the clitoris grows a few inches. I don’t think mine has grown because I am not on a high enough dose of T. But my clit is also nerve damaged. I don’t think I am going to get the feeling back and I am very troubled by this.

I read the trauma book for a couple of chapters. I read like a chapter and a half when I got the MRI results. Then I couldn’t go back to reading it. The author talked about having a safe place to be in when in recovery and working on trauma. I don’t know how I am supposed to work on it given that I don’t live in a trauma free space. Also made sure that the person was safe from themselves. Right now I am not.

Been having some fantasies of meeting my new PCP and telling her that I have a year to live, that in June of next year, I plan on ending it. After learning the results of my MRI today, there is no doubt that the plan is on, again. I might delay it in July so that there is at least a couple months where I can be shirtless due to the weather. But this was just a fantasy. I will not let my pcp know I plan on ending my life. I fear things will be disastrous if she knows how suicidal I am. Or she might just refer me to psych and that will be that. It wouldn’t be the first time that a pcp ignored me when I told them I was suicidal because of my pain. They would just ask if I was keeping my appointments with my psychiatrist. Then move on. Suicide prevention at work, not.

I keep wondering if I would be able to do this at home. I don’t have a credit card to go to a hotel. I am trying to work things out so that no one finds me until I am dead. I hate that to happen but I don’t have a choice. I am kind of hoping that I will be euphoric when I have my top surgery so I don’t end up dying. I am ambivalent, that is for sure.

MRI and uro

MRI and uro

I had my MRI last night. It went ok. It was new scanners and I really like it. They were able to find a vein for the contrast. The tech said I should have results in 1-3 days.

I had a call from uro about my bladder. All she could say to me was use vaginal estrogen cream on my urethra and go to pelvic floor muscle PT. USELESS. I am so aggravated. I am still trying to makes sure that if some if it goes down my urinary tract that it won’t cause infection. She tends to think I sleep at night like normal people. No, I am up several times a night cathing.

Power is out in my neighborhood. I am writing this is in the darkness of my room. I might need to turn on the hotspot on my phone to publish this. I am thankful my room is cool right now but the longer I am without AC the chances of it staying like this is not likely. It just came back on, for now. It’s 94 degrees out and feels like 97.

I had the pharmacy ship the estrogen cream to me because I think I threw out the stuff I had. It is too hot for me to walk there and as it isn’t quite urgent that I use it, I can wait a few days for it. Hopefully my concerns will have been answered by the time I receive it. Just got a message back. She said it shouldn’t be a problem because the cream is “sterile”.

I am feeling very depressed. I just want to sleep. I told my therapist I would blog and read but I got a slight headache and don’t feel like reading. I still can’t believe she didn’t want to take my word. I feel so offended by this. I honestly feel like she doesn’t trust me when it comes to my safety. That I can’t handle it on my own, like I have the past twenty years! WTF.

I haven’t heard from my psychiatrist all week. He usually answers my messages within 24 hours. I don’t know why he hasn’t responded yet. Maybe he is on vacation. I don’t see him until Sept.

I am not interested in baseball. Sox got rid of two of my favorite players and I think they are going to let two superb players go because they are being cheap bastards. So hard watching them lose game after game. The talent is there but the chemistry isn’t. It’s very sad.