Hi, I thought I'd just jot down a few things that i didn't see coming before transitioning.............I'd love to know if others found some of the same issues.

So here thay are;

• After about 2 years or so on oestrogen I find I need to pee a lot more often than I used to - especially just before leaving the front door. I now have a greater understanding of a womans need to pee!
• I don't drink as much alcohol as I used to (still drink too much though!), & I eat less food too.
• My taste buds appear to have changed, gone has my previous obsession for chilli and hot spices, and now I like the previously unliked chocolate, I now like Chardonnay (previously avoided by me) and other white wines slightly more than even Cider, I don't like most beers anymore. I now eat prawns, and love salads that I used to often dodge if I could get away with doing so. God I'm even starting to like coffee..............but still like green tea.
• I now have a great sense of colour and dress co-ordination, many females have commented on this.
• Although my deepest innerself is much the same, I am a lot more relaxed, forgiving, emotional, & easier to get along with, I guess my persona has softened a lot at the previously crusty edges!
• I don't rush around trying to get everything done as quickly as possible anymore as I used to do as a male. (Anglo-Saxon work ethic).
• I'm a lot tidier and don't mind cleaning as much  (I used to dislike it).
• Obviously I don't have the sex drive that I used to have as a male, this is especially true after testosterone blockers (last 4months).
• I've noticed that previously greasy or oily areas of my face are a lot less greasy now.
• As a male I had male pattern baldness, I have been on Finasteride for almost 2 years, this started hair regrowth, with the T blockers as well, my hair regrowth has accelerated.

Of course I'm pleased with the things that I did see coming notably the more ovious physical changes, such as boobs and hairy chest not being hairy anymore (thank God), my skin is softer than it used to be and muscle wastage.

I can absolutely say that I much prefer being female to male, and that there is no way on Earth that I'd go back.

Hugs,

Eve x