shot diaries
thoughts i have during my weekly injection of 0.25mg* of estradiol valerate
mostly just me complaining about pain or smth but i hope you can glean smth beautiful or cynical or anything from this whole process.
| date | site | notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9/5 | left middle | |
| 8/29 | right bottom | |
| 8/22 | left bottom | texas is now blocking all gender marker changes for drivers licenses, stabbed myself while administering my shot in tears |
| 8/15 | right top | |
| 8/8 | left top | |
| 8/1 | right middle | |
| 7/25 | left middle | |
| 7/18 | right bottom | |
| 7/11 | left bottom | |
| 7/4 | right top | |
| 6/27 | left top | |
| 6/20 | right middle | |
| 6/13 | left middle | on time again :3 |
| 6/7 | right bottom | LATE :((( ALSO ONE YEAR OF TAKING ESTROGEN!!!! I’m so freaking happy it’s amazing |
| 5/30 | left bottom | |
| 5/23 | right top | |
| 5/16 | left top | |
| 5/9 | right middle | |
| 5/2 | left middle | perfect execution!! |
| 4/25 | right bottom | not painful yay |
| 4/18 | left bottom | another painful shot |
| 4/11 | right top | happy birthday 25 yo injection! OW THIS WEEK HURT SO BAD; I went a little high with my injection site but ouch. Trying to manage the pain while the shot is still in my leg is difficult. |
| 4/4 | left top | almost my birthday! feeling reborn |
| 3/28 | right mid | |
| 3/21 | left mid | |
| 3/14 | right bottom | happy cade is an idiot dayyyy!!!! |
| 3/7 | left bottom | |
| 2/29 | right top | leap day injection!!!! |
| 2/22 | left top | |
| 2/15 | right mid | |
| 2/8 | left mid | lil pinch :,( |
| 2/1 | bottom right | cried about coming out to my mom at 14 but not transitioning till 23 |
| 1/25 | bottom left | graaaahhhhhhh |
| 1/18 | right top | |
| 1/11 | left top | done in marathon Florida listening to Paramore : fuck Ron DeSantis) |
| 1/4 | right mid | |
| 12/29 | left mid | day late :( |
| 12/21 | right bottom | |
| 12/14 | left bottom | |
| 12/7 | right top | |
| 11/30 | left top | |
| 11/23 | right mid | |
| 11/16 | left mid | |
| 11/9 | right bottom | |
| 11/2 | left bottom | back in schedule |
| 10/27 | right top | day late |
| 10/19 | left top | |
| 10/12 | right middle | |
| 9/28 | right bottom | |
| 9/21 | left bottom | |
| 9/14 | right top | |
| 9/7 | left top | ouch |
| 8/31 | right middle | |
| 8/24 | left middle |
* originally i took 0.3mg but had to be bumped down to 0.25 because my estrogen levels were too high. its affirming that my body process estrogen so well.