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Title: Jasmine's intro
Post by: JasmineG on September 14, 2008, 09:26:50 AM
Post by: JasmineG on September 14, 2008, 09:26:50 AM
Hello everyone,
I searched and searched the web for a site which has an active post-op and pre-surgery site and this was the winning website.
My name is Jasmine. I'm 36 years old and will turning 37 in a couple of days. I'm a graduate student and I currently do not work although I do have a job. I work on assignments and tell them when I want to work and which jobs I like to work on, project work. It doesn't pay much, but, it's a good job for college students. I'm not working now because I lost my car. My job requires that you have one unless you wait until they get projects on bus routes. It all works out ok.
I will be having vaginoplasty in July 2009. I'm excited about this. I do not like to call it SRS or GRS or any of the other terms because I consider it to be vaginoplasty more so than me changing my gender, genitals or sex. I'm intersexed diagnosed with pais (partial androgen insensitivity syndrome). I'm a grade 1 which is the lowest level and what that means is that my body was sensitive enough to masculinize my genitalia during development, but, as I became older, my body became less sensitive to androgens. So, I have very little body hair all over my body and my secondary sex characteristics are more female than male. I do have some internal organs which are not present or so small that they cannot be detected on a CT scan.
Anyways, I've had a bilateral orchidectomy and it's been at least 7 years. I've been on hormones on and off for about 10 years, never consistant. My HRT consist of mainly Estradiol every other day. I suffer from headache if I take them everyday and this has been the case since I began HRT. I could never really take higher dosage. I did take spirinolactone for about 3 months, but my doctor told me that he didn't see the need for me to take it. That was before I was diagnosed with partial AIS.
As an intersexed person, I was forced to socialize as a boy. It was very difficult to be forced to grow up a gender that mentally and physically, I didn't fit into. Yeah, I had boy genitalia. But I also looked like a girl. I was often mistaken for girl throughout my childhood. Once puberty hit, it became worse than my early childhood because now I wasn't developing like all the other boys. They were growing their facial hair, their vocies deepened, their bodies developed much different than mines. I looked like I was still a little boy. When I went to the doctors they kept telling me that I needed to give it time. I'll develop just like the other boys. By the time I was 18 years old, I had very little body hair at all. I kept saying to my doctors, this isn't normal. But they refused or simply ignored me. "Your ok," they would say.
By the time I was 21 years of age, I couldn't live my life being forced to be boy but looking like a girl. I couldn't take being teased and rejected anymore. I didn't know if I was gay, bisexual or transexual. I just knew I needed to live my life as a woman. That is exactly what I have been doing since then.
Thanks for reading my long intro.
JasmineG
I searched and searched the web for a site which has an active post-op and pre-surgery site and this was the winning website.
My name is Jasmine. I'm 36 years old and will turning 37 in a couple of days. I'm a graduate student and I currently do not work although I do have a job. I work on assignments and tell them when I want to work and which jobs I like to work on, project work. It doesn't pay much, but, it's a good job for college students. I'm not working now because I lost my car. My job requires that you have one unless you wait until they get projects on bus routes. It all works out ok.
I will be having vaginoplasty in July 2009. I'm excited about this. I do not like to call it SRS or GRS or any of the other terms because I consider it to be vaginoplasty more so than me changing my gender, genitals or sex. I'm intersexed diagnosed with pais (partial androgen insensitivity syndrome). I'm a grade 1 which is the lowest level and what that means is that my body was sensitive enough to masculinize my genitalia during development, but, as I became older, my body became less sensitive to androgens. So, I have very little body hair all over my body and my secondary sex characteristics are more female than male. I do have some internal organs which are not present or so small that they cannot be detected on a CT scan.
Anyways, I've had a bilateral orchidectomy and it's been at least 7 years. I've been on hormones on and off for about 10 years, never consistant. My HRT consist of mainly Estradiol every other day. I suffer from headache if I take them everyday and this has been the case since I began HRT. I could never really take higher dosage. I did take spirinolactone for about 3 months, but my doctor told me that he didn't see the need for me to take it. That was before I was diagnosed with partial AIS.
As an intersexed person, I was forced to socialize as a boy. It was very difficult to be forced to grow up a gender that mentally and physically, I didn't fit into. Yeah, I had boy genitalia. But I also looked like a girl. I was often mistaken for girl throughout my childhood. Once puberty hit, it became worse than my early childhood because now I wasn't developing like all the other boys. They were growing their facial hair, their vocies deepened, their bodies developed much different than mines. I looked like I was still a little boy. When I went to the doctors they kept telling me that I needed to give it time. I'll develop just like the other boys. By the time I was 18 years old, I had very little body hair at all. I kept saying to my doctors, this isn't normal. But they refused or simply ignored me. "Your ok," they would say.
By the time I was 21 years of age, I couldn't live my life being forced to be boy but looking like a girl. I couldn't take being teased and rejected anymore. I didn't know if I was gay, bisexual or transexual. I just knew I needed to live my life as a woman. That is exactly what I have been doing since then.
Thanks for reading my long intro.
JasmineG
Title: Re: Jasmine's intro
Post by: Janet_Girl on September 14, 2008, 10:54:43 AM
Post by: Janet_Girl on September 14, 2008, 10:54:43 AM
Hi Jasmine,
Welcome to our little family. Over 2024 strong. That would be one heck of a family reunion. Feel free to post your successes/failures, Hopes/dreams. Ask questions and seek answers. Give and receive advice.
But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another sister.
Congrats on the vaginoplasty. Who did you choice? I am sure that you will do fine.
Janet
Welcome to our little family. Over 2024 strong. That would be one heck of a family reunion. Feel free to post your successes/failures, Hopes/dreams. Ask questions and seek answers. Give and receive advice.
But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another sister.
Congrats on the vaginoplasty. Who did you choice? I am sure that you will do fine.
Janet
Title: Re: Jasmine's intro
Post by: tinkerbell on September 14, 2008, 01:35:27 PM
Post by: tinkerbell on September 14, 2008, 01:35:27 PM
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Hello Jasmine and welcome to Susan's!
Thanks so much for introducing yourself. Please take a few moments to get familiar with all the boards of the site, review the site rules (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,2.0.html)before posting, and take advantage of our many resources such as the wiki (https://www.susans.org/wiki/Main_Page), chat (https://www.susans.org/chat/index.html), and the links listed at the main page. (https://www.susans.org/index.html) We look forward to your future posts and participation. Enjoy your stay and welcome :)
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Title: Re: Jasmine's intro
Post by: Jay on September 14, 2008, 01:54:57 PM
Post by: Jay on September 14, 2008, 01:54:57 PM
Welcome to Susans Jasmine!
Title: Re: Jasmine's intro
Post by: JasmineG on September 16, 2008, 07:16:41 AM
Post by: JasmineG on September 16, 2008, 07:16:41 AM
Quote from: Janet Lynn on September 14, 2008, 10:54:43 AM
Hi Jasmine,
Welcome to our little family. Over 2024 strong. That would be one heck of a family reunion. Feel free to post your successes/failures, Hopes/dreams. Ask questions and seek answers. Give and receive advice.
But remember we are family here, your family now. And it is always nice to have another sister.
Congrats on the vaginoplasty. Who did you choice? I am sure that you will do fine.
Janet
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.
Janet:
I'll be going to Dr. Pichet in Bangkok in July. I'm so happy.
-JasmineG
Title: Re: Jasmine's intro
Post by: Alexandra on September 16, 2008, 02:33:24 PM
Post by: Alexandra on September 16, 2008, 02:33:24 PM
Wow, what an interesting story! I'm glad you are now in charge of your own life and can finally find peace within yourself for who you are. Welcome!
Title: Re: Jasmine's intro
Post by: Maebh on September 16, 2008, 03:56:27 PM
Post by: Maebh on September 16, 2008, 03:56:27 PM
Hi Jasmine.
Céad míle fáilte
Welcome on board and congratulation on all your achievements to date. I am so pleased for you that you eventually have found out who you are and can at last be yourself now.
Go dté tú slan
LLL&R
Maebh
Céad míle fáilte
Welcome on board and congratulation on all your achievements to date. I am so pleased for you that you eventually have found out who you are and can at last be yourself now.
Go dté tú slan
LLL&R
Maebh