We are finally getting our bathroom remodeled. It's been a long time coming. Since I don't work I am the one who is going to be here the whole week. Taking care of things. I can't tell this to my wife cause she definitely won't understand. She is so excited and I don't want to take that away from her. I am excited as well because the whole time I have lived here since I have moved in with her I have not been able to take a bath. I am stealth or as much as possible any way and if I boy it way down the only tell tale sign is my French gel Mani and pedi.

Its just that I pick up my first HRT prescriptions tomorrow. And my endo has given me the go ahead to start on the Spiro and progesterone tomorrow when I pick them up and next week right in the middle of the remodel I have my first E injection. So not knowing how exactly I am going to react to the hormones is giving me a little anxiety. Plus having a stranger in my house the whole week and being in boy mode for most of the time is going to drive me nuts. Also we only have 1 bathroom so hygiene might suffer for a few days a little as well. Its not like I'm presenting as female but I don't really own very much male clothing anymore. I am sure I'll be fine. But the anxiety is creeping up.

Dont worry about it :p
Hrt is magical but you don't really need to worry about changes in the space of a week

And mentally you might be more prone to crying,  but even that's not very likely to happen over the space of a week

Not to worried about physical things. More worried about the mental side cause I thought it started to work right away. And my endo said I might have morning sickness type symptoms on the day of the injections. Even then was not expecting that to last very long. And my body never reacts like others do. So my starting doses might not get any reaction.

I am freaking out about this.

You'll be fine as long as you stay calm. Just don't worry about it. When I started hormones the only thing that I felt was happiness that I had started. Nothing major happened to my mental state until a month in which most of it was positive anyways. I am only now getting to a point where it is much easier for me to cry but I've been on hormones for seven months now.

You may expect hot flashes with first doses and maybe emotions that has nothing to do with the actual situation but nothing more. As Athena mentionned just stay calm and don't worry, stress is bad for health and you don't need useless anxiety

Quote from: KatrinaLynne on November 06, 2014, 09:50:18 PM
We are finally getting our bathroom remodeled. It's been a long time coming. Since I don't work I am the one who is going to be here the whole week. Taking care of things. I can't tell this to my wife cause she definitely won't understand. She is so excited and I don't want to take that away from her. I am excited as well because the whole time I have lived here since I have moved in with her I have not been able to take a bath. I am stealth or as much as possible any way and if I boy it way down the only tell tale sign is my French gel Mani and pedi.

Its just that I pick up my first HRT prescriptions tomorrow. And my endo has given me the go ahead to start on the Spiro and progesterone tomorrow when I pick them up and next week right in the middle of the remodel I have my first E injection. So not knowing how exactly I am going to react to the hormones is giving me a little anxiety. Plus having a stranger in my house the whole week and being in boy mode for most of the time is going to drive me nuts. Also we only have 1 bathroom so hygiene might suffer for a few days a little as well. Its not like I'm presenting as female but I don't really own very much male clothing anymore. I am sure I'll be fine. But the anxiety is creeping up.

The only noticeable side effect I had after my first shot of E, was a huge smile on my face, that lasted the rest of the day 

Don't worry about it. When I started E it was not really much of a change at all. Like mentally I am pretty much exactly the same, I might be a *little* more plugged into my emotions but not much more. I may also be sightly more socially minded but whatever. Not a big difference.

Oh and I don't tress about my gender all day every day any more so that is nice. So maybe your anxieties about trans stuff will disappear and then these anxieties can balance it out so you will stay nice and stable

Don't worry, that week will be over before you know it and you will have the entire rest of your life to look forward to.

Take a big deep breath, honey don't worry everything is going to just turn out great. Your bathrooms being remodeled. Your starting on hormones. These are great things. Just relax and enjoy yourself. You will find the ride to be just wonderful. As a matter of fact, I would be willing to bet you will have a big smile on your face all day long.

Hugs,

Melissa Ann