I was planning to write a longer post for this mega and then Silksong happened so… oops?

Short version is this week is my 9th tranniversary. I don’t remember which day exactly so I like to say it was 9/11 so I’d never forget. What ultimately cracked my egg all those years ago was not the deep yearning when looking at women that I couldn’t identify as envy or the increasingly intense and umm horny dreams where I had the power to instantly change my gender. No it was that fucking faceapp gender swap filter. I just kept staring at that pic like it was a mirror into an alternate universe where I was happier and suddenly everything clicked into place. The first few years were hit or miss with a lot of other life changes happening at the time that interfered with getting properly started so in some ways it’s more like a 5 or 6 year tranniversary but whatever. vivian-shrug

It’s weird to say I’m almost done but I really am so close to making all the changes I wanted. I’ll never stop being trans, but I’m definitely moving from trans(itioning) femme to trans(itioned) femme and that’s quite exciting. And maybe a little wistful looking back at the journey.

Have a good week everyone!

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  • shallot [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    its still good to have an endo/prescriber who can figure out your lab values

    This is the main reason I’m even looking into non-DIY as an option. The other reason is the potential for surgeries at some point.

    That said, it seems like the safer and more stable option is DIY, and like you said that’s a good thing to know how to handle anyway. I’m strongly leaning that’s direction. I tend to have a bit of a DIY streak anyways, and I super do not trust medical records to be in any way private.