Hard to believe how quickly the time has gone since I popped my first estrogen (technically, my first estrogen pill of my second attempt at transition)... three years now. That's a year longer than I was on HRT during my aborted first attempt. I've been living full time a bit over two years now.
I suspect that a lot has changed physically over the last twelve months but they are not readily noticeable to me. Possibly a small increase in breast size, more in that they have become rounder than bigger. I'm still a B though. My face has changed a bit too, nothing I can put a finger on but I think it's mostly around the cheekbones.
Body hair wise, I haven't needed to wax in over two years and I notice that what remains continues to become finer and sparser. I've even noticed that with my facial hair - most of it has been removed via electro but there are still a few patches here and there; if I don't shave for several days what grows is very short, soft and fine.
Probably the biggest change has been around my upper torso and arms - I notice that clothing that was a bit tight around the shoulders and upper arms now fits easily, and that's with me putting on weight overall. And strength, I can still move things around but nothing like I used to be able to.
Hips and backside and thighs have all shaped out very, very nicely! ;D I don't know if some of that was helped by my previous attempt or if I just had slightly wider hips anyway.
No voice change that's noticeable to me but maybe it is a bit lighter or softer - I think the main thing is that I just feel more confident with it.
Even when dressed in jeans in a plain t-shirt and jacket with little to no make-up I get called madam and miss - and apart from the shrewd of eye and those with highly attuned transdars I figure I must pass the majority of the time.
So yeah, that's been three years... 1095 days since day 1...
Yay. Congrats Grace. Amazing how three years flies by. Heres to manny manny more happy years on HRT. Hugs
Mariah
congats....what a great milestone
Hugs
Liz
Congratulations! Love to hear good things like this. Best wishes on more years to come! :)
~Evelyn
congrats
Thank you Ms. Grace for sharing this with us. I have a ways to go to get to 3 years, but the past 8 months has flown by. I look forward to hearing about the next three year...!
Congratulations. I am really happy for you.
Thanks everyone.
To think it was one measly little incident at work back in early 2013 that shoved me out of denial into full blown dysphoria. I wonder if it hadn't been for that incident if I would have struggled on with my life trying to fit in as a gender I didn't relate to. 2013 was a massive fork in the road, life would have been very different had a not taken the path I did, and I don't mean different in a good way either.
Now that I have been on HRT for this long and living as a woman for almost as long I can't even imagine life as a dude.
Quote from: Ms Grace on June 27, 2016, 07:28:09 AM
To think it was one measly little incident at work back in early 2013 that shoved me out of denial into full blown dysphoria.
Congrats Ms Grace, you must feel a sense of accomplishment to get this far. Would you mind sharing some of the details of the incident at work that brought you out of denial?
Congratulations Ms Grace. I also am very happy for you.
Quote from: Violets on June 27, 2016, 08:05:50 AM
Congrats Ms Grace, you must feel a sense of accomplishment to get this far. Would you mind sharing some of the details of the incident at work that brought you out of denial?
It was a fairly silly thing, and I knew it at the time but it was literally the straw that broke the back of my denial. I worked with mostly women and I had convinced myself that I was "one of the girls" and I think to some extent a number of them did as well. We had five separate unisex toilet stalls throughout the building and it had been like that since the organisation had been using the building. Then one day, out of the blue, the stall in the area nearest me was inexplicably changed to a women's only one. It legitimately destroyed my silly fantasy that I was "one of the girls", and all the years of packed down denial and depression just exploded to the surface. I was a wreck for the next two weeks and my doc had arranged for me to go to a psych. Like I say, a silly little thing. How could anyone know? I resented it at the time, and the guy who made the order to make the change, but in essence that one horrible moment gave me my life back.
Congrats Ms Grace.
That is awesome :D
Congratulations, Ms GRACE. Your story gives me hope for my journey. I also started, stopped and again started hrt. Now, due to heart stent surgery I needed to stop estrogen and spiro. I am planning on an orchie surgery soon so that I will not need spiro and a lower dose of E. I lost some of the curves and went to a A cup but mostly feel miserable without the calming E. Trying to find info on doctors in Mexico that perform orchies. HUGS!
It looks like I'm a little bit late. ;)
Congratulations on your three years!
Hugs, Thessa
It's amazing how fast time goes ^__^
Congratulations Grace! :D