I find I have a way to go , but things are good Il stiltl don't know if I'll  opt for surgery

Quote from: Angieisalone on June 25, 2017, 12:27:32 PM
2. Destroyed my voice to where it can't be repaired. The highest I can speak now I s in the 130-140hz range which is not even close to a cis woman's lower range. Before surgery I was able to speak clearly in the 190-200hz range with no problem but now I struggle to even hit past 140hz

That isn't true. Dr Haben could use CTA surgery to restore the damage to your larynx. As CTA surgery is a older voice surgery procedure, I suspect there may be other doctors who could preform it as well.

22 years old, 4.5 years on HRT, all documents changed, haven't heard my birth name spoken for years now. Looking to begin the surgical portions of my transition through the next couple years. Then as far as I'm concerned it's a thing of the past!!

I feel I'm getting there, HRT for almost a year and 1/2 now, about 1/2 way or more done with electrolysis.  All Legal Paperwork changed with name and Legal gender updated on Birth Certificate and Passports and so on, and just got all my letters for Top and Bottom Surgery which will be with in the next 2 years, Top and then Bottom a year later. So I feel I'm on track where I want to be, more so for only just starting the process 2 years ago lol

One year on HRT and part time RLE.  Going slow but still happily married.   

Quote from: Ⓥ on June 23, 2017, 06:37:00 PM
Uh, where is option for -> Completed <- 

The Advanced option... LoL... reminds me of a video game... in fact, poll should be as such:

So, you filthy n00bs, how far along are you in your transition???

• Select Screen / Character Creation
• Tutorial
• Plane, Train, or Automobile Stage
• Secret Underground Laboratory Stage
• Final Boss
• Bonus Levels/Full Achievements

I think that I am in the select screen character creation stage but I may be moving into the tutorial today, I'll tell you if I get my badge of achievement.[emoji4]


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Oh let's see.... barely started. [emoji53] I decided to transition in 2012. But I had some serious financial issues that resulted in me being homeless for s year. 

Things are getting back to normal now, and in fact I might have the money available for FFS, which is something I desperately need. I won't start unless I know I can do that.

I've been aware of my gender mismatch since I was about 4. I'll be 60 later this year! Better late than never? lol.

I'm actually having a little appreciation. But I think that's normal.


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Quote from: Dena on June 25, 2017, 04:57:37 PM
That isn't true. Dr Haben could use CTA surgery to restore the damage to your larynx. As CTA surgery is a older voice surgery procedure, I suspect there may be other doctors who could preform it as well.

My ENT Doctor said that my voice box is damaged beyond repair.

Quote from: Angieisalone on June 26, 2017, 05:11:27 PM
My ENT Doctor said that my voice box is damaged beyond repair.

Possibly however one of the things that is done with CTA surgery is to take off more than the normal amount of larynx. This is done because CTA causes the larynx to budge out so more material needs to be removed to restore the proper neck appearance. If your ENT doctor is willing to forward your information to Dr Haben, you might be able to find out if surgery is possible. If you are interested, this is the contact information.

Planes, trains and automobiles for me. My .sig is particularly on point for this thread:)

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"You do realize, this means you get to do character creation & the newbie zone all over again? "

Me: Well doc, it's like this and like that and like...

Doc:  Say no more

Where I am in transition...

Physically:
I'll be 45 years-old in a few days and my most remote memory of feelings of gender nonconformity dates from when I was barely 4. I am about 5 months into HRT with much faster changes than anticipated, so my social transition will probably have to catch up with the physical one. I lost about 10kg and my breasts still managed to grow from an "almost-A" cup to a good B-cup, I know objectively that my hips and buttocks are rounder, the contour of my face is undoubtedly more feminine and my skin is now incredibly smooth. My wife says that I look a good 15 years younger. I'm almost done with the beard (laser + electrolysis) and am slowly but surely progressing with body hair (IPL @ home).

Socially:
I'm out to my wife, two sons, parents, sister and doctor. At home, I'm full time woman and things have never been so good between the four of us. My parents are having a hard time (my mom much more than my dad, surprisingly). Some time ago, my sister wrote me a seemingly very accepting message, to which I replied... still waiting for an answer (will it ever come?) At work I'm not out yet, but people... well... they're not blind. All of a sudden I've changed from someone unquestionably male to someone much more androgynous. That doesn't go unnoticed. Second looks, more or less discrete, abound. With one isolated exception, nobody asked anything and they treat me super well. Perhaps it's me, but women now talk much more to me, physically closer and much more eye contact than before and using a smoother voice - don't know what to make from this. I plan to have a talk with HR sometime at the end of this year and soon thereafter with my head of department.

Psychologically:
En route to Nirvana. [emoji6]

Hugs, Sarah

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Completed, but I had to choose far beyond completion. lol
The options are akin to dominos pizza...We have a medium, a large, and XL.  How can you have a medium with a large and a small?!

To put it in gamers' terms...I've completed the main quest, and most of the significant side quests, and I still work on the the other side quests because I am anal retentive and don't want to leave things undone, but in reality I have beaten the game and put in my hours.  The remaining side quests are purely cosmetic. 

First therapist appointment in an hour and a half.  Have had 4 electro sessions.  No end of clothes in the closet, dressing all the time at home.  Have posted enough here to have an avatar.     So if I were taking an airplane flight somewhere I'd be, I don't know, on the freeway to the airport maybe.     Just have to remember to show up an hour and a half early for the TSA...

Wow Julie, congratulations!  You go girl! 

Quote from: Kendra on June 28, 2017, 10:01:54 AM
Wow Julie, congratulations!  You go girl!

ditto

Thanks guys!  Therapy was interesting, never having been to a session before.  Still aren't sure of the therapist's gender, btw...andro through and through.  Mentioned a wife, but also being TG themselves.  This wasn't distracting, really, they were very easy to talk to, had lots of interesting remarks and stories to contribute.

Bit out of touch with the 21st century though - I had to explain about Susan's Place, tsroadmap, Anne Vitale, the Digital Transgender Archive.   This made me wonder, too:  I wrote a no-holds-barred autobiography so I wouldn't have to go over every last detail of my life; at the end I asked about HRT and was told I'd need 8 sessions at $50 each for consent to go on low dose estrogen, no AA.  Hmm, did writing the book help in this regard?  No - ordinarily it'd be 16 sessions!  Really?  Do you tell your other clients in advance that putting pen to paper would save them $400?  That all seemed a bit iffy, to say the least.  Or maybe they told other clients that when the time came.  Anyway, all very gatekeeper-y. 

I knew about I.C. too and, to their credit, they told me I could just go to Planned Parenthood and sign the papers for Informed Consent and avoid the whole rigamarole.  Which I've decided to do.     So let's get this show on the road!

Hope to catch up with you, Member061817!  These stories about the wonderful feeling from HRT really light a fire for me. 

I've really just begun despite coming out to myself and joining here nearly 4 years ago.

Somehow that number really is starting to bother me, it really doesn't seem like it's been that long, high school seemed so much longer...

I wasn't really ready to transition 4 years ago though I don't want to be saying the same thing 4 years from now. I'm just not cis-gender and I'm not going back to pretending that I am. Trying to decide whether I am non-binary or not somehow delayed my decision on doing things that either way, I want to do. I absolutely do not want facial hair or body hair, and could have had these completely gone by now had I not delayed things.

Ive been transitioning for 4 years and lately been going through some questions on where on the spectrum I fit . Its complicated.

It's only a short while until I start on HRT, so I'm just getting started but I'm excited for what the future holds for me!