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So i thought id start a log kind of on my expierence with hrt to date i am now starting my 5th week Please remember my experience may not be yours i am currently taking estrodial by transdermal patch and spironolactone we are not allowed to give dosages so i will forgo that.
week 1-3--- no noticible changes except agression level seams to have gone down i also noticed that when i shave it takes longer for my shadow to return it use to be 36 hrs max before shaving was inevitable to avoid a disphoric event. now after 36 hrs it is the same as use to be on the following day.
week 4---- some pain in chest area around nipples mild and bearable no noticeable growth yet and non expected this early. noticed my head hair is beginning to change something about the texture of it not sure exactly what its doing. no other changes
i will continue to post on this thread as it progresses on a side note i am self medicating with monthly levels being checked at local lgbt clinic will correct this as soon as possible and i do not recomend this path just for the record
jessica

Hi Jesse,
I'm still sure you will wake up one day soon, and have that OMG! moment.... :icon_yikes:

...when it all comes together...

....and you suddenly realise how much the subtle thing all add up.. ;D

:icon_hug:

Chrissty

My daughter looked at me one morning and said "look at you, you have boobs" Up until that moment I didn't think my development was going anywhere
Sarah

I sure hope you keep this up, and I would suggest making a blog somewhere if your'e the writing sort. It's fun to look back on the way you thought and felt, sometimes just a few months ago. I also might suggest taking lots of pictures. It's not narcissistic, it only makes sense because things change and sometimes we might not notice them in the mirror. Even if your diary and photos are private and nobody sees them but you, they can be a real ego booster when your'e feeling stalled out.

Pictures are a good idea Becca. I should have started it myself. Now is a good time
Sarah

I notice that my bras are beginning to fit better.  Otherwise I never see anything.



Hugs and Love
Janet

I went back and looked at some early pixs of me and I was astounded where I am now.

It is amazing what those pills can do, isn't it? I'm enjoying the boobs too, a lot lol, but lawdy the pain is getting acute. I don't mean to complain or look a gift horse in the mouth but just ouch.

had a scare this morning it was funny in retrospect not so funny when you think about the what ifs... i was awaken out of a dead sleep (i work nights) with a massive charlie horse in my left calf and the first thing i thought of ... you guessed it blood clott it went away as i stretched the muscle and its still a little tender but the fact that a clot was the first thing i thought of was amusing to me in hindsight think i will quit smoking now hehe still no new changes to report. i did notice that spiro has a definite oder to them i didnt notice this when i got them but when i open the lid to take the meds i seam to notice it now not sure why now though.
jessica

I enjoyed sleeping on my stomach. Hurts to much now.
Sarah

Hi Jesse,
Thank for starting this post. I am sitting on the fence right now myself on starting HRT. I think its a very good idea what your doing by keeping a record and agree with others to take plently of photos.
When I finally pull the trigger and start I plan to do the same.

Thank you again I will follow your posts on this.

Suzy

ok so this is week six time to reorder to stay ahead of the supply chain. as many of you know im a gym rat and i watch my diet and weight like a hawk after a mouse. imagine my surprise when i stepped on the scale and saw 4lbs evaporate overnight. as i have very little body fat and trying to drop below 8 percent for a defined cut look this was straight muscle loss. So Bye bye T= Bye Bye muscle fibers bleh lol but only because i worked so hard getting them lol Down side to this is nothing fits now time to take up sewing until i can go shopping. i actually didnt expect to lose that much tissue that fast. will caliper later to find out where it evaporated from hopefully shoulders and back not legs and butt. hair has definately changed texture and seams to be growing faster. chest is still flat as board but at least ive gotten use to the pain of it that part sucks but if it means their growing ill take it. pretty much it for this week still working on voice and ill try to get some pics up when i can my home computer is crashed so i use the one at work or my friends.
jessica

Have you noticed if the seam in your, um, donor material has turned dark black yet? Personally I thought that was the coolest freaking thing I'd ever seen.

explain becca i can be daft at times lol you need to be blunt do you mean the thin little ridge line between the bits or something else... i try not to get that close to them when theyre still attached to me bleh..
jessica

I mean the back of your scrotum where our skin would have split had we developed properly. I have no idea why but estradiol changes it to a dark color, not like a vein but more...I dunno how to describe it. It's wild though. Go look, you'll know it when you see it.

Thanks for the updates Jesse! I'm working on my 3rd week now so it's good to see what's just ahead of me hehehe. I also started taking pictures everyday or so. Fun stuff.

Quote from: Becca on December 16, 2009, 03:38:09 AM
Have you noticed if the seam ... turned dark black yet? Personally I thought that was the coolest freaking thing I'd ever seen.

No, really cool is when you get a linea nigra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linea_nigra).
It does happen rarely.

I was a little scared to click that link for fear of being deluged with scrotum pictures but I trust Renate and was dually rewarded.

I want one of those too!

QuoteIt is a type of hyperpigmentation resulting from increased production of the pigment melanin thought to be caused by increased estrogen, the same process that causes the areolas to darken. Why this process of hyperpigmentation occurs on the midline of the abdomen is uncertain

Had one, it seems weird when you get one. Doc said it was from overload of t tho

Quote from: Becca on December 16, 2009, 01:12:16 PM
I was a little scared to click that link for fear of being deluged with scrotum pictures but I trust Renate and was dually rewarded.

I want one of those too!

Yeah on second thought I kind of like my aeroelas the color they are so I'm thinking I'll stop being envious of weird stuff. Both things are pretty cool though, although I think the belly line is a tiny bit cooler.

only cause you never had one.


thats ok, I'l say you can always tattoo one on

Just not on my giant panda

ok so this is week 7 now not much to report as far as changes i did notice what becca was refering too but the only thing new is im having a hell of a time keeping hydrated  on spiro i think its partly do to my exercise routine on top of the diaretic function of spiro. need to get my levels checked and hopefully get the dr to give me a script so i can stop self medicating. I dont have a blog so im going to use this post for this today. it is christmas eve tomarrow and i am working as everyone else is celibrating i will be in my scout car on the outside looking in. A reaccuring theme in my life it seams. so a little bit more about myself i knew i was trans very early on i just wasnt aware of what it was called. My parrents were alcoholic drug addicts (heroin) and i was kicked to the streets when i was 14 for presenting as female in my home something they couldnt tolerate if it wasnt for a loving sister who kept me fed and tought me how to take care of my skin and to where clothing properly amoungst other life skillsi would have been deceased along time ago. i was raped at 14 by a pedaphile who left me for dead in a field with a gunshot wound to the leg. an aurora police officer wispered in my ear at the hospital after taking my story i got what i deserved.
its funny now im a police officer in denver wish i could remember that officers name.
ive been in the military and served in the first gulf war. there are other things id like to add maybe ill start a blog but this is it for now hugs merry christmas  be safe
jessica

Quote from: jesse on December 24, 2009, 05:49:26 AM
i will be in my scout car on the outside looking in.

Thank you for being there, people like you make the world a safer place for the rest of us, especially on the holidays when all the self-centered, ignorant jerks are out driving drunk. Your work does not go unnoticed, and I'm sorry that it is necessary.  :-*

Is the officer's name in the old police report?

o_0 I wonder if the amount of spiro affect potassium? I was on spiro and I ate banana's, gatoraid, and all of that stuff. I got my electrolite levels checked several times, and they were normal. I wasn't on a high dose, although, so maybe the dose amount affects how much those things will affect you.

I started a log a few years ago and started to measure any progress. I gave up after a while because things didn't happen for me but it's a good way to find out if HRT works for you or not.

Quote from: Renate on December 16, 2009, 11:20:43 AM
No, really cool is when you get a linea nigra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linea_nigra).
It does happen rarely.

I always thought that was the "raphe", in this case the scrotal raphe. I now have one that is (I guess) called a "penile raphe" in that it goes from the base of the scrotum to the glans on the underside of the penis.