Moving further along the path, encounter with an endocrinologist

[Eryn]

This is an interesting response. Medically, I am not male. I might have the wrong genitals, but I don't have T going through me in anything but really minor amounts and I have a good level of E. That isn't male to me. It is interesting you can say that as I would assume most couldn't as it would cause a level of dysphoria.

Practically, the physical structure of my body is male and my genetic makeup is XY. So, for medical purposes I'm male. Now, I have a few female things going on too, like estrogen and breasts. I'm an amalgam of both sexes and always will be. Unfortunately, "Amalgam" is not a choice on the form.

For me, dysphoria is not really triggered by practical matters, but by how I am socially perceived.

congrats Eryn, i have a question: why the annual mammogram?

I'm in my 50s and on HRT. That makes me higher risk for breast cancer, just as it would a GG in the same position.