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Happenings and such


Chrissy

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Happy Monday everyone!

I had my latest endocrinologist appointment last Thursday and he increased my estrogen prescription (to 2 mg from 1 mg), so that was exciting :-)

We're having a reception at work this Thursday for someone who just made a large donation to the school ($5 million), which I'll be working at/attending.  So I realized that I needed to get something to wear - something a little dressier than what I have.  That lead to a trip to Kohl's where I found a dress, but I wasn't entirely happy with it for this event.  So I then tried Le Chateau - a store that I went to several times for men's clothing, but hadn't yet gone to for women's.  The experience was great - the sales clerk was very helpful, especially in picking out jewelry to go with the dress I picked out.  I also broke another barrier in that I tried on the dress at the store.  Since I started presenting full-time as a woman I haven't used dressing rooms at stores.  It is partly laziness, and partly not wanting to have to take off and put back on my wig - but given the nature of this purchase I thought it best to do so.  It was a little easier in this store as the fitting rooms are individual rooms located at various spots around the store, rather than a single area with a bunch of stalls - that'll be the next challenge next time I'm at Kohl's.

The most important moment of the day came when I got back to the PATH (train) station to go home.  I sat down to wait for the train and realized that I was feeling particularly content and happy, so I thought for a moment to see where it was coming from.  It was coming from the fact that - sitting there as I was, dressed as I was, having just had the shopping trip that I had - I wasn't thinking that I was "dressed and shopping like a woman" but that I was "dressed and shopping like me."  A further sign that I am fully integrating my transition mentally.

xoxo

Christie

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Yeah, it's a nice realisation isn't it.................just you being you, glad you've experienced that. How are you getting on with "T" blockers? I found these to be the most significant cause of change.

xoxo

Eve

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Well that's lower than a normal males levels, however higher than a normal females. You might want to discuss and or ask your endo for intramuscular decapeptyl injections every 3 months, I've not known anyone over here complain about their effectiveness. Having said that it might otherwise just be a matter of time continuing with your existing blocker (I'm guessing cyproterone or spironolactone ?).Well anyway Christie you can google it and find out more, I'd also advise you to check costs it isn't particularly cheap at £207 a time over here.............but hey ho, nothing worth doing is ever easy.

Cheers,

Eve

 

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