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Are hormones necessary for transition? [Read WARNING]
For the last 19 months I have been living full time as a woman and have been quite happy with this while secure in my job and life. Recently things have changed. I had to quit my job due to stress depression and anxiety and am now out of my comfortable existence and back in to the real world. Due to these factors I have been seeing a psychologist and although I had no problems with my gender my GP also put gender issues on my referral. My first appointment of course the psychologist saw a man in a dress but after the first consultation she knew she was actually speaking with a woman. As we have continued with our sessions she has seen me grow as a woman, confident in the knowledge of who I am. I do not need hormones to help me feel like a woman as that is who I am already. As I am returning to jobsearching and getting on with my life I have also joined a gym to undo the damage done to my body through my job stress and the 3 months I retreated from the world. The gym is fine with me using the ladies change rooms and I am confident and sensible enough to not wear my wig during the exercise sessions. Due to my body not matching my gender I feel out of place. It is now time to move on with my transition and am planning as a first stage of breast augmentation. While many will think this is a quick fix it is not. Those who know me have seen how confident and comfortable I am as myself. Confident enough to be out in public without makeup. I plan on calling the Gender Centre to see if there are any prerequisites I need before going ahead with this surgery. I am very interested on your input.
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Hi..Stephanie.
only if you are having s r s . other wise no . & depending on age . or helalth probs if you have any & if on other meds .
As yo age your t may go down . any number of reasons . your body needs one or the other . t or e . & all so if you have s r s later it would be best to be on h r t before so as to give your breasts a charnce to grow . & not cause other probs later on . body size weight & so on . your birth cert wont be changed can cause a few probs . as to the first part no it wont matter .
with out knowing your back ground & details in privat . i would not say what is best . as we are all different . & how we go about things any way do your home work . first . & talk again later .…noeleena…
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I think that this subject is an interesting one that is often overlooked. Transition can be social as well as physical, in fact I believe that the physical path is less important than the social. It seems to me that all the SRS and FFS in the world will mean little if one is not accepted in one’s community in the role of a woman. I think that too little emphasis is put on becoming more ” womanly” . Having worked most of my life in industries dominated by women. In the disability care industry and being an insider in a ” woman’s world ” as a hairdresser is , I have gained a lot from listening to and being around women and appreciating the struggles they have to face in their lives.
Male privilege is not easily given up and many of the things that we , as Trans folk, face and complain about, such as being looked at and commented on publicly, are everyday occurrences for many women. So next me you are eyeballed and feel uncomfortable in public, welcome to a woman’s world. -
Hi Stephanie
I have to agree with Noeleena, you need either male hormones or female hormones in your system to survive. If you want SRS then hormones is a pre-requisite, and having hormones after SRS would cause a few problems. You body has to adjust to hormones and will do a lot of body changes, some you can see and some you cannot. A doctor can explain this more.
I am a girl, alway was, just some idiot stuck me in a boys body, so I had to use hormones to allow those changes to happen. I was dressing as a boy, without hormones, no wig and I was still mistaken for a girl sometimes, but I still went down the hormone path.
Wow did hormones change my body and mind, I have days I will cry at the drop of a hat, the way I feel about somethings has changed. It really does make that much difference and I would not miss the changes for the world, the good and the bad.
I would not have my breasts touched by a surgen untill the hormones have done there full job. I have known some girls to get more growth in year 2 and 3 then in year one. This can be so different for each person. I dont want implants then have natural growth to reshape the work done by a surgen.
We are all different, so please I dont expect what is good for me is good for everyone. But you need to understand how your body works to understand by there has been rules put on surgeries. Sometimes the are exceptions, so please check all this out with your gender doctor. He/She is the only one to begiving advice.
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Kelly Jones
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When I was in early transition I believed that you could do it without hormones. I no longer believe so….the effects are truly subtle and pervasive…but powerful, and will help you survive day to day in a truly different world
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Thankyou for your replies girls. I now have an appointment to see the psychiatrist for assessment to start hormones. After making the appointment went to my GP and he wrote a referral without hesitation.
