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By Heather Shay · Posted
This is such an exilerating time for you. All the emotions and a lifetime of wondering. HRT is a big step and you will soon find out its effects for you. I hope all goes well and you love the new you. -
By Heather Shay · Posted
Which hurts worse - mental pain, physical pain or spiritual pain? Why? -
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By Heather Shay · Posted
ex·hil·a·rat·ing /iɡˈziləˌrādiNG,eɡˈziləˌrādiNG/ adjective making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling. "an exhilarating two-hour rafting experience -
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By MirandaB · Posted
Was just thinking (worrying?) about this since I have had an issue arise and need to see a new-to-me specialist, so sifting through the (in-network) doctors and trying to find one who gives the impression that they'd treat my condition and not try to wean me off HRT first. -
By MirandaB · Posted
Yesterday I went back to the store I shopped last week (where they remembered the "Miranda" to write on the changing room board) since I knew if I waited long enough I'd get a decent discount sent to me to pick up a second item I had hesitated to buy last time. Was wearing a pair of jeans I picked up at Macys discount rack ala @Sally Stone for the crazy price of two dollars! -
By Birdie · Posted
My wardrobe is almost entirely from Torrid, but I know how to shop there. Using the store credit card I got 5% off, plus 10% off ordering something and picking it up in the store. I also take their survey every time for an additional 10% off (25% off total). I then shop their clearance items that are usually 30-70% off already. I get 'name brand' items for Walmart prices. -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/273fdffe00c0-japan-society-on-transgender-issues-to-drop-disorder-from-name.html Carolyn Marie -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/18/science-knowledge-gap-trans-healthcare I like the reference to "trans broken arm syndrome." I've experienced it myself. The more research, the better, certainly. The problem as I see it, especially concerning reports in the popular press, is that preliminary results are often used to "prove" someones POV, or are misunderstood or used in a political way. That is never helpful, and it isn't confined to reporting on trans health care issues. For example, how many times have we read or heard about studies that "prove" coffee is bad, or chocolate is bad, or eggs are bad, etc., only to read weeks or months later that the opposite is true? In the case of trans health care, it all gets politicized, too. Carolyn Marie -
By Cisco1127 · Posted
I just finished the intake forms for an online informed consent clinic through Plume and im both nervous and excited to meet with my provider next week via video chat. I'm worried I will be turned down and cannot get a prescription for a variety of reasons. I was asked so many invasive questions during intake, which I knew would happen. I worried about what I should leave out, how honest I should be, what could be something that would deny me a prescription. I've been fighting with myself for a long time and now that I have opened myself up to hoping for change, I am so scared of having the carrot dangled in my face only to be ripped away. And a part of me is scared of starting testosterone. I'm even more scared of inaction. Of not at least trying it and seeing how I feel about the changes. If I don't try it, I will never know, and I will be stuck in the loop of questioning whether or not it is right for me until I am filled with regrets for chances not taken rather than opportunities I've pursued. Has anyone here ever felt fear and apprehension about staring HRT? How did you get over that fear? How do I know in my heart if this is right for me when I am always running through all of the endless possibilities of good and bad results? -
By Carolyn Marie · Posted
In keeping with @VickySGV's train of thought, here are links to a couple of Canadian legal resources. I hope these can help you, as you do seem to need it. https://justicetrans.org/en/resources/ https://www.courthouselibrary.ca/how-we-can-help/our-library-services/lawmatters-public-libraries/lgbt-legal-resource-round https://www.halco.org/our-services/trans-legal-needs-assessment-ontario BTW, welcome to Transgender Pulse, hon. You are safe here. Carolyn Marie -
By awkward-yet-sweet · Posted
An option? Sure. When you come right down to it, everything except food/water/shelter is optional. Life can be very basic....brutally basic. Life can even be so bad that one's gender issues or sexuality are the farthest thought from your mind, at least for a while. You can "play pretend" successfully for years or a lifetime, with nobody suspecting that your true self is different from the gender you were assigned at birth. All kinds of choices, and its up to each person to decide which choices are more comfortable and less destructive to self and others. From what I have learned, transition is a spectrum. There's no one single way to do it, and your way may look very different from how a friend does it. Some people go to great lengths with surgery. Others are like me an my friends, non-op by choice or other circumstances. You can do a whole bunch of stuff in a short time, or the process can take years. I don't see it as a black-or-white kind of choice, but a progression towards authenticity and comfort.
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