Posted by Civilian Jezem (Upstanding Citizen) in Sacred Heart Hospital - Uterus, Oh Uterus (Go Away) (Tag Medical, Open)

Posted by Civilian Yavia Crockett (Nurse - Sacred Heart Hospital) in Sacred Heart Hospital - Uterus, Oh Uterus (Go Away) (Tag Medical, Open)

Posted by Civilian Jezem (Upstanding Citizen) in Sacred Heart Hospital - Uterus, Oh Uterus (Go Away) (Tag Medical, Open)
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Jezem strolled through the hospital entry with the energy of a dying star. Outside the colony went through its morning motions, with people enjoying breakfast or making their way to work or school. Soft blues and pale pinks spread across the artificial sky of the dome. Preferable to the murky orange and mud browns of the actual sunrise beyond. If Jezem had his way he’d be in bed until noon, but if he had allowed the indulgence then he would be stuck at the hospital until evening. No, better to get this slog of a day over as soon as possible.

He checked himself in at the in-patient kiosk and took the dispensed PaDD and stylus pen. There was hardly anyone in the waiting room at this hour, so he picked the chair that caught the morning sunlight from the skylights above. Aside from his initial health assessment done shortly after his arrival to the colony, this would be Jezem’s first formal health exam. Though he could have begun this process then, there was too much to go over when all he wanted was to return home to his beloved and rest.

Which was the downside to putting off tiresome tasks. Eventually, you had to get it done.

Jezem pursed his lips as he read through the requested information. How much should he reveal? Potentially a lot. Instinct and experience told him to reveal as little as possible. It was his brain that won out. The more honest he is here, the better gender affirming care he’ll receive in return. His past doctors did their jobs, but none could or were inclined to provide the full extent of care he could have received from the Federation. Which was now available to him in all its glory.

Mind made up, he filled out the health history with as much information possible (without a single hint towards criminal activities). AFAB. First took heavy pheromone suppressors at 20. Began basic hormone therapy at 23. Received gender affirming surgery at 27. A pitiful amount of care for a pheromone-producing Orion. The therapy worked but only barely. Orion hormones were far and beyond more complex than say a humans. That wasn’t even including the delicate balance of his pheromone suppressants and their effects upon him. And his past ship doctors lacked the skills or means to address those problems. Sure they could make sure he didn’t overdose but that was the extent of it.

Federation doctors could though and that. . . that made this worth it.

Jezem

After Jezem had returned the paperwork the door opened and a nurse wearing dark grey with lavender trim scrubs walked through. Deltan with bright blue eyes. “Jezem?” she asked, “this way please.” She led the Orion down a hall way of exam rooms and to a door half way on the right. “I’m Yavia, your nurse for today. You’ll be seeing Dr Ilves today. Just have a seat on the biobed and we’ll get some basic readings to start.” She reached over and flipped the controls for the biobed and pulled out a tricorder. “General check up today or do you have a specific concern?” The doctor had the forms Jezem filled out and was currently reviewing them.

Nurse Yavia

He followed after the nurse and settled onto the edge of the exam table. Clean medical exam rooms, professional staff. . . Jezem could get used to this. “The second one. I need a hormone panel. I’m taking a hormone therapy as well, but it’s not working as well as it used to. Potentially a change in my pheromone suppressants too. They’re giving me headaches and I’ve started menstruating again. I will bleed for a day or two and it hurts. And my skin is dry.” That last one was particularly notable. Orion skin produced natural oils that contained mild pheromones and helped keep their skin supple and protected. Dry skin was a precursor to more serious symptoms.

The biobed reported an increase in blood pressure, an increase in body temperature, a decrease in liver enzymes, a decrease in thyroid enzymes, and swelling in the uterus. The tricorder detected clogged pores in the skin all over his body.

Jezem

Yavia nodded, “Alright then let me go ahead and get a blood draw so we can the lab do a complete work up.” Yavia pulled out a phlebotomy hypo but didn’t take any blood until Jezem agreed. “On a scale from 1 being nothing and 10 the worst you have ever felt how bad is the menstrual pain?”

Jezem agreed to the blood draw and promptly answered the question, “A seven.”

Dr Ilves knocked on the door and then came in. “Hello, I’m Dr Ilves.” He was short for a Vulcan and his age unclear. “It’s nice to meet you Jezem,” and he offered his hand.

The orion coolly regarded the offered hand before hesitantly taking it, “Sure.”

“Jezem has come in to have a hormone panel done. He said his current treatment isn’t working as well and reports some complications. Headaches, returning and painful menstruation, and dry skin,” Yavia reported.

Ilves looked at the readings from the biobed. “Alright, we will begin by going over your medical history. I know it will seem tedious, but I would like a full picture of everything you have gone through rather than throwing darts in the dark.” He pulled out a stool and sat down. “You began heavy pheromone suppressors at 20. How did you react to that? Any side effects or lack of? How well did they work, anything at all you can remember from then.”

Ilves

He thought back to then. First days of freedom. An allowance from Naanni to buy whatever he wanted. New clothes, new jewellery. . . his first pheromone suppressors from a small clinic. The doctor didn’t believe he should get them but money changed his tune. “Great at first. They stopped me from producing pheromones. I didn’t have any problems for. . . a year? Then I started getting the occasional dizzy spell and headaches and. . .I recall my menstruation cycle was irregular. Heavy then light and more frequent.

”. . . my. . . doctor said the dosage was too high. So I tried a lower one but that dose was too low and I’d produce pheromones. So I waited until the symptoms passed then upped the dosage. I rotated between doses until I could go longer on the high dosage. Then when I started the hormone therapy and I stopped menstruating I stayed with the high dosage. I don’t think I’ve had any problems until recently. Headaches, menstruating again. . .”

Jezem

Ilves jotted down everything Jezem told him. “At that year mark did anything else significant change? Did you move, change doctors or medication supplier, or begin taking other medications or recreational drugs?” He paused here, “A lot of patients don’t want to admit to that, but those things can affect how prescription medication works. It is important to know. We aren’t here to judge.”

“When did this change with problems begin this time? Any significant or minor changes to other things you can think of?”

Ilves