Closing Eyes, Holding Nose, Jumping In!

[VickySGV]

Hi All -- I am Vicky from Earthquake Land USA. Its been a little more than two years that I have accepted the fact that I am indeed an MtF Transsexual. I just passed day 700 on Estrogen and feel the best I have ever felt in my 6+ decades of life. I am admittedly old enough to be parent or grandparent to some of the poster's I have seen here, but am otherwise a new teenager, both in body and mind set. I have a tiny smidge of jealousy for any of you under the age of 25 for your ability to have places like this to come to for the help and support that you DESERVE.

Beginning at about the age of five and then for too many years I was one of those for whom Gender Identity problems were too terrible to think about EVER and who submerged myself in my family and its expections and demands as a way to deny how badly wrong I thought my body was. It almost worked until certain members no longer existed, and the only person I could be responsible to and for was myself and I did not know how to do that. (Omitted -- Stuff I'll post over on the Alcoholism Board) Getting help for a substance abuse problem got me into a counseling and therapy program, that finally with my open admissions of some things that do make me VERY different from a large percentage of people, got me to the place where HRT was recommended and began. The journey continues, and I am looking forward to posting here and being part of this "neck of the woods" of the Transgender Folks in this world.

[Guest Colm]

Hi Vicky and welcome to forums! I'd ask you to take a moment to go over the Terms and Conditions (upper right) so that you know how the forums operate.

Sounds like you'll be a very valuable addition to our MTF crowd, and I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts!

[Guest Emily Ray]

Welcome Vicky to laura's I am almost 40 and I am so jealoous of those under 25. They have such bright futures and hopefully because of the wisdom they gain from our experiences tthey can avoid some of the pitfalls that we fell into attempting to hide from ourselves.

Huggs

Emily

[Guest John Chiv]

Hi Vicky,

Welcome to Laura's.

John

[Guest ranse]

I have a tiny smidge of jealousy for any of you under the age of 25 for your ability to have places like this to come to for the help and support that you DESERVE.

Hi and welcome, Vicky. I know exactly how you feel. I'm excited for the folks who are under 25, but a wee bit jealous that they're entering the world at the time they are.

[MaryEllen]

Hello Vicky,

Welcome to Laura's Playground.

MaryEllen

[VickySGV]

Thanks all for putting out the Welcome mat, and not showing me to the Egress as PT Barnum was known to do. We all do need each other, since we do have unique things in our lives that are really NOT understandable to non-trans folks no matter how hard we try to tell them what is necessary for us to do to stay alive and sane. To the Welcoming Committee so far, I am the grandchild of a bona fide immigrant from Ireland, who married a woman who was born in Iowa, I live in So. California, but worked for the State of same for 33 years, and thus was in Northern California on plenty of occasions. Now I may get to some of the other parts of both the world and the rest of the US.

[Guest miss kindheart]

Hi Vicky,

<<< hug >>>

Welcome to Laura's Playground.

Please feel free to come over and chat sometime.

The Chat room does require another registration that is separate from from your forums one.

Please read the chat room rules before coming in, and expect a short interview with one of the chat room moderators.

One of the things that they will ask you is if you read the rules.

We all look forward to seeing you.

vanna