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By Jeanette West · Posted
Could an edit function be added so I could correct spelling and grammatical errors? Thank you! -
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By SL · Posted
It depends on the doctor. My doctor doesn't like people to do transdermal methods until at least a year in unless they have a special reason. I pass out when I get shots and when other people get shots, but evidently that's not a good enough reason haha. I think a special case would be if you have liver or kidney issues, but I don't remember. He says he prefers doing shots at least the first year because it's easier to ensure how much your body absorbs or control doses which can make it easier to predict when changes will occur or something like that. There are some people in the US who never have to do injections though. -
By Jeanette West · Posted
Tomorrow 01-23-21 is the big day!!🤩 I am off work until 02-25-21, in Chicago preparing for my surgery Saturday. Background: I was diagnosed gender-dysphoric awhile ago, back when information was extremely limited. So I buried my insides and got on with life. I returned to university for the Fall '98 semester, bought and ancient military surplus PC that was all-steel, it weighed 70 pounds, which I had to carry to the top floor of my dorm! While I was hooking it up, one of the computer wizards down the hall asked me if I'd ever heard of "The Internet". I hadn't, at which a group of these adorable geniuses set up my comp for me and introduced me to the wonders of Netscape Navigator and I was off! That first week I did a search under "transexual" and found Dr. Zukowski's clinic in Chicago. I would read every sing;e page at least once per week while I was at University of Alaska Fairbanks, just musing about The Day. And here I am 23-years later. I told this story to Dr. Z last summer when I met him for the first time, kind of like meeting a Hollywood star, I had to remember to breath. He mentioned this story to the surgery team I met while at the pre-op yesterday; there were tears involved. The good kind. I'll have the following: 1. Browlift with frontal bone contouring, scalp advancement and fat-grafting to fill soft tissue hollowing. 2. Upper and lower eyelid lifts with 35% YCA chemical peel. 3. Feminizing rhinoplasty/septoplasty. 4. Upper lip lift and length reduction. 5. Chin-bone contouring, chin soft tissue reshape with tracheal shave. 6. Jaw body and jaw angle contouring, some muscle work, and fat excision. 7. Full mid, lower face, neck and jaw skin facelift. 8. Fat graft to the lips, soft tissue to the cheeks, and naso-labial folds. 9. Breast augmentation using Mentor Classic Round Medium Smooth Cohesive I Silicone 640cc. These will be done over ~12 hours. I have contracted with a nurse to be with me from the recovery room for 72-hours continous with an option to extend depending on how I feel. I would like to add; this is not a plug for Dr. Z, but a story of one individuals', more than a decade of dreaming, hope and sometimes striving towards a goal. Anyone can do it, I know, I am here to tell you it can be done. A little here, a little there, the warchest will grow. -
By Shay · Posted
I'm hoping some day I will understnad the plan.... I'm getting pretty used to the "cry when you have to" part of Dan's song. -
By VickySGV · Posted
Slowly, bit by bit things are becoming better. The driver's license issue will have to do until people can finally be taught to accept the fact that all humans are different in ways that should not matter one tiny bit. -
By Bri2021 · Posted
It's dress nice day for me at work. The dress is sleeveless and I don't like showing my tats on my shoulders so a cover is needed. I like my turquoise dragonfly necklace with this because it accents the small amount of turquoise in the dress. Big hair courtesy of wanting some sunshine and braving the 38 degree morning commute with the top down. haha -
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By Willow · Posted
Hi @KymmieL of course you can. Anytime. I'm always here for you or anyone else that I can help. Willow -
By KymmieL · Posted
God, I hate my body. MMM I may have expressed that some other time, or 5. As normal up early even with getting up for almost 2 hours last night. Probably pass out in the chair later. @Willow I may call on your expertise once again. Let me see what I come up with. At least I am alone today my youngest came home early yesterday. Saying they wanted him at another school today. Hope, everyone has a good day. Again waiting for the coffee to warm up. Kymmie -
By Jeanette West · Posted
My co-workers and I have discussed on many occasions the change in our characters and personalities due to working in our environment. I haven't dealt with the rawness life can throw at one, but I deal with the people who initiated that rawness, and it most certainly has a deleterious affect. We as a whole become much darker people; attitudes towards others, life, humour, perception, and most problematic; interactions, or caring. I was in the airport getting ready to come to Chicago for my surgeries when a sanctimonious '70's something female approached me (I was all by myself at the farthest point from anyone as I don't like crowds), specifically came 75-feet just to tell me, "excuse me but I see you're not wearing a mask". I had been staring into space, lost in my thoughts when my mouth kicked in to overdrive and responded for me, "quit harassing me, shut the f&&* up and go away". Ten years ago this would never have happened, but being around the dregs of society have peeled away the layers of civility to the point I police my mouth by waiting for a half second before responding to someone. Poor timing on this female. I have drifted away from many people I once knew because I simply no longer know how to relate to others who don't know what I do about the black aspect of human beings. -
By Bri2021 · Posted
I've had 3 mugs on "Counter Culture #46 coffee this morning but apparently is wasn't enough. I slipped on my knee high boots and left the house thinking, "hmmm they feel a little tight today, it must be the thicker socks". nope, wrong feet! SMH. I had to go back inside to set things right and start the day off on the right foot. I need a day off. hahahaha. -
By LaurenA · Posted
Alas in my state the law says they can fire you for no reason at all. There are laws for sex and race discrimination but none for gender. My plan is to get my job back and spend a few months showing them what I'm worth again. During that time I'll try to very gently sound management out on the issue. Still not sure how I'm going to do that. I'll base my decision then on what I find out. Sort of a bootstrapping operation. -
By CD Rachel · Posted
Good morning everyone. Just getting to my second cup of coffee. I am off from work today so i am getting a late start to my day. My cat is super excited that I am home and has not left me alone for a minute since i got up. I am very excited to be starting with my new therapist today. I have not been in a therapy session since December 28 . It has been too long a wait to get started on working on the new me. Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday! Rachel -
By Niamh · Posted
Just some ideas... If there is sex/gender discrimination legislation in place (I don't know enough about your country/state to know) then your gender identification should not matter and they could be breaking the law if they made it so. I see no reason why you shouldn't pursue your return to work if they want you and you want to work. If they want you, it is surely your skills and the economic value to the company that is why they've asked you back. Why would your gender status change this? If you do not need to work (financially) then it seems to me that you hold all the cards. I'm in a not far dissimilar situation but in the UK and with considerable publicity around gender rights. I don't need to work (financially), but I enjoy my job. I'm also genderfluid/bigender and spend part of my time as Niamh, the rest as a man. I may start HRT or not, but whether or not I would would not be influenced by my work situation. I decided to tell my employer and key colleagues at work on the basis that if anyone had an issue or caused problems I could either: Leave, because I didn't need the money or Take legal action if I wanted to stay, primarily to make a precedent for anyone who DID need the money. It seems that if your colleagues are unable to recognise your value as a productive member of their team, just because you may present as a woman sometimes, are the really people you want to work with. So far I haven't encountered a single person at work who has been negative or derogatory about my life choice, but I realise my role, my employer and the country in which I live may be a very different environment to yours.
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