Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: elena on November 12, 2007, 07:13:15 PM Return to Full Version
Title: it's official
Post by: elena on November 12, 2007, 07:13:15 PM
Post by: elena on November 12, 2007, 07:13:15 PM
I got my prescription from my doctor to start hormones today. YAY!!!
Title: Re: it's official
Post by: shanetastic on November 12, 2007, 08:15:03 PM
Post by: shanetastic on November 12, 2007, 08:15:03 PM
congrats elena, that's a big step :D
Title: Re: it's official
Post by: Wing Walker on November 13, 2007, 02:10:58 AM
Post by: Wing Walker on November 13, 2007, 02:10:58 AM
Congratulations on starting HRT, Elena. I began on July 2, 2002. It's a day that i won't forget.
Please keep us posted on your progress and feelings, if you desire.
Enjoy each new day!
Wing Walker
Please keep us posted on your progress and feelings, if you desire.
Enjoy each new day!
Wing Walker
Title: Re: it's official
Post by: gothique11 on November 15, 2007, 05:32:09 AM
Post by: gothique11 on November 15, 2007, 05:32:09 AM
Congrats!
Title: Re: it's official
Post by: prettydrake on November 15, 2007, 09:32:56 PM
Post by: prettydrake on November 15, 2007, 09:32:56 PM
Woot! :D
Title: Re: it's official
Post by: Wing Walker on November 16, 2007, 01:03:50 AM
Post by: Wing Walker on November 16, 2007, 01:03:50 AM
Quote from: elena on November 12, 2007, 07:13:15 PM
I got my prescription from my doctor to start hormones today. YAY!!!
Hello, Elena,
About two months from now, stop and take note of all of the changes you have undergone. I call these the "Gifts of Mother Estrogen."
Take particular note of when you start to feel physical changes and what they were. Mental and emotional changes can start in a few weeks and can be bewildering, but what a ride!
Wishing you well,
Wing Walker
Enjoying the Ride
Title: Re: it's official
Post by: elena on November 17, 2007, 06:19:23 AM
Post by: elena on November 17, 2007, 06:19:23 AM
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the progress. I can already see just a hint of the fat repositioning on my hips, but i'm pretty skinny so when I gain weight somewhere it's really easy to notice. Also, my chest is swelled up a bit, but nothing to the point to where I would actually say I have "breasts." I felt really tired this week, which I hear is fairly common when starting on hormones. I do, however, have to stop taking the hormones one week prior to my trachea shave in december, which means I'll have to stop at three weeks :-P.