Meds, meds, and more meds

You guessed it we are going to talk about my experience with HRT.  No I will not talk dosages, I do not suggest self medication. I do not want some one to get the dosage off my blog and harm them self. Instead I will talk what I take and the affects that I have had. May also post a pre and current pic.

When I started I was on Spirolacrone and estradiol, that combination has proven for many trans women to be effective and it was for me. Spiro binds with testosterone making it unusable by the body. The down side you still make testosterone. When I took my first dose, and I don't know if it was a placebo effect or it was the meds but I had an instant relief I felt a weight had been lifted. And it just forgot better.  Through time and appointments my estradiol dose got raised to the level it is now. And I am very happy with it.

The big change from the beginning besides the raise in estradiol dose, is I switched from Spiro to Eligard.  It is a LH inhibitor, that means I don't produce any LH. LH is the hormone that tells the body to produce the sex hormones.  It is used for cancer patients with a cancer that grows in the presence of these hormones.  It is more expensive and km glad I have the VA to help with my transition.  It has proven to be even more effective. 

Now when I say effective I mean mainly in the emotional stand point.  There have been some effects else where, my skin is softer, the body hair is thinner not as dark or course. And a lot of redistribution of fat. I was never really fat but the little I had moved to the appropriate areas.

Well I guess that's it for now I will add more as it comes to me TTYL
Sheala

Where has the time gone

Hello again. Well I guess it has been a long time since I posted anything. And I can tell you a lot has happened. Let me fill you in a little and I will continue with my weekly posts.

To start let's look at my legal stance. I completed a legal name change September 2014, I had the assistance from an attorney through the TLDEF. If it wasn't for them I would probably still be working it out.  I went and got letter from my dr and got the gender marker on my state id changed. Lucky in PA that's all it takes. Well that about sums that up I am still changing my name at places I'm finding that to be a long drawn out process.

So on to the family.  Me and Mel got married March 15th, 2014. It was right before PA allowed same sex marriage,  so I got married as a male since I was changing and we didn't know when or if PA would ever allow same sex marriages. It's kind of funny looking back and comparing out thoughts to what happened.  Then there is Kat, we'll she has come along way she went from anger and hatred to being ok, then back and forth. She even stated she was going to take the kids from me, I'm glad she didn't attempt and that she has became supportive of my decision.  We had the family go through some family counseling and it helped her realize that the kids where not affected by me decision.  That leads me to the kids, they have embraced the whole thing, the call me moddy (half mommy/half Daddy) the older ones call me dad to their friends and in a way it hurts but I also understand that that is how there friends know me and it is not my place to tell educate them on being transgender.

Well I will leave it here and come back for more on my medical situation.  That is going to be a long post.

Talk To You Soon
Sheala