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To all of you on this site especilly those of you that that are pre/or/post SRS. From what I have heard from most of you but not all are that you have heath problems easly especially you post operate SRS women/girls. If any of you get what you think is the FLU get to a Doctor like now and get tested as I and many others on this site don't want anything to happen to any of you, so please take care to the safe side. Richard
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I'm not aware
being post op causes any increased risk of infection.
Angharad
Angharad
Corelating factors
One thing that does seem to relate to sickness in T folk is that transition often leads to joblessness, and poverty, so our diets seem to go to hell and that make us more vulnerable to disease. I first became aware of this at a GBLT conference where people were focusing on the plight of the Transgendered Person. This is Gays and Lesbians wanting to help us folks! It pretty much set me on my butt, and made me feel a lot of gratitude.
Now that I have become a paid Mistress (of Social Security), I can afford to eat fresh vegetables, and other stuff that is good for you.
So yes, T folk may be less healthy but I don't think it is the 'moans that do it. :)
Gwendolyn
Misunderstanding
I think you might have jumped to a conclusion based on a lot of the blogs that have been posted here. Several members have described some of their health problems but I don't think all of the problems are necessarily related to their SRS or HRT.
Thanks for your concern though. :)
- Terry
Interesting Point...
Is that my Endicrinologist recently told me that several studies have found that some autoimune diseases seem to be more prevalent with those with women than men. As yet, no direct correlation has been found between estrogen and the diseases. So take it for what it's worth. It's not enough to stop me.
It was once said that a
It was once said that a black man would be president “When pigs fly†100 days into Obama’s presidency…. Swine flu…. Must have been Edgar Cayce or Nostrodamus maybe. Hmmmmmmm?
CaroL
CaroL
Autoimmune disease...
Autoimmune diseases are much more common in women, on average three times more prevalent in women than in men, possibly because women's immune systems far more complex than men's, and are more-or-less designed both to offer more protection and to tolerate a developing foetus and to allow the presence of sperm in intimate contact with body tissues. In any other context, this would be an utter failure and confusion, but it seems to work tolerably well in women, except when it doesn't.
For example, Hashimoto's thyroiditis is ten times more common in women; Systemic lupus erythematosus is nine times more common; Sjögren's syndrome, Secondary Antiphospholipid syndrome, and Primary biliary cirrhosis the same; Autoimmune hepatitis is eight times more common; Graves' disease is seven times more common; Sceroderma three times more common; Rheumatoid arthritis two and a half times more common; and Primary Antiphospholipid syndrome, Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Multiple sclerosis, and Myasthenia gravis all twice as likely to be seen in women than men.
I'm not at all sure that this is down to oestrogen, however, and have seen no studies suggesting that transsexual women have similar vulnerabilities.
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
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Auto Immune Disease
I was finally diagnosed with it back around 1980 or so. In me, it was a continual cold, Bronchitis and sore throat. I took allergy shots for a couple years and felt much better for a long time. This was 20 years before I took any kind of hormones or even really suspected that I was T.
During that time, I was very aware that I felt a lot of what I did was an act, though never suspected that there was a T component to it. All that was so buried by conditioning and negative reinforcement.
The latest manifestation in me of the disease is that my scalp has these sores and lesions that often get pretty nasty. There were a number of enviromental factors prior and during onset; Diesel smoke, Meth fumes, Asbestos in the building, Lead in the paint, bad diet, filthy conditions, and just lots of stress.
The Docs were going for Psoriasis, but nothing they treated it with worked at all. Now they are treating it with Propecia and frankly that is not doing much. On my own initiative, I have an appointment with a Rheumatologist soon, because I have often read that a scalp condition like mine frequently accompanies Rheumatoid Arthritis, which I have not been diagnosed with.
It is a case where my vested interest in a solution is much stronger than the Doctor's. I don't have the knowledge but I can certainly ask questions based on my reading; hoping that somewhere along the line something good will happen.
Gwendolyn
There are MANY ....
Autoimune diseases/conditions. Having one supposedly doesn't directly indicate you're liable for others. I suffer from vitalaigo (loss of pigment to the skin/hair - white/pale patches). I know two other people (personally) and one through the media (Michael Jackson) that also suffer from this loss of pigment. The two I know - one is male and the other female. Just a point.
Annette
Rheumatoid Arthritis...
If so, be careful with it. Rheumatoid Arthritis is assoociated with increased risk of heart disease, because it tends to inflame the interior of blood vessels as well as joints. If diagnosed, your doctor should be aware of this and aggressively screen for and treat any sequelae.
Take care,
Puddin'
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Compromised
There are thousands upon thousands of people with compromised immune systems. Every cancer survivor (& you probably walk past several each day), every one who has an organ transplant of any kind, including corneas and some skin grafts (you may walk past a couple each day) all have compromised immune systems. Even cortisone is a steroid and will compromise the immune system to a degree. (I'm not saying they are more contagious; but if (still a big, big if) the worst happens, you won't see some of those people next year.)
One of my favorite people in the world takes massive amounts of steroids each day for a kidney disease. They keep has kidneys from being eaten by his own body and mean he should live a full life, but they make him susceptible to everything! Since I'm a crazy old relative, and he is competent, one hundred percent male, young adult, I can't say anything about this directly to him without being an extreme annoyance. Therefor, I'll say to all of you -- compromised autoimmune system, or not, for the next few months if you get a cold, get to the doctor, fast. And do be aware of whether or not this thing is spreading, and if it is in your area.
The flu is not picky about targets. In 1918 it seemed to prefer the young and able bodied. So far indications are it will be worse than '76.
Take care.
Hugs, Jan