Unfortunately, the situation continues, and appears to have stalled, which is weighing on my mind quite a bit.

I've remained on the lowered dose this week, and I'm feeling more or less near to what I consider "normal" in terms of how I feel physically/mentally by default. I completely forgot to get in touch with the nurse-practitioner with an update, though; things got fairly hectic last week, so I'll try to remember to send an update sometime within the next few days or so.

The injection went fairly smoothly; the bubbles that got caught in the syringe didn't give me any trouble, and I pinched up enough skin to make the needle fairly painless. The spot I chose happened to be a bit of a bleeder, though - but the upside of that is that the bandage was definitely placed correctly.

I'm only a few weeks away from another major milestone with my transition journey, which is lifting my spirits a bit; I'll need to see what I want to do for a celebration...

For now, though, I need to get ready to run some errands.

The situation continues; I'm hopeful that things are drawing toward a conclusion (and the return to normalcy) within the next couple/few weeks or so, but I'm trying to temper my optimism somewhat.

I slightly adjusted the dosage again, bringing it down to the full point for this week, since the adjustment last week didn't cause any unpleasant side effects. I'll keep an eye on things, and will get in touch with the nurse-practitioner to give them an update after a few days.

I've not been getting enough sleep, and I need to take that into consideration with things like mood and general physical feelings, but aside from being fairly groggy, I'm feeling alright. I might need to get some food into me soon, though.

The injection itself went fine; I needed to start a new vial this time, but the trapped air almost seemed to shuffle itself out without any coaxing, which was nice.

A shorter entry this time; I'm really tired~

Things continue to be stressful and less-than-normal, but progress is continuing.

The nurse-practitioner got back in touch last week to advise me about the hemoglobin; their stance was that, despite the levels being somewhat high, it was not to a dangerous degree - but they told me that I could lower the dosage by a full point for the next injection. I said that I'd prefer to lower by a smaller increment at first (around half that much) and would see how I'm feeling before lowering another half-point. I was also advised that it might take a couple of weeks to see any changes reflected in my hemoglobin levels during any blood tests, so I likely won't reattempt a plasma donation until the week after next.

It was a significant relief to hear that there wasn't as much danger as I'd initially thought, though.

This week's injection went fairly well; I've lowered the dosage by that half-point, to see how my body handles the drop. The site itself is a little sore/tender, which might be partly because I had a bit of trouble getting the needle to pierce the skin again. I might have pinched up the skin in a weird way, or been holding too tightly, I'm not fully sure.

But aside from that small hiccup, things went well, and now all that's left is to see how the lower dosage makes me feel - and to try and tackle all the remaining work for this month.

That's going to do it for now.

There have been some ups and downs along the path toward normalcy, but progress is being made, little by little.

I got some troubling news regarding my hemoglobin / iron levels this past week, and so I've reached out to my nurse practitioner about lowering my dosage to try and get my iron at a lower (and safer) level. The unfortunate thing is that the clinic tends to be closed on Sunday/Monday, so I likely won't hear back from anyone until Tuesday at earliest - but I'm hoping they can advise me on how to proceed soon.

The injection this morning went very smoothly; I stuck to the currently-prescribed dosage this week, but hopefully I'll be on a lower dose next time. I haven't yet eaten, but will be grabbing a bite after this post goes up; after that, I'll be trying to catch up on a bit more work. (This past week has been rather more hectic than I'd anticipated, which meant I got almost nothing done, unfortunately.)

That's going to do it for this entry; I'm hungry...

you hear about doctors and whoever beign able to grow tissue or organs in labs so why isnt it possible for someone to grow erectile tissue for a phallplasty and make a phalloplasty that can get hard that way like why not

and do you think if its not possible now it could be possible in the future

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Hello,

Its not stupid or nonsense at all anon, your question is valid. This is what I'm here for after all.

So I did some reading before I started to answer you. Read a few articles on growth of body parts in laboratories and it doesnt seem right now that they are perfectly able to reproduce every organ, and definitely they seem to be focusing on high demand transplant organs like livers, kindneys, lungs, hearts to minimize, need of donor organs (that are currently in high demand). These processes require stem cells and a "biological blueprint" (Which is a structure that tells the cells what to do). Stem cells are blank cells that can be instructed on what to do. However stem cells have been a heavy controversy in medicine for decades, since these cells are (majority) obtained from fetal cells, so they are not as accessible for researchers.

At this moment we have such a high demand on other organs, research companies likely want to invest their small pools of resources into more commonly transplanted organs, not so much outside appendages. With that said however it doesnt mean that no research is being done on trying to make viable (live, survivable) organs and even things like penises and testicles. This is quite a new, rapidly advancing research I believe it can be a possibility to have a laboratory grown genitalia, but it may take awhile. The entire process is complex on top of the complex workings of a penis itself (there is vascular tissue, nerve tissue, muscle tissue, and more) that have to all work together to make the organ work properly.

The potential for having a lab grown penis is there, it still depends on continous; time, availability of resources, and funding.

So I think it is a real possibility in the future.

I'm staying with family for a while; the situation overall is becoming a little more manageable, and although there's still quite a lot to do before things can start becoming closer to normal, things have taken a turn toward the positive.

The injection today went fairly smoothly; I've got a bit of a different setup where I'm at, but there weren't any hiccups beyond a couple of little bubbles that wanted to linger in the syringe at first.

I didn't wind up getting to eat much after the injection, but I think being in a new environment has helped be something of a distraction in a lot of ways (and from a lot of things, haha), and while I do feel hungry, I'm not feeling any discomfort or gastric distress, which is very nice.

I'm playing a bit of catch-up from this past week or so; having to relocate has put a bit of a strain on my usual work schedule (among other things), so I've got a bit of reshuffling to do for the next couple of weeks - maybe even month - before I can get myself back into a more comfortable work routine.

But I'm feeling fairly optimistic for how things should go over the next few weeks; I can already feel my mood improving by a fair bit.

That's going to do it for this entry, I might go find some food...

Unfortunately, the situation continues, but I'm hopeful that things have begun to take something of a turn toward the positive.

The injection today went much more smoothly than last week; although I chose a bit of an awkward spot on my leg for how I needed to angle my arm and the needle, it went in painlessly and without any of the resistance in my leg last week. There was also just enough of a blood-bead after the needle was withdrawn for me to place the bandage, which I always appreciate when there isn't a larger bandage handy.

Physically I'm feeling fairly drained, thanks to the stress of the general situation I'm in, but I tried to take things a little slower today, and I think that might have helped a bit. I also got a tiny bit of gender euphoria after hearing my recorded voice for the first time since I've begun this journey; it's such a strange but wonderful feeling to *not* immediately hate the sound of my own voice - and instead feel a weird little bubble of happiness rise up in my chest.

I'm glad that I had a little something pleasant to mention for this entry - and just before the end of Pride, too~ That's going to be all for this entry, though; I've got quite a busy week ahead...