Hi everyone, my name is Joanne. I have been popping in and out of this site for many, many years. I could have sworn that I did register at one point, but it appears that I did not. So here is a Readers Digest version of my introduction.
I am a transgender person, AMAB, and I will be turning 65 in a few months. I am currently into my second attempt at transition, I started HRT the last week of June 2021. One week after starting I had a stroke, so that has had a definite impact on my transition, but not in completely bad ways. I am married, my wife has been extremely supportive, although we do have differences of opinion about certain issues, so there are things we are still working on. I underwent an orchiectomy last November, and have been very happy that I had that done. For the first time in my life, I feel like my body is going in the right direction instead of fighting me.
Right now I am struggling with the current social and political climate. A huge part of me would love to get back into the fight like I did in my younger days, but due to health issues over and above the stroke, I do not feel that I have the strength to get super involved. I am terribly conflicted about that, but hopefully in time I will be able to find a happy medium. In the meantime I want to catch up with the community and see what I have missed all of these years.
Thank you all in advance, I hope to be talking more in the future.
