What aspect of transition were you least prepared for?

[MyKa]

The loss of all my friends

[Bookworm]

I got my hair cut this weekend for the first time since I started to grow it out, and I think I've discovered the solution to the hair in mouth problem. They're called bangs.

Those dont help me in the slightest. I have even more issues with them.

[Suziack]

The boob pain. I knew they were going to hurt, but nothing prepared me for the pain that I feel when I hit them against something.

Probably the chest pain... I mean, I kinda was completely unprepared for the sensitivity. Doubly so when I seemingly keep finding a way to close a door on my tits x____X

Yes, having your nipples/boobs crushed in a vise gets a little uncomfortable, doesn't it?

[kariann330]

How incredibly painful hot ash in your bra can be....i really gotta watch my cigarettes closer...and falling embers at bonfires lol

[TaoRaven]

Men opening doors, offering to carry things, and suddenly being incredibly sweet and helpful.

Random women telling me details of their private lives.

[Ms Grace]

I find it quite amazing how interested I am in finding the right clothes and shoes - I loathed going clothes/shoes shopping before.

I always tried to keep my (male) sex drive tamped down, especially when I was around women but I would still feel sleezy or devious even though I'd done nothing "wrong" - but sometimes the things that I would think... ugh, yuk... if any woman had known they would never talk to me again, I felt plenty ashamed. Plus it was so very hard to maintain eye contact with a woman who had large breasts and/or lots of cleavage on display. But that drive is gone now. I still find women incredibly beautiful but I don't feel "guilty" for feeling that way now, the unhelpful sexual thoughts and urges are completely gone. Also, if I'm looking at a woman's breasts now its for comparison rather than ogling reasons!!

[Nicole]

Taking your bra off at the end of the day is a wonderful feeling, not wearing one is a mistake

you can never own too many shoes

You can own 1 million bobby pins, but never find one when you need one

You need to get out of your clothes the second you get home

Handbags never feel heavy, yet give one to a guy to hold for 5 minutes and they'll complain about the weight

You can tell the difference between shades of pink

Theres always 1 eyebrow hair that gets out of control

putting on and taking off make up is a real bitch

[Heather]

This might sound silly but I wasn't prepared for being considered pretty I still have a hard time believing it to be honest. I guess another would be men's random comments about my height and other comments on my body. 

[Sydney_NYC]

Men opening doors, offering to carry things, and suddenly being incredibly sweet and helpful.

That one is taken me awhile to get used to.

I'll also add:

- Having the need for so many different types of shoes, but I must admit it's fun
- My liking of clothes. I used to not care so much about style and colors, now I love clothes shopping and wearing different styles (for my age)

[Emmaline]

Being do damned happy.  Seriously,  I didn't know the scale went up this high.

+1 on suddenly looking a clothes differently.

Oh, I was kinda prepared for this but I just started noticing boys a little this week.  So weird.  Looks like I am wandering along the Kinsey scale a bit.  Not that it matters a jot to a married gal.

[Northern Jane]

I couldn't believe how incredibly easy it was or how unbelievably comfortable it was to go from "freak" to just-another-girl.

[Lady_Oracle]

The pain from not transitioning sooner, the lost years as I like to call them.

[Jane's Sweet Refrain]

Something I'm just having to deal with now after almost two years on hrt is a change in my vision. It seems to have improved! I no longer need glasses for things near and seem to need them less for far away objects. I used to wear them constantly and now only wear them when I go out either to drive or because I think I look better with them on.

[Ms Grace]

Something I'm just having to deal with now after almost two years on hrt is a change in my vision. It seems to have improved! I no longer need glasses for things near and seem to need them less for far away objects. I used to wear them constantly and now only wear them when I go out either to drive or because I think I look better with them on.

You know, I thought I was imagining things but this has been an experience I've had too!

[Jane's Sweet Refrain]

You know, I thought I was imagining things but this has been an experience I've had too!

I had read that hrt might change the shape of the eye. And I could be imagining a deterioration as an improvement, but it doesn't seem that way. I'll soon find out when I have my vision tested. I think I'll go to an new optometrist. No need to change names at the old one.

[antonia]

Assuming you are on Spiro that's most likely the cause, being a diuretic it changes the water balance within your body including your eyes which will affects your eyesight.

I had the same thing happen to me when I got diagnosed with Type1 diabetes, when I started insulin my water balance drastically changed and I went from -0.5 to +2.5 on both eyes, then slowly back over about 2 weeks.

I had read that hrt might change the shape of the eye. And I could be imagining a deterioration as an improvement, but it doesn't seem that way. I'll soon find out when I have my vision tested. I think I'll go to an new optometrist. No need to change names at the old one.

[Jenny07]

What got me by surprise was after many years of being miserable and being used to it the fog lifted and I have been able to smile and am happy.
It's a bit of a strange feeling after so may awful things life has given me. 
Not really sure it's real as sometime I have to pinch myself but my doc has noticed a significant change in mood since starting e so must be working.

J

[Cindy]

I do remember about 3 months in, I was taking my pills and picked up my anti-depressants, looked at them, smiled and threw them in the bin.

[Zumbagirl]

Coming out to an employer and being fired and walked out of the building. I was worried for a little while that I wouldn't make it but my determination kept me moving.

[Danniella]

The pace of change.

I went from an ordinary, boring, same-thing-every-day life to a whirlwind of change and activity and milestones. My social calendar is full, and I always have somewhere I need to be. With the fast pace has come many life changes; my life is totally different now than it was just two years ago. I feel like i'm on a high speed bobsled ride and I am barely hanging on.

I'm tired; a slowdown in the pace of things would be welcome 

My god this!

I used to have such a boring 9-5 snoozathon of a life...now I am on a seemingly constant insane roller coaster of social, medical and mental turmoil every day!

I remember I used to sit in the house with the wife thinking "Soooooo...what do we do tonight?...Just chill and watch TV?...Mkay I guess..."

Now I can't remember the last time I had a day where I didn't have at least 2-3 impotant things to do or people to see >.>

As such...

What I was least prepared for was the ending of it all [+ The rest of the post]

Is the thing I am most dreading in the future O.O