HRT why not give it a try and not be FT

[Guest ZoeG360]

Krisina:

Girl, I don't mean to sound bossy or anything, oaky, but, please, kindly buy this book:

http://www.amazon.co...27419994&sr=1-1

Your answer is in it. If you do buy it, you'll be glad you did!

Peace Lacey

Postscript:

It's NOT the hormone replacement therapy you fear, it's the CHANGE the transition process brings. How do I know this? Because, that's MY problem too! Kinda takes one to know one, babes. I say this in peace and to help you.

Lacey:

You so rock! On your advice I got this book and it is really helping me understand how to think though the same decision Krisina is working on.

Krisna:

I found this book is showing me how when I go through a transition (BTW its not about "trans-transitions, its about life transitions) the fear, and the way I deal with each stage is a pattern that I have repeated throughout my life but most important, one that can be changed. So far, its a great book.

I have finnally made the decsion to go for it long enough at first to know if it will ease the dysphoria; the "broken glass and jagged metal' feelings" Svenna so appropriately described. My wife is on board with that. Afterwards, well, time will tell.

I read once that HRT is not for deciding if you are a transsexual, its a tool for deciding if you want to transtion. That makes sense to me.

My GT presents my case to the "committee" next week so we will see where that goes.

Film at 11

YMMV

Zoe

[Guest Krisina]

Krisina:

Girl, I don't mean to sound bossy or anything, oaky, but, please, kindly buy this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Transitions-Making-Changes-Revised-Anniversary/dp/073820904X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327419994&sr=1-1

Your answer is in it. If you do buy it, you'll be glad you did!

Peace Lacey

Postscript:

It's NOT the hormone replacement therapy you fear, it's the CHANGE the transition process brings. How do I know this? Because, that's MY problem too! Kinda takes one to know one, babes. I say this in peace and to help you.

Hey Lacey thanks for another book suggestion but I already bought the last book you recommended She's Not The Man I Married and I haven't really read it. I'm not a big book reader and I'm still trying to get through one of my other books I bought last year. I do have some good tg related books though, True Selves and Transitions. Thanks anyway for the support and the book recommendations anyways, it's the thought that counts

Krisina

[Guest Jo-I-Dunno]

I've been on full-dose feminizing HRT for almost 2 years now. I still present 100% male 100% of the time and I plan to for the foreseeable future. Only 6 people know (my immediate family and 3 friends), and everyone else just thinks I've gotten better at personal grooming (which I have). The only thing that's changed about my presentation is I wear undershirts more often and the occasional sports bra. My emotional state has gotten nothing but better.

I started at age 18, so I kind of imagined more would change. Most of the changes that make people see you differently are due to fat redistribution, but I'm really too skinny for that to matter. Maybe one day when I gain weight I'll be female .

That being said, I started with an open mind. I told myself I would be whatever gender people see me as, and if I had started getting to the point where I couldn't pass as male, I would have welcomed that with open arms. I didn't plan on still being male two years later, and I don't think anyone starting feminizing HRT should. It can drastically change your life. Just make sure you're fully aware of what can happen. There's no hard, fast rule for making this decision, but so long as you weigh all the possible outcomes thoroughly, whatever decision you make is the right one.