Just wanted to add that event digitizing older records these days is better. Some hospitals do make old scanned notes indexed and searchable through OCR now.
Apicnic
joined 2 years ago
Obviously everyone else is right when they say that clearly this isn't your fault, and add the most of the visual feminization comes from fat distribution, so it's going to need to be there anyway.
I also want to mention that changes only really happen once your hormone levels get to where they should be. For some people, it takes a while to work with their doctor to get T suppressed and E elevated enough to start seeing changes. Just keep up with your labs and don't be afraid to talk with your doctor about hormone levels that aren't where you think they should be.
The fun part of transitioning is that you'll get both traditional misogyny and new, unique flavors!
Seriously though, joining a group of people that you aren't used to being in will always feel weird, but luckily that goes away with familiarity. I feel like my advice is always the same though, which is to find a therapist informed on gender issues if you can afford one.
It's a bit delayed to be responding to this comment, but I wanted to in case op is still hanging around this thread.
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He doesn't necessarily need to be worried about 'looking different'. A lot of trans people, and trans men in particular, completely pass. Testosterone is strong as hell. People just always stick with their 'we can always tell' talking points, because when they see passing trans people, they don't assume they're trans.
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The phrasing behind your second point is kind just of a rehash of a common anti lgbtq sentiment. The problem is, at least anecdotally for myself, that the people who would harass you consider that to be anything showing you're in some form queer or showing any pride in who you are. It's essentially a demand that people entirely hide part of them if they want to to be treated with respect.
Maybe this is the rumored aero stall when drs is on? It seems like there's still some massive aero efficiency differences when the flap opens.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/676543180
A nice npr segment where they talked about mattress store because there are a bafflingly large number of them.
There's not a ton out there, but toto did comment on it early last season.
It's a pretty great description of what dysphoria can be like for some people.
I met up with a friend group I haven't seen in a while, and a lot of people made an effort to lump me into 'the girls'.
Plus electrolysis is showing good results, even if that hour a week is slowly killing my soul with pain.
I absolutely do love all the things you named. I feel like in both chocolate and coffee that the milk rounds out flavors to be nice and smooth, but you lose some of detail. Sometimes they both go too far and end up in a sour or bitter mess, but I really enjoy the tastes on the edge of being too far.
Hot showers are just luxury. Put some lotion on after and your skin will be fine.
How far did you go on ensuring you got the cross pollination you wanted? I'm going to try a cross in the fall and am planning on bagging the bud and cutting out the anthers, but that may be overboard.
The majority of my friends leaving Austin have done so because of state politics. It's hard to feel safe when you're queer in Texas.