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. 
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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Im definitely not saying people should be prescription only. I think grey market is good and is part of how we as a community stay resilient. I think its important to get people on HRT as quick as possible and, yeah, that usually means grey market. But DIY isnt an easy process and crypto isnt easy so there’s reasons why people suggest going through a doctor still.
I know people have had shitty experiences with doctors. I have my own experiences, and I trust mine. I have a different set of experiences because my docs were through the gender clinic or through a trans healthcare thing specifically. I work with a bunch. I work with a bunch of dumb ass doctors and I work with a bunch of genius doctors that make me glad Im not doing their jobs.
Its not just 2 lab values, it depends on what youre taking. Monitoring E and T levels isnt difficult and you can do that on your own for sure.