In the waiting room about to start HRT...

[dreamer_2.0]

Heart might be racing a little bit. Brain is a collage of emotions: excitement, anger, fear, curiosity, desperation...

Probably going to stare at the first pill for hours.

[Michelle789]

Congratulations Dreamer!!! I feel nervous about it too, and I'm sure that when I get my first pill I'll probably be a bit hesitant to take it. I have my first Dr. appointment in three weeks, and probably in a few weeks after, I'm not sure how long, I should get my first pill too.

[Jorja]

Congratulations Dreamer!!!:cheer::cheer: I had my first pill in me before I even got out of the pharmacy. Over the lips and past the gums, look out system, here it comes.

[Angela Campbell]

I went to the Dr and he emailed the prescription to the pharmacy. I picked it up on the way home, and took the first dose in the parking lot.

[dreamer_2.0]

Got the prescriptions and enjoying my last meal at McDonalds while waiting for it. I always said if I did this then major life changes will have to happen, no more fast food is one of them. I suppose it's oddly fitting they messed up my meal. Although, my burger ended up with bacon when I didn't ask for it. Perhaps it's a sign of good things to come. ;)

I was given Spiro and Estrace. Not sure of the dosage size for them as the paper is with the pharmacy.

Well, burger is done. Guess it's time to grab the pills and step closer to the rabbit hole.

It's strange, this all feels like a life or death situation, though, am I on the verge of findin life and escaping death or is it the other way around.

This rabbit hole sure looks deep from my current perspective.

[anaissa]

Way to go Dreamer! I am a couple of months away from starting HRT and so I look to others for encouragement and inspiration.I am proud of your commitment and your courage. I wish you a wonderful journey. I am sending you as much positive energy as I can muster.

[I Am Paula]

Welcome to a very weird club!
Took the first dose in the parking lot.

[Cheyenne Skye]

I guess I must be an oddball. I waited till I got home before I took my first dose.

[Rachel Smith]

Dreamer the pharm is only 2 miles from my house with no traffic lights, so I drove home before I took one. I did keep glancing at the bag just to make sure it didn't get away from me, lol. I looked at the first one for just a few moments before taking it. Then in about a week or so I had a peace I had previously only read about.

[LeaP]

Pharmacy parking lot for me.

Congratulations, Dreamer. ... Assuming you took the first dose! It's a big step.

[PretzelGirl]

Another wierdo who made it home first. I thought my wife would like to be a part of it. She wasn't home. Lol.

Congrats Dreamer! Prepare for things you can't be prepared for.

[becky77]

Stare at it lol! As soon as I could take it I did, but by then I was well ready.

[Hope]

You can handle this. Trust your instincts.

[dreamer_2.0]

Thanks for the support everyone. I took the first dose about an hour ago. Haven't noticed any changes yet. Figured I'd at least be able to see through walls by this point. The whole purpose of this is super powers right?

[PaulaAnn]

Congratulations on moving a little closer to realizing your dream. I was pretty conventional in taking my first E pills.It took me 50 years to get here so I could wait another ten minutes and take the pill at home.
PaulaAnn

[Jorja]

Figured I'd at least be able to see through walls by this point. The whole purpose of this is super powers right?

Oh your going to have super powers alright! :)

[NavyM2F_WAM]

Super powers?! What in the world?

Anyway, I have been wanting to become a woman for so long, I don't think I will be able to wait to take my first pill. I will probably bring a drink with me and take it before I even leave the building! It will be the start of a long-time dream coming true! I might even cry.

[Leah Lynn]

Congratulations! Now the weird will really begin!

[Cheryl123]

So happy for you Dreamer. At last, at last! .. Of course it is all rather anti-climatic because nothing really happens for a while. You might feel some of the side effects of Spiro first -- cramps,etc but maybe not. Drink at lot of water, just in case. The estrogen kicks in much slower and it will be the psychological/emotional effects you will experience. Just keeping taking the pills and you'll be on the road to a wonderful new life.

[Donna Joanne]

Congratulations Dreamer. Welcome to the roller coaster ride that is called endocrinologic womanhood, and it only gets better from here. Enjoy the journey and savor the emotions and feelings.

[GabbiSophia]

Congrads dreamer... it's a great mental relief at first .. now at the end of my second month it is just another thing lol... i hope it has the great mental effects it has for me

[MaudeB]

Congrats Dreamer ! I cried when I got my first pills !

[CarlaWestin]

Dreamer, I wish you the best in your life and I applaud your decision to transition. Folks like you get a free pass to my hero list. I hope it all goes well for you and you enjoy being the beautiful woman that you are.

[Lilly Black]

i took a pic in my doc's office while i was waiting. been on the girl juice since may 19th.

no powers yet but i'm working on my costume!

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[Starling]

You look lovely, Lily, but so worried! I hope that mood has waned a bit. Congratulations, Dreamer, and enjoy the super powers of the heart.

:) Lallie

[samantha rogers]

Add me to the "took it in the pharmacy parking lot" list. That was in February. Other than the mood swings, feeling great and the girls are sore as heck most all the time...tee hee.

[whowhatwhen]

I took mine the next morning along with the mound of other pills I need to take, it's a bit easier than to try to juggle multiple times per day :)

[sandra-leigh]

For my estrogen, I waited until about 01:00 the night that I picked up my prescription.

[Aprilrain]

Mine arrived in the mail, I took one and put it under my tongue right away then I took a shower. It slowly melted under my tongue for the whole shower while I simultaneously shivered with joy and kept asking myself "what the **** am I doing!

[dreamer_2.0]

I waited till I arrived home. It was hard though constantly thinking about the pills in my bag. I made it though, then set the pills out on the table and stared at them a while also thinking "what the **** am I doing?" I mustered up the courage and took them though.

On day 4 now, haven't noticed anything yet. The occasional sense of calmness and warmth but that could just be my imagination. Obviously 4 days is extremely early however so it's not terribly surprising, especially with what I think is a fairly low dose. I imagine the first little while will be like this, wondering if something is real or not.

[Anne2345]

I had spider powers by day four. So if you don't, then clearly, you're doing it wrong . . . .

[dreamer_2.0]

The front of the office I work at is glass. Going to try climbing it on my lunch. :P

[whowhatwhen]

Just wait until the spiro snoozes kick in :P

[Rachel Mari]

Wow, now I feel really odd. I waited nearly two months after I filled the scrip before I took my first pill and applied the patch.

Congratulations, it must feel pretty good to be taking such a big step. I know it did for me.

The reason for my delay was I wanted to make sure I was doing this under my own terms and wasn't acting too quickly. That was a year ago and now I can't imagine stopping. I think, for me, once I started I knew I wouldn't want to stop and I was aftraid that if I (as in my body) reacted badly to the meds and I would have to stop whether I wanted to or not.

I'm much happier now.

[Aly Cat]

I guess I must be an oddball. I waited till I got home before I took my first dose.

I actually did something similar. I had read that hormones are a lot like birth control. It is very time specific. Because of that, I actually waited till the following day and planned it out to where I was taking them in the morning before I had to go to work and at night when I first get home. I carry my evening pills with me because with my new job, I am getting off right at the time I need to be taking my second dose. It has become very ritualistic. I am really bad about forgetting things so if I make it a morning and evening ritual, I dont forget. It has worked so far. I have only forgotten to take the evening ones twice out of 73 days and never forgotten to take the morning ones. I can tell when when they are in full effect throughout the day based on when my breasts start to hurt. I look forward to that pressure around the nipple every day. It lets me know it is working. I have started wearing a bra full time to ease some of the pressure of growth and it does help a lot. In fact, it has worked so well that for a few days, I thought my hormones werent having as much of an effect. I learned very quickly how wrong I was about that though. I had to wear a white shirt one day following the no pain days and because I didnt have the right color bra or undershirt enough to hide the bra, I had to go without one. By the end of the day, I wanted to scream they hurt so bad. I wouldnt trade it for the world though!