Why do some physically healthy people decide to transition without HRT?

[krobinson103]

T also is addictive. The body needs one or the other. I work better on e. Where it comes from (HRT or internally) my brain and body doesn't care. My first days on spiro were horrible as my body adjusted to the change.

[Patty_M]

They want a functioning penis.

Nailed it.

There has been more than one romantic relationship between a trans woman and a gay male.  With SRS the guy is gone.  Its a shame but it happens.



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[AnonyMs]

An aspirin a day wouldn't hurt.

I asked my endo about this and he said the risks of aspirin outweigh any advantages. This would be the general case not specific individuals, and for the safe types of estrogen I'm on.

[pamelatransuk]

I thought long and hard about HRT, but I'll be starting in March.

Possible health complications were a factor, but on one level my hesitancy was about whether I was a complete woman the way I was, or whether I needed hormones to be a complete woman.

In the end I decided that I was as entitled to run on estrogen as I am entitled to wear contact lenses as a short sighted person.

Also, I am most dysphoric about not having breasts, and the idea of looking down and not seeing a seven inch penis is so appealing.

Hi Freya - I'm at the same point you are, except I don't yet have a start date for HRT. I've decided to start gradually by going herbal at first and growing my breasts as organically as possible. I have the same life issues to work through as most every other older trans woman. I'm preparing myself mentally and emotionally for the losses that I know may come so that, once the dust settles and whatever pieces fall into place do so, I'll start the pharma HRT. I'm so thankful to have found this community. It's so nice to know there are a lot of us girls out there, including the other ladies who are in their middle age and starting late (although I've known my true gender since I was about four years old). I hope for sweetness on the journey for you and for all of us.
XO
Sarah


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Hello Freya and Sarah

I am in the same boat as you, I believe. I have known I should have been a born a girl since age 4. I decided in December at age 62 to seek therapy and then HRT which I started 8Feb as a major part of my dysphoria is no breasts which I feel I must have along with female shapeliness.

I wish you both the best on your HRT journey. After only 3 weeks, I know it is for life for me!

Pamela

[Gertrude]

I asked my endo about this and he said the risks of aspirin outweigh any advantages. This would be the general case not specific individuals, and for the safe types of estrogen I'm on.

I had three clots in my right leg in 1993. A vena cava filter was put in 1999. When I fly or will be sitting in a car for hours on a trip, I'll take an aspirin. For me, it just aggravates my tinnitus. Some may have medical conditions that contraindicate it's use.


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