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Starting HRT...I was supposed to start HRT patches yesterday, but there was a problem with the verbiage on the  prescription. Hopefully they can get it corrected today. Started taking testosterone blocker yesterday. No bad side effects yet. 

 

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Congrats to all the ladies with new official names!

 

@Bri2020 What you mention has always puzzled me. Google, Yahoo and the like are tech companies that could implement a name change jut like that (after the necessary checks, alright). They are also companies that, in general, are very supportive of diversity and LGBT+ rights. However, a name or account change is an ordeal, with tons of manual tasks for the user.

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4 hours ago, Elizabeth Star said:

Some even laughed at me for looking for a spiritual significance. I'm steadily losing faith in people to see anything in this world other than what's right in their face.

I believe there's a lot going on that we don't understand.  Of course there is a lot of BS as well.

I've had experiences that I can't explain, but they were certainly real.   Some have been a bit scary, but others very pleasant.

Like I said, there's a whole side to our existence that can't be explained in merely physical terms.  We can ignore it, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

 

Just my own experience. 

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Started with my Estradiol patch today. I am very excited. My sister took me Dress and Shoe shopping yesterday. We went to Good Will and got some nice dresses and,  DSW for 3 pairs of summer type shoes, and 1 nice purse and belt.

 

I am at my sisters house for the last couple days, and have to go home tomorrow, to "face the music" from my wife. She has said that HRT is a nonstarter that she can not live with. I hope she can at least acknowledge that this for real and she is the one that needs to adjust going forward.

 

HUGS  Stefi

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2 hours ago, Stefi said:

Started with my Estradiol patch today. I am very excited. My sister took me Dress and Shoe shopping yesterday. We went to Good Will and got some nice dresses and,  DSW for 3 pairs of summer type shoes, and 1 nice purse and belt.

 

I am at my sisters house for the last couple days, and have to go home tomorrow, to "face the music" from my wife. She has said that HRT is a nonstarter that she can not live with. I hope she can at least acknowledge that this for real and she is the one that needs to adjust going forward.

 

HUGS  Stefi

Congrats on starting HRT. I am sorry it comes with the difficulty of dealing with you wife.  Good luck down that road. Revel in the joy of getting your chemistry right while you firgure out the relationship side though.

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Bri

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9 hours ago, Elizabeth Star said:

I thought the attack on my girls was a little odd. Just by what I found. I favorite one was well, just decimated and my wife's favorite was unharmed. The others were just killed. Although it's probably just coincidental I wanted to explore other possibilities. Just the night before I had started clearing some small trees, bushes and debris from a little forested area in my yard for my meditation place. Part of me felt I may have upset something in the balance and this was my payback. I presented this on another group I follow. There are 17,500 others in the group and not a single one suggested anything other than a random animal attack. Some even laughed at me for looking for a spiritual significance. I'm steadily losing faith in people to see anything in this world other than what's right in their face.

 

I'd say random animal attack, but because I wouldn't want to believe that anything you upset might END another life over it. Sure, it hurt you, but it hurt your little feather-babies way more. If I was an angry brush spirit, I'd probably give you nightmares for a while or upset your meditations to see if you made amends way before I murdered another living creature.

 

Hugs!

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Got a scare today. So I  went to the urgent care in town who is contracted with the VA. For my swollen left ankle. Nothing on the xrays. So they are thinking with my history of blood clots I may have one. So the send me for an ultrasound.  I get to the hospital they are booked  solid until 1:30. It was 10:15 then. I head to work. The closer I get to 1:30. The mor anxious I get. 

Have the ultrasound done.  I get the results sent to my phone. No clots. 

 

I was scared that if I had one. There would go my E. And would hamper my transition.  

 

Thank the goddess it wasn't.  Now to find out what is causing it. 

 

Kymmie 

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3 hours ago, KymmieL said:

I was scared that if I had one. There would go my E. And would hamper my transition. 

I get this.  One of my big fears is I would get bumped from my HRT.

I would probably go rogue to get it.  I'm not quite the domesticated girl that I pretend to be.

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10 hours ago, Jandi said:

I believe there's a lot going on that we don't understand.  Of course there is a lot of BS as well.

I've had experiences that I can't explain, but they were certainly real.   Some have been a bit scary, but others very pleasant.

Like I said, there's a whole side to our existence that can't be explained in merely physical terms.  We can ignore it, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

 

Just my own experience. 

Thank you, Jandi. Exactly how I feel.

 

 

6 hours ago, Jackie C. said:

 

I'd say random animal attack, but because I wouldn't want to believe that anything you upset might END another life over it. Sure, it hurt you, but it hurt your little feather-babies way more. If I was an angry brush spirit, I'd probably give you nightmares for a while or upset your meditations to see if you made amends way before I murdered another living creature.

 

Hugs!

And Thank you Jackie for this response. It makes sense, i feel a little better about it now.

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I'm calling June 26th as the day my egg finally cracked, so happy that day to me. 

 

One year of living some gender euphoria, and generally feeling better about being on the planet. Glad for this place to get some understanding and empathy, and hopefully pass that along to other members once in a while too. 

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Wow, I missed a lot.

 

Congratulations Liz, Shay and Erica !!!!

 

Did anyone change middle name also? I went from James Michael to Jamie Michelle.

It's funny, I still have the same initials and my signature is almost identical because of my sloppy handwriting.

Basically only the dot above the "I" was added. But it feels so much better.

 

Got my latest bloodwork results back. The Hormones are finally starting to change in the right direction.

"T" went from 378 to 171 and "E" went from 13.2 to 36.8. YAY !!! They increased Estradiol from x mg to x mg now.

Hopefully that will get me into target zone.

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Good morning 

 

coffee is good. We had a pretty heavy thunderstorm but it’s over now.  Yes I know that everyone out west would love some rain but it would have to circle the earth to get to you from here.  oops, there it goes again.

 

packing and moving to the storage unit was the plan for today that might have to change with the weather.  Nothing but feminine clothes left in my closet plus two male outfit for when I have to go to closing.  I need to prove my legal name so being female could hamper that.

 

well, I guess I need to get my day going.

 

hugs

 

Willow
 

 

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3 hours ago, Jamie68 said:

Did anyone change middle name also?

I did. I kept my last name. Star is my middle.

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I plan on changing my middle name, don't think Allen sounds to feminine. Going with Lorain. Going from TAH to KLH. Actually have a Saturday off. Taking the wagon to a local car show.  The wife was great and cleaned the interior for me.

Our youngest grandson and my middle son are coming to visit today also. :) .

 

Hugs,

 

Kymmie

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I love Lorain and KLH. With my Heather Michelle Shay  I've become HMS  - sound like a British ship LOL.

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4 hours ago, Jamie68 said:

Did anyone change middle name also? I went from James Michael to Jamie Michelle.

It's funny, I still have the same initials and my signature is almost identical because of my sloppy handwriting.

Basically only the dot above the "I" was added. But it feels so much better.

 

Yes. "Bruce" doesn't really fit anymore. ?

 

So I changed my name from "Robert Bruce," (Thanks Dad, we already knew you were a history geek) to Robyn Jacqueline. Now I get random people telling me how pretty my name is and my initials are cool enough to take as a nickname if I were so inclined.

 

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My middle name was John (there's no way to femme that) so my initials were RJK. Now they're ESK. Huh, just realized that makes me woman-ESK.

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1 hour ago, Elizabeth Star said:

My middle name was John (there's no way to femme that) so my initials were RJK. Now they're ESK. Huh, just realized that makes me woman-ESK.

 

You made me snerk. It's like a snort, but more nasally. ❤️

 

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3 hours ago, KymmieL said:

Actually have a Saturday off. Taking the wagon to a local car show.

Picture?

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Just feminized my name from Lawrence to Lauren and Patrick to Patricia.  No change to last name.

Started HRT a month ago.  Dosage is still to low for much effect.

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6 hours ago, Jamie68 said:

Did anyone change middle name also? I went from James Michael to Jamie Michelle.

It's funny, I still have the same initials and my signature is almost identical because of my sloppy handwriting.

 

 

I went from Keith Lawrence to Kathy (Kathleen) Lauren.  So, like you, my initials are the same, and my signature has not changed much at all.  In fact, when I changed my driver's license, the clerk thought I had signed my old name by mistake, and had me do it again.

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Looks like it's pretty much universal with middle name change. Great minds think alike. 

Got my new social security card last week. Just got my new driver's license today with "F" in the gender box. Gender marker change is next. Downloaded forms yesterday from Puerto Rico ?? site. Luckily they were in English. My Dad was in the navy stationed there. I was born in a naval hospital. 

 

About the dosage of my meds, I didn't realize it wasn't allowed. Sorry. 

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8 hours ago, Jamie68 said:

Did anyone change middle name also? I went from James Michael to Jamie Michelle.

It's funny, I still have the same initials and my signature is almost identical because of my sloppy handwriting.

Basically only the dot above the "I" was added. But it feels so much better.

Yeah I've been meaning to decide what I should make my middle name... I only picked my first name cause that's what my mother liked and I'm thinking about doing the same thing for my middle name but the other name she liked was ugly ?... but at the same time I don't want to be disrespectful to her....

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I went from Richard Charles to Bri Elaine.  I liked the celtic sound of Bri and no one could make a nickname from it and Elaine was my mother's middle and I wanted to honor her.  Of course if I use the short initials im a BM- lots of nurse jokes there. lol. But that's far better than people thinking they're funny by calling me Dick.   It was bad enough I was curse with one of those, I certainly didn't need the nickname. lol

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9 hours ago, RhondaS said:

I'm calling June 26th as the day my egg finally cracked, so happy that day to me. 

 

One year of living some gender euphoria, and generally feeling better about being on the planet. Glad for this place to get some understanding and empathy, and hopefully pass that along to other members once in a while too. 

So what do people do to celebrate this date and what do we call it? Egg crack day just doesn't have a celebratory ring to it.  Mine is July 6 so I'm looking forward to celebrating it like a birthday. I also have my "Coming Out Day" on July 20th. That's going to be celebrated with the first people in my life who I came out to somehow.

 

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