Hey, I'm sorry if this doesn't belong in Introductions, but the description said this was a place to start if you're new to the forums, so ... here I am.
I'm a really direct / task-oriented person who has trouble with mingling and small talk in all situations, so I apologize if I come across as abrupt. It's not intentionally dismissive or anything, I'm just all-business when I set my mind to a task until it's resolved.
Right now my business is trying to sort out some important information about the next steps in my transition, and I'm exploring all the social resources I can find to do so. I found these forums through Google and figure this looks like another good place to try for some info.
I suppose I can provide context and an 'introduction' at the same time so briefly: my name is Audrey, I've been in the transitioning process for about 7-8 years now and basically live as a girl. I don't think there's anyone who still knows me or thinks of me as a guy. I have endured a frankly incredible amount of social and emotional abuse from my family, my "friends", and everyone around me and have spent years becoming a much stronger person with a lot more willpower to resist stupid people.
Now that I'm finally reaching a more stable / less OMG WTF place in my life, I'm aggressively moving to tidy up all the loose ends that are still unfinished about my transition M2F and basically just close the door and move along as a boring normal person that just hopes no one ever Googles my name too deeply.
And now we come to my question here: my first reaction when I looked at the front page here, with like 30 different forums and 100 subforums was:
NO. Like,
O M G: NO. I'm posting in-between calls at work and I don't even know where to begin sorting out where the correct place for my questions is.
I'm hoping someone can gently and/or firmly direct me to the correct sections of this site to ask for advice about the following things:
- A recommendation for an orchiectomy doctor in my area
- A recommendation for a chondrolaryngoplasty (throat chopper) doctor in my area
- Suggestions or information about other networking or information sites that might be good to ask around on
I have all my "real life" stuff done (derp, was doing this for years before any "tests" started...), been on HRT forever, have therapist Seal of Approval letters, etc etc etc. So basically I have everything all pulled together, I'm just lacking sources and good advice about who to call and schedule appointments with.
Again, I apologize if I seem brusque or gruff, it's totally not intentional and it's just how my mind and personality work when I'm in Mission Mode™.
Thank you to anyone who can point me to the right subsections of this community to ask the right questions to the right viewers. I really do appreciate it, because I'm overwhelmed by all the options.
