Ah Sarah you did right with the school idea, no point stressing over it! It would be nice to do I think to, but I'm pretty sure I would just mess around as I always did.
Have you gotten on E yet? Or have you a date to start?
I have just passed my first month on Androcur and Estrodot, I dont really feel any changes bar the soft skin deminished activity down below, thank god, and my smell, I haven't noticed any real mental changes yet,
I hope you girls is all doing well, we seem to be less and less on the form as we have advanced our transitions, probably typical enough sort of thing to happen as people move on,
I took a few pics for the do I pass thread, and those I feel like thers differences but I can't tell what!
Anyhow I hope yous are all in good spirts, talk soon.

Hey Christine, I was just thinking the same thing about the activity here... I guess we all just got busy dealing with things instead of talking about dealing with them.... lol.... but it is good to hear from you. I have been seeing a counselor, who pushed me to a doc that can get me on E.... but I need to get some questions answered by a professional before I take the plunge. I don't want to lose functionality in my lower half yet as I am still okay with that part of my life/body.... but I could also get recommended for top surgery from there. I am glad to hear you are moving forward.... does your hair show any difference? I would really like it if I didn't destroy sooo many razors (and especially my skin). Hoping to get to a trans event locally soon, there is a gay bar that holds events for us twice a week.... unfortunately on weekdays and 45 minutes away. Other than that, I have been in a depressive funk lately that has been hard to get out of.... hope all is going well for you!!

Hey Tasha, gald you are moving forward to, you will definitly need to talk about functionality down ther, all morning friends have disappeared, but I can get it going no bother, and I'm on a full dose blocker and half does E at the minute!
The little beard I have I find slower growing, finer and maybe softer than it used to be.
Hair on my heard is heard to tell its always been super thick, I haven't noticed a difference that way yet, but when I wash it, it takes twice as long as it used to!
Check the do i pass thread here and you will see my hair all Natural too, so proud of it
Hope you get out of that slump of depression Tash, what do you think is getting you down?
Hugs, Christine

Hi girls!  Long time no talk. Tasha, I love your new profile pic. Looks great!  I have my third laser session on my face today and my dr appt tomorrow where I could actually get my E. She wanted me in therapy for 6 months. I started therapy in April so September would be 6 months. Aug 25 is pretty close to September so hopefully she will say close enough. I want it so bad! Oh my gosh!  Good to hear from you both. Christine, I love how you put that. Little friends in the morning. Had to chuckle. My friends took a hike a while ago when I started on the Spiro. Today is 2 months 1 day according to my little ticker below. Talk to you all soon. Loving being myself. I am pretty much full time except when with my son and when at the office. Work could change soon. Thinking of talking to the HR lady soon. Gotta do it sometime.


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Third lasser already Jenny, how has it been? Have you noticed it deminishing? I have been so poor I haven't been able to afford it atall lately :/ its so annoying how expensive it is!
I hope they give you that E Jenny, you need it now since you have no T in your system, you nedled one or the other!
Haha , its nice though I find! Feel more right!
You are getting on great Jenny, I still haven't managed anything, but I'm starting to worry I might get noticed at work, my face is really softening.
If you talk to her I hope she is nice, I'm so feared :S
Great hearing from you too Jenny!

Thanks Christine.  You look so pretty!  Heading to laser in about 30 minutes.  Didnt see any results after 2 sessions.  Hope to see something at least after the third.  I actually did a groupon for my laser sessions.  Not sure if you have coupons online like that there.  So I got 6 sessions over a medium area (face) for around $100.  Not bad.  Paid it in the beginning and at least now I don't have to pay when I get the rest of my six sessions.  I am told at work that they might be sending me to Seattle where my boss lives.  If I do go, I think I am going to come out to work.  Thinking of talking to the HR lady here soon.

Talk to you soon. 

Jenny.

Thanks, Jenny so do you, you really look very natural, I think when people see you at work, it will all makes sense
Thats insane cheap, hear it will cost me 450 per session, :/ depressing
Aw thats cool, a change of scenery is always nice, what is it you do? I don't think I have ever asked?

Hey girls,
   I'm totally stressed at the moment. I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned what I do... or at least have been doing. So an uncle of mine was in a car accident a little over a year ago. So among his many injuries was a brain injury. The doctor doesn't think he is safe to be alone so there are "care givers" with him 24/7. he doesn't really require a lot of care mostly just someone around to make sure he doesn't wonder off and get lost. Anyway, when I told him and my aunt about being trans they were both good with it.

   while my aunt has been great he has developed and begun expressing a very strong desire that I not be around. He actually kicked me out of the house the other night.  My next shift the nurse came and I left because he didn't want me there. My aunt and the nurse talked to him and they sort of worked things out and he agreed to me being there. When I showed up for my shift the next day  however I walked in the door and he told me to turn around and walk back out. That was this past Monday. I've been told he doesn't feel comfortable with me there although that doesn't sound like his wording so i'm not sure what, exactly, he is saying and thinking.

   He has a lot of memory problems although it is improving and he is remembering more of the past and present. but his short term memory is still poor. he could ask you a question and five minutes later he's asking you the same question because he doesn't remember asking you before sort of thing. However, he remembers me with boobs and has for months. I know because he has talked to people about it when I'm not there. Which I'm just learning the extent of which now. 

   So, I ended up being off the last two days and I had already booked the next four days off. We are hoping that after a week break things will shift and be ok or reasonably so anyway. Who knows.

   On the bright side i volunteered for trans youth camp which I will be leaving for later today.  That's why I booked off the next four days. I like camping and out door activities, although I don't really do a lot, but it should be fun.

Christine, I still have no idea about E which is really depressing. I see my psychologist September 9 so I will talk about it with her then.

just over 2 months for the spiro. I mentioned my nails growing slower and I'm sure the hair on my head is growing a little slower. I've been watching it like a hawk since I started growing it out and it definitely hasn't added as much in the last two months compared to before. not a huge difference but enough that I can tell. I had figured I would have shoulder length hair by the end of the year but the rate it was growing it was looking like it might be more like november or even slightly sooner. but at the current rate I think it will be more like the end of the year.

I haven't noticed a huge difference in body hair yet. I got my first waxing done, since I started spiro, a couple weeks ago so we will see. the information I read it takes months and even years to see that change so I'm not holding my breathe. Luckily I'm naturally not very hairy but I still wish it was all gone.

I tried BSing my way back into the school for electrolysis, said I wasn't taking spiro anymore. Long story short it didn't work not yet anyway. so I changed tactics I had most of my facial hair waxed when I went. which I wasn't sure I could do. I thought it might be too painful. but I tweezed a few hairs and they actually came out pretty easy and didn't hurt. which i'm guessing is because of the spiro. she had a hard time pulling the wax off on my chin because of the number of hairs but it was fine. I love it. even when I shaved I still had that five o'clock shadow around my chin but not anymore. 

So, if you can recall about our discussion of using the Tria it has been working for me. where I've been using it it's like hair big space hair and so on. before, even on the lowest setting, I couldn't do it on my chin though. since I got it waxed I've been doing it on the highest setting no problem. so hopefully i see similar results there as I have elsewhere. if there isn't much left it will save me a lot of time and money on electrolysis. 

Sorry for the crazy long post. just lots to share. take care. i will post something when I get back from my trip.

Hi again, girls.  Sarah, sorry you are feeling stressed.  Maybe the camping will help ease it a bit.  Hopefully your uncle comes around.

Thank you for the compliment, Christine.  I really appreciated it.  I do have to shave twice a day still even though I have had three laser sessions as of yesterday.  Makeup hides it well but once the shadow comes in full force, I have to shave again (even if I already have makeup on).  I just make sure I clean out the shaver well afterwards.

I officially started E today.  So excited about it and finally getting started with HRT (or whatever they are calling it these days).

As far as what I do, I am pretty much a geek.  I have been in the IT field for the last 20-25 years.  Currently, I work for a company that produces software for 911 call centers.  I am in charge of maintaining our managed service customers.  Basically, managed service means we monitor their network - network devices, workstations, servers, etc. and verify systems are generating alarms for our NOC (Network Operation Center) in Seattle to report problems.  I work out of Denver, but most of my team is in the Seattle area.  Still not sure if I am going to Seattle or not.  It might be falling through.  Unfortunate because I was looking forward to talking with my boss in person about my transition instead of over the phone.

Anyway, good talking to you all.  Be safe out there in the big world.

Jenny

Im sorry to here your Uncle is being a painfor you Sarah :/ just adds to the stress of life, but how and ever you can't focus to much on it, he may not be thinking straight by the sounds of the situation.
Thats sounds really cool about tge camping, we used to do that as kids me and my brothers around our neighbourhood, always fun.
And hopefully role on the 9th you will get on E, you will feel so much happier I'd bet.
Oh yea I remember you mentioning the Tria, its great it worked abit, I can't believe you waxed the facial region though, I don't think I could ever do it. :3
Let us know how you get on when you come back from the camping.
Ohhh Jenny so happy for you, it will be great for you too, wait to you see, I dont if its the blocker or the E, but I have been glowing, really started to feel it this passed week,
My facial hair grows so slowly too and finer. Body hair was always non existent but the skin feels super smooth.
I feel so confident :3
Oh thats cool, I know nothing about this area of work mind, working in an office, working phones dunno if I could do it, would love to try.
My work is very phisical, working on a winery, hauling pipes and pumps, moving barrels, its really tiering, I love it, but I hope my lack of strength wont Sart being noticed, I have started to feel maybe slight weeker, I have always been seen as the "Strong guy" ther, lol I know I don't look it in my pics, or atleast I hope not, by I have been able to shift massive amounts of weight before, I'm highly regarded ther, thinking about work and being trans is only real thing that may get me down or my parents. Still though, going well for now.
I can't wait to hear your results after a Month Jenny, I haven't noticed too much yet, nice to compare :')
Talk soon, Christine

I will keep you posted.  Christine, how long have you been on E now?  Cant remember...

I was a month on Sunday passed!
Already nearly 5 weeks, it goes so fast.

Hi Girls,
    I had a great time at camp. We went canoeing, did some workshops, crafts and had group discussions. We also had a variety show. I'm probably missing something but all in all it was fun. The weather wasn't always great we had a lot of rain but we were able to shuffle things around and still get everything in.

I know what you mean about time flying  by Christine. My doctor gave me a prescription for a month of spiro and three refills which I got filled all at the same time. so I had four months worth. when it was half empty I thought it went by so fast.

From what I heard people don't really start to see a lot of changes until 3 - 6 months. So I think patience is the key.

Yeah I was scared about trying to get my face waxed but it wasn't that bad. there are MUCH more painful areas to wax. and the results... LOVE it!!

Congratulations about the estrogen Jenny. I'm getting a little jealous of you girls now as I'm still not on it. I know I will get there but patience isn't my strongest virtue.

I hope everything is going well for you all.

Glad you had fun Sarah!! I don't even think we can get all our refills at one time here.... that's crazy!!! I've got an appointment this Thursday with Doc, going to start finding out about hormone blockers and hormones and all.... had a three day mini vacation at the Oregon coast, it was GREAT!!! it was really nice not having to worry about how I dressed for three days straight!!!! Glad to hear from all of you!!! Talk to you soon!!!!

Hi again girls!  Yes, you will all get there and eventually there wont be much difference in our changes since we probably wont be too far apart.  Good luck with everything!  Of course, now that I am on E, all I can think of is taking the next pill but of course, I can only take one a day.  If I could take a magic pill to make it all happen right now, I would do it in a heartbeat.  Remember good things come to people who are patient and wait.  Have any of you heard from Jerrica?  She left FB and I have not heard from her since.  I hope she is ok.

Talk to you all later.

Jenny

I am sure she is good, if I remember correctly, she said thanks for all the support but she wanted to distance herself from social media and forums. She also said bye as well....

Hope so


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Hey girls,
Thats was a great we time out for you Sarah, I would love a canoe, or somthing to go on the lake here.
And Tasha you had a wee trip away too, thats great, especially when you can just relax and be yourself. Hopefully you can get the hormone sorted out too.
I would love to head of on a trip to but I'v been struggling to get passed each month, damn car bills, though next month is the end of it I, owe 1080,  and it will be paid in one whack then. I will be rich after that :'3
You right Jenny, patience is absolute key on this journey. You try forgeting about dates until alarms remind us.
Its always annoying when people leave social media,
Hopefully she comes back, and hopefully shes alright.
Anyhow I'm off to work, sigghhhh
Cya, :')

As far as the trip goes lady, you just need to budget shop and keep it simple.... it really helps the mood/head to get away even for just a few days!!!

Hi girls,
  just thought I would check in. So, I'm unemployed now. my uncle continues to be uncomfortable with me being around. not sure what I'm going to do. Oil is a big part of the economy here and creates a lot of jobs. except the price of oil has tanked and it is left a lot of people unemployed. Which means lots of people looking for work.

I agree with tasha a break every now and then can really help. 

I kept thinking "who are we missing" Jerrica.. I too hope she is doing well. I found it's not uncommon for people who are transitioning to reach a point where they don't want to focus on being trans and just live their lives.

I hope you are all doing good.