Susan's Place Transgender Resources

Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: elena on November 12, 2007, 07:13:15 PM

Title: it's official
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
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
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
Title: Re: it's official
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
Woot!  :D
Title: Re: it's official
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
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.