Okay, so.. some of you on Susan's know me, most don't. But.. I'm slowly starting the transition process of male to female and I've finally told my family.. they accept me, and I knew they would. They don't treat me much different, but my dad still doesn't completely understand.. I know it takes time. I'm just waiting to talk to him in detail and start seeing a therapist, so then we could get it all out in the open. After that, I'm hoping to be referred to a gender therapist so THAT journey can be started. It's a very long process, I know. I've done lots of research, and..
Thing is, I mostly pass. Yeah, I don't have breasts, but so what? My natural long hair, trained voice, and natural feminine self is distracting. Lol I've had two cops mistake me for a woman, but they weren't mistaken haha. I'm very thankful for what I naturally have, it's just I'm still kind of closed off. Problems I do have, like with my big nose, I imagine that hormones can mostly change it. Hopefully I won't need any surgeries... except for SRS of course! I'm just kind of scared.. once you start you can't go back. I know I'm a woman, but I just don't want to mess my life up.. Like, what if something happens and I can't pay for my prescribed hormones anymore? I could get osteoporosis. For those who don't know what that is, it's basically very frail, easy to break bones, easy to bruise skin, etc. Death is possible. I want to transition.. I just don't want to make any mistakes while I'm transitioning. Can anyone give me any reassurance? I'm just so worried. I can't stop stressing about it because if I'm going to transition... it won't be long until I start.

Hi there! You're getting waaaaaay ahead of the plot there. Taking HRT isn't an instant one way ticket, you can be on it for many months without any noticeable changes and you can usually reverse most effects even after close to a year. As for surgery, no you can't undo that but that is presumably at least two or more years away... plenty of time for you to see how transition fits you. As for maybe not being able to pay for HRT once you are post op, even if you did find yourself in that situation osteoporosis doesn't happen overnight either, nor for many months, you'd have plenty of time to sort yourself out... just try and make sure you are doing well enough with your life so that you never find yourself in that predicament in the first place, OK?

As you say, talking a therapist is a good start, so get your folks onto that ASAP.

Also, sorry to say, but HRT doesn't generally change anything about the nose.

Lol it's okay. I can hope. I know it takes a long time.. best case scenario is about 5-6 years to completely transition.. but thank you Grace! You've helped me a couple of times lol