15-11-2016, 09:34 PM
Yes its sobering reading - but at the same time very much a worse case scenario...........To be honest even my sister recently commented that my hair line was getting lower, I have had significant hair re-growth where it was thinning and I have already achieved more than an A cup from less than 10 months BO and still very much growing.
I would agree with certain aspects of it though and it is useful advice in terms of the mental changes, yes am on BO and not HRT (yet.....but the package with that and the Spiro is sat about 4 foot away at present) and the mental changes have been significant but not unmanageable. I am more emotional than I was but not to the point at blubbing at every little thing - maybe that is still to come!
I guess at the end of the day everyone needs to do what is right for them, yes you are unlikely to transform from an ugly bloke into a beautiful female but am sure most people on here are realistic in their aims - passable is good enough if you want to transition and at the end of the day you do just want to blend into the background.
I have definitely found the more mental changes I have the more I am starting to buy clothes thinking about practicality although thats possibly old age as well, so whilst some of the advice in there is useful I think a lot of it is mainly common sense, and a bit of a reality check but I would disagree with some of the statements made within...
You have to do what is right for you - if you always do what you have always done you will always get what you always got. Yes the health risks are not inconsiderable but taking note of your body and being sensible will help ensure you stay relatively safe, and they are risks not certainties. Of course it is safer to be doing this under medical supervision but it is not inherently unsafe without, and after all if we were completely risk adverse we wouldnt even get out of bed in the morning let alone do all the day to day stuff.
I always look at things this way - if you dont try you will always be left wondering what if, plus of course you could get run over by a bus tomorrow - more a metaphorical bus than a real one! But am sure you all get the meaning there!!
Not so much my 2pence worth as £2 worth but you have to plot your own course, and whilst it is a useful reality check in some aspects, you also need to do what feels right for yourself.
Megan
I would agree with certain aspects of it though and it is useful advice in terms of the mental changes, yes am on BO and not HRT (yet.....but the package with that and the Spiro is sat about 4 foot away at present) and the mental changes have been significant but not unmanageable. I am more emotional than I was but not to the point at blubbing at every little thing - maybe that is still to come!
I guess at the end of the day everyone needs to do what is right for them, yes you are unlikely to transform from an ugly bloke into a beautiful female but am sure most people on here are realistic in their aims - passable is good enough if you want to transition and at the end of the day you do just want to blend into the background.
I have definitely found the more mental changes I have the more I am starting to buy clothes thinking about practicality although thats possibly old age as well, so whilst some of the advice in there is useful I think a lot of it is mainly common sense, and a bit of a reality check but I would disagree with some of the statements made within...
You have to do what is right for you - if you always do what you have always done you will always get what you always got. Yes the health risks are not inconsiderable but taking note of your body and being sensible will help ensure you stay relatively safe, and they are risks not certainties. Of course it is safer to be doing this under medical supervision but it is not inherently unsafe without, and after all if we were completely risk adverse we wouldnt even get out of bed in the morning let alone do all the day to day stuff.
I always look at things this way - if you dont try you will always be left wondering what if, plus of course you could get run over by a bus tomorrow - more a metaphorical bus than a real one! But am sure you all get the meaning there!!
Not so much my 2pence worth as £2 worth but you have to plot your own course, and whilst it is a useful reality check in some aspects, you also need to do what feels right for yourself.
Megan