Quote from: Allyda on May 20, 2014, 05:03:26 PM
Once your on hrt and your boobies start growing they are no longer "moobs." They're "breasts," "boobs," -anything but "moobs." You have breasts girl. They'll be sore most of the time and they're only gonna get bigger so, you might have to alter a few habits, lol!

Actually, mine had stabilised in size and stopped being sore for six months.  Then in March, I switched over to pellet, and they've grown again.  Hurt like heck when my kids head butt me in the chest.  (And my youngest one keeps going for nipple cripples).

Not planning on transition so my endo and I have some work ahead to tweak things.  HRT has been great for my mood  but we're trying to control the degree of feminisation.  I'm an experiment in progress. 

Quote from: luna nyan on May 21, 2014, 06:04:56 AM
Actually, mine had stabilised in size and stopped being sore for six months.  Then in March, I switched over to pellet, and they've grown again.  Hurt like heck when my kids head butt me in the chest.  (And my youngest one keeps going for nipple cripples).

Not planning on transition so my endo and I have some work ahead to tweak things.  HRT has been great for my mood  but we're trying to control the degree of feminisation.  I'm an experiment in progress. 

I wish I could switch over to pellets. I am in full transition and at the moment I'm taking orals. My body has always had a feminine shape, which my hrt has enhanced. However I'm very unhappy with my facial  and breast development. Though my face is small, I have the body of a woman and a face with too many masculine features. I pass everywhere I go, but I feel that's mostly due to my body having a feminine shape. Cause it certainly isn't because of my face. Also in the breast department while I do have some development and they are sore, it isn't much. Maybe I just need more time idk. But I do feel that the pellets would give me better feminization results than the orals I'm currently taking.

Ally

Most surprising effects  for me was :

1 : Total loss of sexual desire

2 : Extreme vanity

3 : My astma went away completely :O

4 : I am never getting drunk anymore, I always keep it to the point that I am completely aware about whats happening around me.

5 : Same with drugs, I am not a heavy user anymore. Not even near it.

6 : For some reason I long to have something in me in a sexual way. But I am not attracted to men.

  I have been on a roller coaster in the 3 1/2 years of HRT using the Spiro component and some of the effects coming back on are similar as first used. At first there was the breast tenderness at 2 1/2 weeks on E and Spiro with some tenderness and a little pain.  That has not occured this second time, but the breasts are getting close to the size before coming back on Spiro.  The Spiro was removed for 6 months with the E still being taken due to the flushing of the sodium and the other kidney items plus the pain relievers used for the peripheral neuropathy.  The T level went up as well as my PSA (prostate) reading shot up. 
  Both times, the usual body hair and beard thinning after one month.  Softness of the skin and with the soles of the feet more evident this time after using the Lamisil, an antifungal pill used.  About 35 years with the fungus on the soles of the feet misdiagnosed and after one month on the stuff, fungus and callouses gone.  Both times, yet, the increase of muscle mass and body strength.  My doc says that is unusual, but not unheard of.  This after another winter in bed in pain.  The pain relievers stopped working.  The gardening, the large 1 ton telescope mount repair, and today with the digging around the foundations of the out buildings at my club's site for rodent abatement.  All of these help with the recuperation.  The guys at the site were keeping up with me today!  We are in the same age group, 60's. 

  Joelene

I'm on HRT for 9 days today and I feel more aware of my non-existent boobs in that they feel slightly achy. I don't know if I'm just imagining this

Just wait a few more months Melanie. It is not in you mind as E has almost immediate effect there. Enjoy.

One surprise is that I have found is that I bruise now as never had before

Did I just read this right?  Joelene mentioned she gained muscle mass and strength while on E?  That is surprising!

Quote from: Carolina1983 on May 24, 2014, 09:21:56 AM
6 : For some reason I long to have something in me in a sexual way. But I am not attracted to men.

Too bad. Happiness is a warm gun deep inside you. Its heaven.im looking for a divine hammer I can bang all day.

Quote from: Joanna Dark on May 25, 2014, 03:49:59 AM
Too bad. Happiness is a warm gun deep inside you. Its heaven.im looking for a divine hammer I can bang all day.

Lmao @ divine hammer.  I'm guessing Thor would fit the bill nicely?   

Ok Joanna I have to admit that made me ROFL. So true though  I think I'd take a Ryan Gosling over a Chris Hemsworth(THOR) anyday though 

Completely agree.  After 33 years of only liking girls I can't get the idea of a guy having his way with me out of my head.

This one is odd.

Picked up the game controller today for the 1st time in several months and jumped right into the new Tomb Raider 2013. As Lara faced her struggles with the inhabitant scourge of the island (you know, enraged feral men) I couldn't help but feel a completely riveting sense of urgency to dispatch the cancers affronting her, as hard as I can, and subsequent elation at seeing her through to survival. Before it was ho-hum. Now it was like a total embodying experience. Seeing her move, her curves and body shape, her femininity and her vulnerability. I was in, "girl power!" HRT euphoria the whole time. Just in love with her, not amorously, but as one of my own. As a sister. Or as even me....

The sweet-and-sour irony is - her character was visualized by men, which brought me back to reality.

But still, Evelyn can dream, can I?

Quote from: Evelyn K on May 28, 2014, 11:26:35 PM
This one is odd.

Picked up the game controller today for the 1st time in several months and jumped right into the new Tomb Raider 2013. As Lara faced her struggles with the inhabitant scourge of the island (you know, enraged feral men) I couldn't help but feel a completely riveting sense of urgency to dispatch the cancers affronting her, as hard as I can, and subsequent elation at seeing her through to survival. Before it was ho-hum. Now it was like a total embodying experience. Seeing her move, her curves and body shape, her femininity and her vulnerability. I was in, "girl power!" HRT euphoria all throughout. Just in love with her, not amorously, but as one of my own. As a sister. Or as even me....

The sweet-and-sour irony is - her character was visualized by men, which brought me back to reality.

But still, Evelyn can dream, can I?

She might of been visualised by men. But what I like about the character is. Although shes stands as an ideal woman visually.

She stands as a role model, in this latest game.

Shes not week
Shes not scarred to get dirty
She doesnt need help all the time.
She is better suited to what she does than a man. Because of WHO she is.

But to some degree yeah. I suppose it can be looked at like this new TR isnt just a mans portrayal of ideal looks but the "sexy" personality too. sad when it hits you.

besides the regular effects of transitioning, i've experienced an increase in libido. somehow. anyways i'm also feeling more lonely more easily when my boyfriend isn't around.

5'-4" Beginning March

5'-3.7" June Today

I'm short(er).

The most surprising change for me from the physical point of view is that my face changed considerably. Even my therapist gave me a surprised stare when he saw me 54 days after the first estrogen injection. Then again I looked like a copy of my older sister before the first puberty which fortunately didn't do much damage.

From the psychological point of view I actually started to love life, myself and my body (with the exception of the mess between my legs of course). I didn't expect that so soon and as a sudden change which was what surprised me. Not to mention the flood of emotions I didn't know before as before I was pretty much as emotional as a block of ice.

The last surprise from rather social point of view is that just after month and a half I started to be nearly 100% gendered as a woman. Besides that being surprise on it's own it had incredible effect on my self-confidence.

It's a bit of irony. HRT seems to do incredible job on me and given my crappy eye-sight I can't really appreciate it myself. But I don't mind that since I'm recognized as a woman which I feel to be and what I see is good enough for me :-) .

EDIT: And yes, I do feel very lucky. And kind of sad that a lot seem to have to wait much longer.

Quote from: Evelyn K on June 30, 2014, 10:49:16 AM
5'-4" Beginning March

5'-3.7" June Today

I'm short(er).

Ohhhh Nooo I'm shrinking!! -Sorry Evelyn, I couldn't resist, lol!!

I've actually gained a 1/2 inch or so due to hrt's remodeling my posture a bit. My accident in 91 left me with the inability to completely stand up straight. As a result I always walked a little stooped forward. Now it seems due to my mid and lower back's arching inward I'm standing up straight again. YaY for small miracles!!

Ally

I had a lot of changes in the first two months but nothing the next two and half months.

My mood also went back in depression which I'm guessing is because I'm not noticing anything.

Quote from: Pinkkatie on July 06, 2014, 10:38:44 PM

My mood also went back in depression which I'm guessing is because I'm not noticing anything.

Yeap , cause changes are slow
but I get depressed about it sometimes too