Stephanie Sometimes
03-09-2016, 09:24 PM
Well finally, after a lifetime of thinking it was the impossible dream and of suppressing my own very nature, I just started HRT today. I have a great doc who has a lot of experience with trans patients. She is starting me off with weekly self injections of E along with the usual S and F in pill form. I went to her really expecting to get the E skin patches but she recommended injection of the E as more effective in getting my levels up to where they need to be based on her experience. I feel fortunate to have access to her as my transition physician and she is also able to be my new primary care physician as well. It is a great arrangement so far and she communicates with me in a very understanding manner because of her prior experience.
Because of this forum, as well as from talking with local TG friends who are on HRT, I have a good idea of what to expect in the coming months and years and I have to say I am happier than I have been in decades but at the same time somewhat apprehensive about how this transition will all work out in the coming years.
The last year was truly a year from hell for me resulting in many sleepless nights. It involved the sad end of a long marriage, difficult counselling sessions, fighting with heartless divorce lawyers and the subsequent demolishment of much of my financial stability, work demands that never let up, moving twice and a lot more that all together have required almost all of my attention. After all that, nothing in the future seems unduly challenging, but I have no illusions and fully expect there will be some difficult hurdles in the path ahead.
Thanks to all of you on this forum that have paved the way and shared your experiences!
Stephanie
Because of this forum, as well as from talking with local TG friends who are on HRT, I have a good idea of what to expect in the coming months and years and I have to say I am happier than I have been in decades but at the same time somewhat apprehensive about how this transition will all work out in the coming years.
The last year was truly a year from hell for me resulting in many sleepless nights. It involved the sad end of a long marriage, difficult counselling sessions, fighting with heartless divorce lawyers and the subsequent demolishment of much of my financial stability, work demands that never let up, moving twice and a lot more that all together have required almost all of my attention. After all that, nothing in the future seems unduly challenging, but I have no illusions and fully expect there will be some difficult hurdles in the path ahead.
Thanks to all of you on this forum that have paved the way and shared your experiences!
Stephanie