I'm a 56 post op M2F. For the last few years, I was on the low dose genetic females were on but, like Cindi, I've stopped taking estrogen. I took it for 8 years and, since the (often-changing) "truth" was revealed about HRT (that it won't necessarily protect me against heart attacks or cancer), I stopped taking estrogen. I had no medical problems with or without estrogen and don't really see any difference in mood or health now. Perhaps later studies will discover important benefits to lifetime HRT but, because "taking estrogen for life" is an uncharted path, I've elected to not take that road. I figure I've taken enough chances by transitioning, lol.
I hope to move to the Tacoma area of Washington state in early 2007. My place in L.A. is in escrow and I've made an offer on a place up north. I'll get my pension/medical plan in 4 years but, until then, will try to find some (presumably) low wage job that'll hopefully have medical (fat chance, ha).
Like Brina, I've toyed with the idea of buying a sailboat and living on it. After reading the book, "Maiden Voyage" (first teenage American girl to sail a 26 foot sailboat around the world), I've got water-fever and daydream of doing the same.
Although I have craftsman furniture and THINGS that I love, I come from the (supposidly) 60's anti-material possession generation. I often question myself if I really NEED all this STUFF? Selling everything and going off on a sailboat, or even a motorhome, would be a drastic change.
Of course, so is transitioning from an M body to F, lol.
Teri Anne
