I read a couple of chinese websites about trans and it says transsexuals have a short lifespan and most of them die before about 50 yrs old due to the srs surgery and hormones they take, I was really shocked. Pls can anyone comfirm this information

I would not trust sites like that, they usually have an agenda they are trying to push.

I'm 62 and still around.

Sarah L.

Quote from: sakuranbo on September 07, 2007, 01:14:36 PM
I read a couple of Chinese websites about trans and it says transsexuals have a short lifespan and most of them die before about 50 yrs old due to the SRS surgery and hormones they take, I was really shocked. Pls can anyone confirm this information

The average reduction in lifespan is due to suicide, society, risky behavior, lack of medical care, lack of money,  not the hormones and surgery.

Chinese websites, if they are to remain online, have to follow the government's line.  The current Chinese government position is to discourage their people from HRT and GRS.  As witness to this, see the recent news item Watchdog switches off radio sex shows: "The administration then banned all television shows involving plastic and transsexual surgery."

On the other hand, the transsexual may face the following health risks: suicide, murder, AIDS, heart disease, cancer, and surgical complications.

If I hadn't transitioned, I'd have died years ago.  Thus it doesnt matter if I die tomorrow, next week or when I'm thirty.  It will be well worth it.  I will die being "me" not somebody else.

Quote from: Yvonne on September 07, 2007, 05:46:20 PM
If I hadn't transitioned, I'd have died years ago.  Thus it doesnt matter if I die tomorrow, next week or when I'm thirty.  It will be well worth it.  I will die being "me" not somebody else.

There's the real answer if you ask me

You probably can't trust Chinese websites (where you heard this) any more than you can trust Chinese toys, dog food or toothpaste.

Teri Anne

Quote from: Yvonne on September 07, 2007, 05:46:20 PM
If I hadn't transitioned, I'd have died years ago.  Thus it doesnt matter if I die tomorrow, next week or when I'm thirty.  It will be well worth it.  I will die being "me" not somebody else.

What she said.

tink

Well, I didn't believe it for a second because I'm already over the mark. Still, there are people who believe anything they see in print so maybe I can convince my insurance agent that I've got one foot in the grave so cash out my life insurance for a BIG party. 

Karen Lyn

Quote from: sakuranbo on September 07, 2007, 01:14:36 PM
I read a couple of chinese websites about trans and it says transsexuals have a short lifespan and most of them die before about 50 yrs old due to the srs surgery and hormones they take, I was really shocked. Pls can anyone comfirm this information

I've heard this also from reliable sources that we die a slightly younger than genetic males and females..

Well, all I can say is I was born at the ripe old age of 54.  That was when I gave myself permission to transition.  If being trans shortened my life it's because I let outside influences prevent me from being who I really am.  Stress kills and I was almost dead a couple of years ago because of it.  Once I stopped listening to everyone else and listened to the real me inside I dropped a ton of baggage, which was filled with anxiety, resentment, denial, hatred and misery (to name a few).

I don't know how I'll fare on longevity but I can say with confidence that my life was extended the day I chose to be me forever.

Life shouldn't be measured in quantity of years, it should be measured in quality of life.

Julie

Quote from: Julie Marie on September 08, 2007, 05:57:53 AM
Well, all I can say is I was born at the ripe old age of 54.  That was when I gave myself permission to transition.  If being trans shortened my life it's because I let outside influences prevent me from being who I really am.  Stress kills and I was almost dead a couple of years ago because of it.  Once I stopped listening to everyone else and listened to the real me inside I dropped a ton of baggage, which was filled with anxiety, resentment, denial, hatred and misery (to name a few).

I don't know how I'll fare on longevity but I can say with confidence that my life was extended the day I chose to be me forever.

Life shouldn't be measured in quantity of years, it should be measured in quality of life.

Julie

54, That's quite old to transition Julie. I started hormones at 39 and thought it was way too old and I thought it was too late as well... I still think I'm too old and sometomes worry I'm making a bit of a fool of myself. How do you get around the age dillemma? by the way you look younger..

Quote from: Berliegh on September 08, 2007, 06:59:41 AM

Quote from: Julie Marie on September 08, 2007, 05:57:53 AM
Well, all I can say is I was born at the ripe old age of 54.  That was when I gave myself permission to transition.  If being trans shortened my life it's because I let outside influences prevent me from being who I really am.  Stress kills and I was almost dead a couple of years ago because of it.  Once I stopped listening to everyone else and listened to the real me inside I dropped a ton of baggage, which was filled with anxiety, resentment, denial, hatred and misery (to name a few).

I don't know how I'll fare on longevity but I can say with confidence that my life was extended the day I chose to be me forever.

Life shouldn't be measured in quantity of years, it should be measured in quality of life.

Julie

54, That's quite old to transition Julie. I started hormones at 39 and thought it was way too old and I thought it was too late as well... I still think I'm too old and sometomes worry I'm making a bit of a fool of myself. How do you get around the age dillemma? by the way you look younger..

Unhappiness is rarely the result of the situation you are in, only your thoughts about it.  (I'm paraphrasing Eckhart Tolle.)  You are what you think you are.  Your reality is whatever you make it.  I don't feel 56 and I don't act it.  56 is just a number, it's not who I am. 

The best time to transition is when you feel you are ready.  If you feel it inside, ignore the outside influences that place doubts in your mind.  You'll only prolong the start of your transition.  Believe me, I know!

Follow your heart.  Be yourself.  Age is a product of the mind.  And it's the mind that prevents us from being ourselves.

Julie

and so do smokers, diabetics, obese peeps.  That's life.  Some die young and some never seem to die.

Quote from: Ashley Michelle on September 07, 2007, 06:03:02 PM

Quote from: sakuranbo on September 07, 2007, 01:14:36 PM
I read a couple of chinese websites about trans and it says transsexuals have a short lifespan and most of them die before about 50 yrs old due to the srs surgery and hormones they take, I was really shocked. Pls can anyone comfirm this information

well, nuts, that means i only have a couple of years left.

It means I've been dead for years.

Quote from: Jeannette on September 08, 2007, 01:13:55 PM
and so do smokers, diabetics, obese peeps.  That's life.  Some die young and some never seem to die.

As no one is average the odds are such that you do not want to be in  any of those groups.

"Many die younger than the some that seem to never die."

Even if it were true, what difference would it make? It's not like we can change what we are. I'm certainly not going to worry about it.

Karen Lyn

My life has ended.  My longevity is in jeopardy for being transsexual.  Bloody hell!

Hmmmm, shorter lifespan?

Ummm... Id rather die happy in my 50s than live to be 100 and miserable.... though honestly Im with the ones where no transition = death... so technicaly Im allready living past my life expenctency and every year in itsself is a blessing of sorts.

I have a friend who works in the medical field...  and she finds M2F's to be a facinating and confusing topic...  Where as she was taught that changing the bodys chemestry syntheticly <IE not letting it do its thing> shortens there life span... at the same time they are increasing there lifespan in 2 ways....  When M2F's transition they live longer than they would have <suicide rate> and due to the reduced personal/internal stress and the elimination of T which does shorten the lifespan somewhat...

Right now shes having fun trying to research and write a paper on the subject but finds it difficult to get the numbers necicary to show it as medical fact... 

Quote from: LynnER on September 08, 2007, 09:46:26 PM
Hmmmm, shorter lifespan?

Ummm... Id rather die happy in my 50s than live to be 100 and miserable.... though honestly Im with the ones where no transition = death... so technicaly Im allready living past my life expenctency and every year in itsself is a blessing of sorts.

I have a friend who works in the medical field...  and she finds M2F's to be a facinating and confusing topic...  Where as she was taught that changing the bodys chemestry syntheticly <IE not letting it do its thing> shortens there life span... at the same time they are increasing there lifespan in 2 ways....  When M2F's transition they live longer than they would have <suicide rate> and due to the reduced personal/internal stress and the elimination of T which does shorten the lifespan somewhat...

Right now shes having fun trying to research and write a paper on the subject but finds it difficult to get the numbers necicary to show it as medical fact... 

I'm now inclined to think it's a 'myth'....where are the statistics and evidence?
Transsexuals probably live longer due to taking more care of their health than they might have done of they were male....you are right Lynn, people are happier if they change their lives and probably have a better sense of well being and calm which isn't a bad thing...