Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Awesome and inspiring show of faith in self, go girl. Gives so much hope to others.
Thank you for sharing your story.
I am now dressing full time as a woman.I want to get the operation but I cant afford it
I thought I would give you something to think about I am not trying to talk you out of getting srs. 24 years ago I went through the therapy sessions so I got the letters from psychiatrists. I couldn't afford it. I was 46 then so I put on the back burner after years of abusing my body dr took off hormones real bad menopause. So now I'm 69 my dr says I would not live through the surgery. But I can get my breast enlarged but the plastic surgeon say I need a letter from s psychiatrist I told him I have letters from Dr's and psychiatrist he said great showed him the letters he said they were too old. I had to get new letters I contacted the psychiatrist and she wouldn't recommend any surgery. So now I am seeing a new psychiatrist said after seeing her four months she may recommend. I have a few trans that have regretted having surgery. Just want you to think about. And now my insurance pays 80% for the surgery. It's funny. When had those letter my insurance wouldn't cover it. And now I can't get srs my insurance covers it.
Im sorry you had to go through that. Its too late forme to reconcider my surgery. I had gender reaffirmation surgery on march 28 2023. It was the best decision i made. I dont miss it.
So now im trying to get facial feminzation surgery which my surgeon has submited a pre-authorization to my insurance.
Wow you made me cry real years. I'm so happy for you. I feel the same way. I will never be fully comfortable with my body until I go all the way. My only concern is time because of my age. I hope your new life is wonderful, and filled with many beautiful things.
💕-Jessica
Vanessa thank you for sharing I love story's with happy endings! I have been on this long road with no sign posts all my life. It was around ten years ago that I told my boy friend that I wanted to transition he was very pleased it wasn't three months later he pasted. Now ten years have past and I am just starting HRT.I am going to wait 12 to 18 months to see were hormone therapy takes me.I want to have Facial feminization surgery first or I may get an Orchiectomy first if necessary. Thank you for letting me share it feels so therapeutic to put ones words to print.My best wishes to you always!
Hugs Barbra
I'm so sorry to hear about your boyfriend Barbra.
The journey to yourself is indeed a long one, but one of the most rewarding in my life. I hope you find the path that works for you. I've written fairly extensively about my experience through questioning and the different surgeries here as well, and I hope some of these may be helpful.
We also have a wonderful community of folks here who share their experience in the forums, each on their own journey with their own joys and struggles. We have so much we can learn from each other here.
It is not an easy journey to undertake and many many road blocks will stop us dead in our tracks . As discouraging as it is it is something we face . Key to that is finding balance within yourself . Happiness is important to our well being . Changing ones perception or a way of looking out side the box . We have to be honest about ourselves and come to terms what ever fate brings us .
I transitioned early in life , didn't make it easier , was I more accepting towards others .....no . There are many disadvantages to that . Didn't get married or have kids . I will never know that feeling of having my own children to carry on the blood line . Finding meaningful work then and now is a challenge . Discrimination I faced back then is still here now . Over time a lot of that rolls off the back like a wet duck . I still get miss gender form time to time and that took some time to get used to . In the past I would get really pissed and be vocal about it and not in a good way . It really hurt being miss gender . Most times now I just let go no point on letting that negative eat at me . A few times I will miss gender them and I do get a kick out their expressions on their face . Or I will turn and look around and say Oh I thought you where talking to a gentlemen behind me . I will always get a sorry ma'am with that phrase
I guess in the end it comes down to finding terms with who we are inside .
Alexis