Just wanted to say Hello! I had been lurking for awhile. Never felt ready to join in. Finally through much talk with my therapist and soul searching I finally decided to let "Raina out". I am still working through stuff and at the beginning of what I'm sure will be a long journey. I'm looking forward to interacting with everyone on the forums. Thanks for reading!
Hello Raina and welcome to Susan's!
I love your name - and not just because I live near Seattle. ;)
I am so glad to hear you are working with a therapist. It takes courage to start that conversation, and to open up to others, and to truly discover yourself. I know this from personal experience.
Starting out a journey can seem like such a long road. And then if things click, you might find the journey is just as interesting as the destination. I just started my HRT prescription four days ago but have been preparing in other ways for a few years, and so glad I did. We each need to make the best possible long term decisions for ourselves using good information where we can find it. I have found the experiences of others here to be so valuable, and I share things I experience in hopes I might help others.
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Raina it's great you are here - I am really looking forward to seeing a little or a lot of your journey.
All the best,
Kendra
Hi Raina,
Welcome. Look around and join in.
With warmth,
Jacqueline
Hi Raina,
I'm Laurie. Welcome to Susan's Place (hug) Come on in and join us. Being at the beginning of your journey is nothing to go into hiding about. In fact it's wonderful.
I started my journey many many years ago as almost all of us did but of course at that time I didn't know I was on a journey at all. All I knew was I was different and that I should not be the way I was. This of course was to haunt me most of my life and instead of it getting better it became more a part of my life. As you can imagine it caused me and those close to me many heartaches until I finally figured out I was trans and started hrt last December. That's when the best part of this journey began for me. I hope it never ends.
I am glad you have come here and decided to share your story with us. I'm sure your journey will be good when you let it happen. Again Raina, welcome to Susan's.
Hugs,
Laurie
Hi Raina :icon_wave:
Welcome to Susan's Place :) Glad to have you here, join on in the fun
Hugs
V M
Hi Raina. I love your name. Welcome to the site. :)