Lim_Lim

All I can say is that just yesterday I just booked a time with a doctor in order to start my HRT and your text could almost have been written by me.

Feeling super scared. Anxious. And I've heard in the various trans peer support groups that that's what others almost invariably have felt at thia point.

Apparently that's how this goes. It is a daunting task. But, oso so many others have made it. And therefore, by all logic, so will both of us.

Why do you want to simulate periods?

I think taking away the burden of choice regarding the changing room could be nice – towards a trans woman at least. So, if they're a woman, just show them the women's changing room. If they show hesitancy, then tell them they're of course free to use the other room as well.

A trans woman in men's changing room can end up encountering some seriously shitty shit. A trans woman in women's changing room is definitely safe, and unlikely to end up in any negative encounters whatsoever.

I've been very pleasantly surprised by how positively cis women react to trans women! 🩷

Many trans women can feel insecure about their right to use the women's changing room, so gently pushing them that way as showing that as the assumed default will help them.

Also make sure that the customer knows that if there should be any conflicts with other customers, you definitely will have their back!

At what point after starting HRT do such cramps or PMS symptoms actually appear if they are to appear? About right away? Or after half a year? Or when?

This seems to make it clear that GGP is not an option, then.

I don't like the risk of my healthcare data leaking to a trans-hostile country such as USA, but since I wouldn't dare to travel there anyway, it is extremely unlikely to really affect me in any way. Imago seems like the way to go, then.

There are, but I am not aware of one that would prescribe anything without a trans diagnosis from the public healthcare. And because I got diagnosed with psychosis for being transgender, it will take a couple of years for them to agree to give me a trans diagnosis. Now they see me as fake trans who just "has psychosis that will eventually pass and they'll be male again". Once the "psychosis" is "dealt with", they'll probably give me the diagnosis.

Those private ones are useful if you have plenty of money and want to skip the queues that can be 1½ years long, but first you need to get the public healthcare to cooperate. And in my case it won't, for the time being.

What a good text!

Thanks! 🩷

About the list of options: thosenwould require me to live in UK or at least physically travel there to use those services, right?

Do you know what those people have been unsatisfied with regarding ggp?

Cypro apparently means the same substance as androcur?

My source is basically hearsay from other trans women, based on what the doctors in the public healthcare in my country have told them during their transitioning.

What do you mean about not taking injections because of blood clots?

I've heard it recommended that estradiol should not be taken as an injection if you're over 40-year-old. And that should not be such a problem with blockers, for example.

Sounds a lot like me.