TerryTerri
06-09-2007, 05:23 AM
Hello All,
I think I've read just about every post in the TS forum part now. So much good stuff. I know I need to start posting and replying more so that you can get to know me and I can get to know you better. At this moment in time I have this forum and one friend to help me with all this. I'm having difficulty getting a transgender therapist. Anyway, my upcoming trip....
Next Friday (6/15) I wil be leaving for a one week business trip. It will be my chance to fem it up some. I will be having a co-worker attending the same conference. But, we have different iteneraries and he is bringing his kids. So, he will not be wanting to socialize much with me.
Okay, here's the controvesial part and I ask that you try not to be too judgemental about some of this. There are many layers to this onion and as Paul Harvy demonstrated repeatedly, once you know more about "the rest of the story" it often brings a different judgement on the story.
Anyway, I am bringing my friend (a GG who is not my wife) with me and she is going to help me with fem stuff. This will be a first for me. I will be in a city that has several transgender friendly places and we are contemplating going to one. It would be my very first time out. Right now I'm thinking I'm not ready for it, mainly body issues. I really need to lose some weight unless I wish to pretend I'm a six month prego female. Might be able to pull that off, except for the adam's apple. We have been talking and preparing for this for several weeks.
I have such a limited ability for privacy normally this trip will be a real treat for me. Also, I have NEVER had someone else's help before. This will be my first time for many of my fem stuff. I am so so excited. I will keep you all posted. She says she will be bringing a camera (I don't think the camera will make it, although we could always get a disposable one) so pehaps I will be able to play at being a model and get a real avatar picture at some point soon.
Okay, one more thing, which could have it's own thread anyway. As some of you know, my desire to actually become a woman, not just dress like one is still rather consciencely new to me and I am having difficuly finding a therapist to help me figure this out. I had a thought and I wondered what you gals thought. What if I took the regime of hormones for a couple of months as an experiment. Seems to me, at this point, that if I were to get on the hormones regime it would probably give me a good awarness of if this shoe really fits or not. Reducing my testosterone and giving me estrogen would effect my emotions and all sorts of stuff. Seems to me like it would either feel 'right' or not. That in turn could give me insight into where I need to go next. I would only do it with a doctor's prescription and oversight. The side effects of being on the hormones I do not think are a big concern. I already have 3 biological kids. I have no intention of having any more. The only reason I do not have a vasectomy art this point is that my wife is 'broken' now and can now have any more kids, she's missing essential parts. Also a lowered sex drive as odd as it may seem would probably help my marital situation and lastly, I don't think I would have enough breast development (darn it) in just a few months to be significant. Anyway, after two of three months of hormones, I would think it would be much clearer to me where this should go and what I need to do as a next step.
How did hormone therapy effect you and any confusions or uncertainties you had regardling any of this. I'm just curious.
Okay, sorry for the long post, I'm just a verbose poster!
PS. Although this is something for a different forum, it's something I'm rather happy about:
I have been smoke free for - Three months, one week, 5 hours, 35 minutes and 22 seconds. I haven't had to smoke 1984 cigarettes that I normally would have. Also, I didn't have to spend $554.71 killing myself. Statistically, I have gained 6 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes of my life back by quitting smoking.
I think I've read just about every post in the TS forum part now. So much good stuff. I know I need to start posting and replying more so that you can get to know me and I can get to know you better. At this moment in time I have this forum and one friend to help me with all this. I'm having difficulty getting a transgender therapist. Anyway, my upcoming trip....
Next Friday (6/15) I wil be leaving for a one week business trip. It will be my chance to fem it up some. I will be having a co-worker attending the same conference. But, we have different iteneraries and he is bringing his kids. So, he will not be wanting to socialize much with me.
Okay, here's the controvesial part and I ask that you try not to be too judgemental about some of this. There are many layers to this onion and as Paul Harvy demonstrated repeatedly, once you know more about "the rest of the story" it often brings a different judgement on the story.
Anyway, I am bringing my friend (a GG who is not my wife) with me and she is going to help me with fem stuff. This will be a first for me. I will be in a city that has several transgender friendly places and we are contemplating going to one. It would be my very first time out. Right now I'm thinking I'm not ready for it, mainly body issues. I really need to lose some weight unless I wish to pretend I'm a six month prego female. Might be able to pull that off, except for the adam's apple. We have been talking and preparing for this for several weeks.
I have such a limited ability for privacy normally this trip will be a real treat for me. Also, I have NEVER had someone else's help before. This will be my first time for many of my fem stuff. I am so so excited. I will keep you all posted. She says she will be bringing a camera (I don't think the camera will make it, although we could always get a disposable one) so pehaps I will be able to play at being a model and get a real avatar picture at some point soon.
Okay, one more thing, which could have it's own thread anyway. As some of you know, my desire to actually become a woman, not just dress like one is still rather consciencely new to me and I am having difficuly finding a therapist to help me figure this out. I had a thought and I wondered what you gals thought. What if I took the regime of hormones for a couple of months as an experiment. Seems to me, at this point, that if I were to get on the hormones regime it would probably give me a good awarness of if this shoe really fits or not. Reducing my testosterone and giving me estrogen would effect my emotions and all sorts of stuff. Seems to me like it would either feel 'right' or not. That in turn could give me insight into where I need to go next. I would only do it with a doctor's prescription and oversight. The side effects of being on the hormones I do not think are a big concern. I already have 3 biological kids. I have no intention of having any more. The only reason I do not have a vasectomy art this point is that my wife is 'broken' now and can now have any more kids, she's missing essential parts. Also a lowered sex drive as odd as it may seem would probably help my marital situation and lastly, I don't think I would have enough breast development (darn it) in just a few months to be significant. Anyway, after two of three months of hormones, I would think it would be much clearer to me where this should go and what I need to do as a next step.
How did hormone therapy effect you and any confusions or uncertainties you had regardling any of this. I'm just curious.
Okay, sorry for the long post, I'm just a verbose poster!
PS. Although this is something for a different forum, it's something I'm rather happy about:
I have been smoke free for - Three months, one week, 5 hours, 35 minutes and 22 seconds. I haven't had to smoke 1984 cigarettes that I normally would have. Also, I didn't have to spend $554.71 killing myself. Statistically, I have gained 6 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes of my life back by quitting smoking.