Today is my five-year HRTversary!!  

And four years (and a day) since I came out to my friends and family on Facebook.

 🎉 

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2 years ago I started applying a special gel… And now here I am with a better self-image, loving who I am as a person, and just overall happier (also have switched to injections)! Also wearing woman clothing contributed here.  

While I won’t claim that it has completely solved my mental health issues; I’d also lying if I didn’t say that it HAS significantly helped, and I’m glad I took the leap of faith 2 years ago!

I’m still pretty early on my journey comparatively speaking - but I think I’ve got my general fashion style down and I love what E is doing to my shell (and becoming the girl I want)… Here’s to the following year of transitioning!  

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I saw several posts today about celebratory HRT moments, which reminded me that I forgot to post something for my 18 months on hormones in mid-August. I guess better late than ever!

The photos below were taken in 6 months' intervals, with the first one being from day 1. It's funny to me that looking at these pictures now, my favourite is the one taken 6 months in. 🤔 In any case, even with all the skepticism I usually have about how much I have changed, I have a hard time denying that something has changed. I don't see that I changed "radically", to use the word my best friend used, but I guess even I have to admit that I do look different.

Can't wait to see what I will look like in 18 months' time, with the changes that I am making in my hormone regimen...

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Today I'm one year on HRT 🎉

Honestly everything just feels normal now? Like this is how my life was supposed to be. Just need to remember to take a pill every morning and evening, and an injection every 3 months.

Looking back my life became a whole lot better though. I was struggling with a lot of things, was basically slightly-but-not-clinically depressed all the time, especially in the winter. That has basically vanished now.

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Yesterday I celebrated 1 year on HRT. I wanted to have written something here but I had a group of wonderful queer girls coming over for dinner and spent most of the day preparing that, so didn't have the time I wanted to reflect on it, write something about it and put together a transition timeline.

It feels remarkable to me, specially as I am ticking some checkboxes. I have just done one of the 2 surgeries I wanted to do from the get go, and the other one will come in a month and a half. But even more so than that, I am finally starting the changes in my face that friends and relatives had been mentioning to me for a while. I had a hard time spotting any significant changes in the 6 months pic, but now I can clearly see the difference, in the cheeks in particular. I even have a dimple when I smile now!

My body has changed immensely, and i don't mean just the boobs (but yay boobs!). I have a much thinner waist and a wee bit of an hourglass shape and my skin is gloriously smooth. For the first time in my life, I look in the mirror after a shower and I like what I see. Well, almost everything, but we are getting closer to dealing with that.

But, physical changes aside (as important as they are) it's everything else that has really made a difference. Yes, there were some negatives, starting with the divorce and moving out of the place I called home. But I have gained so much in self-confidence and self-acceptance, and that is priceless. I have found a place in the world that, probably for the first time ever, feels right. I am surrounded by the right people (queer women mostly, my absolute chosen fam) and I am taking and giving joy and support within this new community. Medical transition has been crucial, yes, but this, most likely, is the best aspect of my transition so far.

And I can't wait to see what year 2 will bring, in both senses. There's a big surgery coming up, of course, but I want to see what other changes will HRT bring (specially to see how big the boobs will grow 😁). I am starting an NGO with 2 other queer women to help the community with outreach, awareness raising and information spreading. And I met a wonderful new friend who might turn out to be something more than just a wonderful new friend… Year 2 holds so much promise, I can't wait to see what it has in store.

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Hey, turns out as of 24 minutes ago I'm one year on #HRT  

Maybe I write a longer post about it later, but now I'm eepy. #hrtversary