Hello Raina and welcome to Susan's!
I love your name - and not just because I live near Seattle.
I am so glad to hear you are working with a therapist. It takes courage to start that conversation, and to open up to others, and to truly discover yourself. I know this from personal experience.
Starting out a journey can seem like such a long road. And then if things click, you might find the journey is just as interesting as the destination. I just started my HRT prescription four days ago but have been preparing in other ways for a few years, and so glad I did. We each need to make the best possible long term decisions for ourselves using good information where we can find it. I have found the experiences of others here to be so valuable, and I share things I experience in hopes I might help others.
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Raina it's great you are here - I am really looking forward to seeing a little or a lot of your journey.
All the best,
Kendra