Slow vs fast transition

[stephaniec]

I seem to be on the slow path which Is All right for me

[RavenMoon]

I decided to transition back in 2011 after I got divorced. Now it's 2017, and I haven't gotten anywhere! It was one bad situation after another (out of work, got evicted, was living in a shelter for a year...)

But things are getting better. And now a new best friend is going to loan me the funds I need for FFS. So I'm planning on taking the fast path now to make up for lost time. I'll be 60 in three months, so I'd like to have some time to be cute before I'm too old. lol.


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[AnonyMs]

Nine years and counting so far. I suspect it will be 10 or 11 at a minimum before I finish.

[JoanneB]

I had to go with "Other" as in Glacial.  8 years in the prelim stages. No idea if/when full social.

One Day at a Time

[KathyLauren]

I've only got 20-30 years left in this world if I am lucky.  No more wasting time; I'm going as fast as I can.

[Gertrude]

Glacially slow. 2 years and all I've done is grow my hair out, clean shaven every day and a I dress at Home occasionally. The big deal will be coming out to my kids so I can be more me. I've already written a coming out letter, so it's just a matter of time.


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[warmbody28]

for me a fast transition. I kind of feel out of the closet and just went with it as fast as I could.

[Anne Blake]

I am in Kathy's boat but probably with fewer years to go so full speed ahead.

[Lady Lisandra]

I'm not sure if mine was a slow or a fast transition. When I decided to officialy  start my transition I began with hormones. That was in April. At that year's new year dinner I came out to my whole family and started living full time as a woman. That would be 9 months, but I started doing things long before hormons. I gre longer hair, I shaved, plucked my eyebrows, started wearing earrings...

If you ask me which one is better, I say a fast one. I wish I had listened to my mind earlier when I was in primary school and I regret loosing all these years, I don't want to lose more.
But going for a fast transition doesn't mean pushing yourself to doing things you don't like or feel you're not ready to do. If you feel you want and can do something, do it, don't wait. If you're not sure, wait until you are, or try something similar as a test.

[Laurie]

 I don't know what is fast and what is slow.
People keep telling me I've done a lot in a short time so I went with fast.

Heck if I know.

Hugs,
    Laurie

[Sophia Sage]

Definitely fast.

That doesn't mean I wasn't methodical.  I wasn't even on hormones for the first six months, but I was getting regular therapy and electrolysis during that time, and honing my voice -- in fact, I wasn't even going to go through with transition without finding my voice.  But once I did, it was a sprint, and by the 2-year mark I'd had FFS, SRS, BAS, the whole alphabet soup, and then I dove straight into stealth living.

It's weird saying that 2 years is "fast".

[StacyRenee]

I'm at exactly one year from when I first came out to my son. 10 months of therapy, 5 on HRT, and I'm looking into an orchiectomy. I'll probably come out at work tomorrow to everyone I work with (HR and my manager already know). I feel like it's been too slow.  But after tomorrow I'll finally be able to live full time including at work!

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[Michelle_P]

Welllll...

Out in March 2016,
Start electrolysis in May 2016
Start HRT in June 2016
Asked to leave October 1, 2016
Moved out and went full time well before I was 'ready' October 22, 2016
FFS surgeon meeting in May 2017
GCS surgeon meeting July 26, 2017
GCS scheduled for October 20, 2017

I started with the intent of going slow, but the brakes fell off last October.

[jodyh]

well i started wanting the fasted route possible and it drove me mad,so i ran away,talked to my psyc doc and he said take it slow,find out who u are.so for me its slow and steady.actually this way i seem to have come further than when i was wanting it all tomorrow

[noleen111]

Mine was relativity fast, I started hormones within a year of therapy and then  my was vagina installed 3 years after starting hormones.

[Shy]

At this point i'm standing at the foot of K2 trying to work out the best rout up but keep catching views of Everest. So I guess slow.

Peace and love and all that good stuff,

Sadie

[RobynTx]

Guess I'm considered on the fast track. I came out June 19th and started HRT on July 26th. I would love to go faster but I'm trying to go slow for my wife's sake.

[natalie.ashlyne]

Hi, Well I have been on HRT for 7 months so far, my plan is to have everything done by my 3 year point finger crossed. I am willing to sell my house and what ever I need to. In order to get the surgeries I want. So I dont know if that is fast or slow I hope I can do it faster but have given myself an extra couple months. I plan on full time very soon

[stephaniec]

Mostly Im slow. because of the money
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[Shellie Hart]

I have always been on low dose HRT but my body's reaction has been fast, especially the breasts. I have no money for any surgeries so I guess it will always be whatever pace the estrogen demands. Weirdly the changes have all been "from the neck down." No changes that I can see in the face, even though several friends keep telling me I have lost weight, especially in the face. I'm not sure what that means. I am just letting HRT do its thing. So far, 15 months.