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Oh my goodness.
Will I be able to handle that?

Okay, kids,
today was the day.  I did the endometrial biopsy funtimes, and I did it
all by myself.  Okay, well, I didn’t *do* it myself.  The doctor did.
But, again, I visited the doctor alone, and for a pretty horrifying
procedure.
That was the longest any doctor’s been poking around at my downtown bits, but I was okay and she was awesome.
This is Dr. Motyka, for all you tarheels.  She rocks.  Great bedside manner.  Totally lived up to her reputation for that.
So we talked about what’s going on… y’all know I’ve been bleeding since March.  Okay, now, not like continously but very regularly, every month, just like women do, with ovulation to boot!
I’ve
been on T for almost 5 years, so yeah, that’s not supposed to happen.
In case you didn’t know.  My last period before March was April…
Of 2002.

So…
Dr. Deanna Jones (also great) had in June referred me to Dr. Motyka
because she thought my bleeding must be some irregularity and that my T
levels must be fine because I had tremendous cystic acne which she
believed must be T-induced.  I surely hope so.
Well, we did labs and
panels, etc.  All derivative of a horrible drawing of blood that took
years… it probably never ended.  Is there still a needle in my arm
now, actually?
Anyway, I found out the results of that today at Dr. Motyka’s.  Cholesterol and liver function is all normal.
My T level is a whopping 20.
For
all the newbies and laymen out there.  Normal male free testosterone
levels range from 200-800, with 800 on the high end.  My T levels were
low last July just before switching from injections to gel.  From July
to October they shot from low hundreds to 1170.  That’s bad.  From
December-ish to now they dropped from 1170 to 20.  Also bad.  Makes
sense that I began my period in March.

So, we also did an endometrial biopsy just in case.  An ibuprofin was taken.  Cervix numbed.  And poke away did the doctor.
It wasn’t exactly a barrel of fun, but I did okay because they were so nice.  The nurse held my hand when I huffed and puffed.
Dr. Motyka said I was very brave and handled it all very well.  "Impressed," she said.

She
was very nice, and told me I’m in control, and we could stop whenever.
She said there’s a lot of sense memory down there, and if anything bad
is triggered to let her know, and it’s over.  Little did she know, I’m
a bottom, so her finger sliding in wasn’t exactly foreign to me.  But
metal and long tube-y things don’t need to be going in there.

I watched the nurse squeeze the pieces of my uterus into a little bottle.

So,
for now, we think things can be fixed without surgery.  However, should
I want a hysto, we would be able to pursue that route.  But since I’m
not exactly thrilled about that idea, she believes this can be treated
and responsive to medicine… a slightly upped dose to get me up to at
least 100 in free testosterone.
For now, I’m going to continue with the Retin-A, but if in August my face isn’t how I want it to be…
Acutane.
Thank god.
But I am wondering, with a T level of 20 where is this acne coming from?  It’s not genetic.

So
for the people who read this for it’s title.   Because I just had a
biopsy, I’m not supposed to put anything up there for 2 whole days.  Oh
my god, what will I tell all of my boifriends?
Luckily, my trip to Richmond to see Seth and Al is in 3 days. 

Lucky us.