Today is my 3rd HRTversary! I swallowed my first Estradiol tablet three years ago today. 😊

Of course, I've been gettin' my precious E via injection since June 14th of 2024, (literally) stabbing myself in one leg or the other every Friday for almost two years now.

I would love to extoll the virtues of hormones and the massive changes they've made to my body. But at my age, or maybe because of my genetics, it seems... not so much.

Don't get me wrong, I did grow boobs! But they were disappointingly small. At least to me. Hence the breast augmentation last year.

My skin certainly got softer! Unfortunately, it also became easier to bruise. Not the bargain I would have liked.

Other fat in my body reshaped itself. Which means I have actual girlie hips now. My face is also more... oval? It's strange.

And my feet shrunk! No, seriously. They're at least a half size or more smaller. Very weird. That means I can walk into any shoe store now and buy women's footwear in my size. Nice.

Making lunch today I was reminded of another change when trying to open a jar of soup ingredients. I burned a LOT of calories trying to get that fucker open and finally had to use one of those kitchen cheats to finish the job.

Last week's grocery shopping included some heavier items like sparkling water. But even if I had bought only bags of full of fluffy stuff, I still can't make a single trip carrying it all from the car to my apartment anymore. Those days are gone along with my upper body strength.

Did I mention my greater sensitivity to cold and the ability to smell every thing and every person anywhere I go now. Yeah, there's that, too.

So, maybe there have been big changes and some virtues in this deal.

One thing's for sure, I'm so glad I took that tablet of Estradiol. And I know how lucky I was to be able to do so.

So many of my trans siblings are being denied access to HRT because of financial reasons or, frankly, horrible people who want to control our bodies and tell us who we are.

We've known all along who we are. Hormones just make it easier to express that identity. Fuck all those who would try to hold us back!

#transjoy #transrights ✊🏳️‍⚧️