Welcome home Hazumu, I'm generally not much for greeting new members, I like to see who they are and do first and if they like to talk, then I'll drive em blind, but I saw you were an ex military person, so thought I'd say HI to you.
For answers to your questions, just ask anything you want and there definately people here who can give you any answer you need that we can talk about within the rules of Susans Forums and HBSOC international standards.
We have those here that are Crossdressers, Transsexual and etc. etc.... so not everyone here can tell you the same things,And also some are new to it as you are and some have a lifetime invested, but some things you will need to know and other things you won't. We have something for anyone and everyone and of course the wiki encyclopedia as pertaining to many items of Transgender and related sources. Check with Stephanie Craxford for anything you might be looking for, she is the wiki Administrator.
As Cassie already stated, we will not discuss dosages or routines of Hormone Replacement Therapy. This is because HRT is a highly dangerous task if not routinely monitored by a doctor. I myself had what the doctors called an Estrogen Stroke November of 2004 and was lucky enough to recover with almost undetectable damage. Others have not been so lucky, so please remember that when talking to others as time goes on, there are to many that think they know better and accumulate such drugs without a doctors perscription and are foolish enough to go it without the doctors help. Please do not fall for such things as it could not only kill or damage you, but also make you inelegible to ever take it again even with doctors and you wouldn't want that, would you? You would never achieve what you would have obtained from it.
As for what not to do? just read through the board and ask about anything that strikes you as relevant about anything associated with Transition, be it coming out, seeing a psychiatrist (a requirement if you want SRS, Doctors, handling your wife and family when they go into shock etc.
Talk away about anything you don't understand or need to know more about. You won't be asking anything that any of those here haven't needed to know at some time or other and had to find out for themselves. There are a few here that are Transsexual and either bound for surgery or have been to surgery and live completely and totally as women. Some are Homosexual, but we debate all the time if that means having sexual attraction to men or women. Some of our TS's here are all for men and some wouldn't touch one with a 10 pole on fire.
We have not only TS's who were born men but also TS's who were born female, so keep that in mind when talking about TS's. We don't like to offend anyone. Well, enjoy your stay here Hazumu. And never doubt that those here will help you all they can.
And you were right, you do have a lot to think about.
Terri
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