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Hello all! This is my first post here, but it's a good one. I'm seeing my therapist on Saturday and she's giving me "The Letter". I'm so excited and scared and every last thing. I can't believe after all this time I'm finally almost at the...beginning :D I have an appointment with a trans friendly doctor my therapist recommended on Monday. She will be the second person outside of my wife who I will be out to...the list grows slightly. I'm only nervous about having to talk to her about not telling my insurance that I am trans at this point. I'm not quite ready for my work to find out (I'm in a profession that doesn't look kindly on...difference). I'm hoping that as she has a number of trans patients she'll work with me. But I am really just so very excited about starting HRT and I hope that, if I start just prior to Thanksgiving, I don't have any issues with the family, who is definitely currently out of the loop, noticing that I am just a little different.

I don't know how I even sleep...

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Hi, Hon, and welcome to Laura's!

Wow, you are really on your way to womanhood now. That's just fantastic. And your doing it

the right way, with your doctors and therapist on board and helping you along the way.

Please check out the HRT and other forums to get lots of great information and a chance to

benefit from the experiences of other members. I know it will help you.

This is a wonderful place full of helpful and supportive people who will be there any time

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Guest nymphblossom

Welcome!

I understand that doctors are often wiling to say that spiro is for high blood pressure and estrogen is for a hormonal imbalance to keep things discrete on insurance records .

Blossom

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Guest Donna Jean

Welcome to the Playground, Sweetheart!

Wow! Reading your post reminds me so much of.....me!

Dang, girl....that's close to how mine started...

Well, honey...make sure to ask your Dr. to code your paper work as "Hormone Imbalance" and the insurance Co. will be none the wiser...

Hey...come on over here and sit a spell....I'll get you some nice hot coco and we'll see what Sally has baked up today....OK?

I'll tell you that our forum is moderated so the meanies are kept out and you are here just to be you...

Carolyn is a real sweetie, isn't she? Love that gal.,...

So, you get yourself all comfy and kick off your shoes...

It's really nice to have you here...

Oh, and what do you want us to call you? Gin?

Let us know ...OK?

HUGGS!

Donna Jean

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Guest NatashaJade
It's really nice to have you here...

Oh, and what do you want us to call you? Gin?

Let us know ...OK?

Thank you very much! And Gin is my name of preference (but I prefer vodka :D )

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Hello all! This is my first post here, but it's a good one. I'm seeing my therapist on Saturday and she's giving me "The Letter". I'm so excited and scared and every last thing. I can't believe after all this time I'm finally almost at the...beginning :D I have an appointment with a trans friendly doctor my therapist recommended on Monday. She will be the second person outside of my wife who I will be out to...the list grows slightly. I'm only nervous about having to talk to her about not telling my insurance that I am trans at this point. I'm not quite ready for my work to find out (I'm in a profession that doesn't look kindly on...difference). I'm hoping that as she has a number of trans patients she'll work with me. But I am really just so very excited about starting HRT and I hope that, if I start just prior to Thanksgiving, I don't have any issues with the family, who is definitely currently out of the loop, noticing that I am just a little different.

I don't know how I even sleep...

YAAAAYYY For You my newest sister!

Now that was an ideal introduction.And the way you presented yourself,gave me a smile all over.

It takes a few months,about four,before there is any noticable change in your physical appearance.

So other than being a whooooole lot happier at your Christmas celebrations, no one will be the wiser.Most insurances will not cover the cost of transition.So if you do not use it for some of your medications,instead paying out of pocket,you can keep them out of the loop.We can be on HRT for quite some time before the fact of living as who you are no longer,finally forces us to be out to the world.It will be watching your coming inherent feminine mannerisms that want to jump out of you,that may cause you a slight problem.Folks you work with everyday,will notice something different about you,but they can't lay a finger on just what that change is,until you spill the beans.(smile)

Welcome to the Playground Miss Gin and to your brand new womanhood.

Biiiiig Huuuggggs,

Angie

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Congrats on getting the letter Saturday, i would not worry about the family noticing anything at thanksgiving except that euphoria you get from finally getting started.

Paula

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Guest Donna Jean
Thank you very much! And Gin is my name of preference (but I prefer vodka :D )

Ok, Gin it is!

And I want you to post on Saturday, sometime, about you getting the "Letter"....

The fact is ....we're all so nosy!.....lol

And even though many of us are far past getting our own letter, we get to share the joy all over again when one of our beautiful sisters gets theirs!

AHhhhh...I can still remember....*sigh*

LOVE & HUGGS!

Donna Jean

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And even though many of us are far past getting our own letter, we get to share the joy all over again when one of our beautiful sisters gets theirs!

AHhhhh...I can still remember....*sigh*

LOVE & HUGGS!

Donna Jean

I cherish my letter and have it in my transition folder,just like my name change document,

then it will only waiting for my letter to say I am now officially a girl from my SRS surgeon.

My life,mind,body and soul will be complete after that.(soft happy sigh)

Warm Hugs My Sisters,

Angie

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Hello Gin,

I just got here and I have Cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven, careful they are hot!

Maybe you would like a screwdriver rather than just orange juice this morning! :lol:

As to the family noticing if you start before Thanksgiving just ask your doctor for the slow acting hormones the overnight double D's are not for everyone! :lol:

Seriously, welcome to the forums and don't worry about the HRT effects being too much to hide, I am halfway through my third month and no one has noticed anything (except me).

And you have a much larger family now, all of us!

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest NatashaJade
Hello Gin,

I just got here and I have Cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven, careful they are hot!

Maybe you would like a screwdriver rather than just orange juice this morning! :lol:

As to the family noticing if you start before Thanksgiving just ask your doctor for the slow acting hormones the overnight double D's are not for everyone! :lol:

Seriously, welcome to the forums and don't worry about the HRT effects being too much to hide, I am halfway through my third month and no one has noticed anything (except me).

And you have a much larger family now, all of us!

Love ya,

Sally

Thanks, Sally. I think I may need the drink tonight to get to bed...ugh! Sleep is difficult lately. Oh, and I would be happy with overnight B's...or overnight anything. I've just heard that estrogen can amplify emotions rather quickly. Given my current emotional state, I think if this is true, I'll be at 11 very shortly (or most certainly a louder 10).

Gin

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Guest NatashaJade
Ok, Gin it is!

And I want you to post on Saturday, sometime, about you getting the "Letter"....

The fact is ....we're all so nosy!.....lol

And even though many of us are far past getting our own letter, we get to share the joy all over again when one of our beautiful sisters gets theirs!

AHhhhh...I can still remember....*sigh*

LOVE & HUGGS!

Donna Jean

Hi Donna Jean (and all y'all!)

So after 39 years, someone has put down in writing that I am female. When I got back to my car, I sat and read it over and over and cried. I thought I was ready for it...I had played it all out in my head so many times. But there was still this part of me that felt that the rug would be pulled out from under me and there would be a complication or maybe, somehow, I wasn't trans enough for whatever reason. Instead, I got compliments on my clothes and make-up and a letter that will move me forward. Even though I still have to go for blood tests and deal with a new doctor and jump through whatever hoops I have to jump through, at least I have hoops! I want it to be Monday already (weird, I know...for once I don't want to shoot the whole day down). I feel like I'm on a movie set...it's all hurry up and wait.

My only concern is the letter says 302.85 on it and I've heard that I should avoid anything with this code. Do all "letters" have this included as a prerequisite for treatment? It is a formal diagnosis from my therapist. Should I only worry if it appears on my physician's paperwork? *sigh* I hate complications.

That being said, I am joyous. The road is long but I'm on it.

Love y'all!

Gin

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