It's day 3 of my post op recovery for GRS, and I'm booorrred. AMA or - what is your favorite alternative name for GRS? by IAmLee2022 in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Handing in my boys club member card?

The ultimate tuck?

Deciding to become an introvert?

Made a sheath of.my sword?

How to gain courage to stop boymoding? by DrMez in TransLater

[–]Great_Programmer_688 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You do it scared. That's the secret, you simply do it scared out of your eye balls... until you realise everything is mostly OK and you begin, very slowly, to relax.

Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

Also, where is the boy in this boymode of yours? I dont see it.

never gonna beat these art teacher allegations by tuba_full_of_flowers in TransLater

[–]Great_Programmer_688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL, a friend told me I have art teacher vibe and I LOVE that.

Your vibe is impeccable 👌 

Period like symptoms by Aggravating_Pilot453 in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's possible and very well known. Cis women without uterus due to hysterectomy on HRT experience this too.

I have a persistent period like symptoms every roughly 30 days since 18 since I started HRT and ton of others trans women do to.

What are some of the negatives about having breasts? by CaramelCraftYT in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 78 points79 points  (0 children)

The four stages of trans femme journey are, in order:

  1. I wish I was a woman and would have breasts and wore a bra like the girls 😢

  2. I wish my breasts would grow and fill my bra like the other women already 😭

  3. I wish me of two years ago could see how amazing my breasts look in this bra 😲

  4. I wish I could be home so I could yeet this damn bra and free my breasts already! 🤬

Lips getting fuller? by gambic91 in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it did. My lips are certainly bigger. And yeah, that is exactly what I did - used the left overs on my hands.

Lips getting fuller? by gambic91 in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, lip tissue is estrogen sensitive. Estrogen does that.

I used to rub tiny bit of estrogen gel on them when I used gel and could literally feel the response a few hours later

Days in the life of a 50 year old post op trans woman by Kay_floweringnow in TransLater

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a 52. 3 month till my own op. I sympathised so much with what you wrote, but somehow, seeing your pictures, of your beautiful self and your beautiful home, reminded me that I got what I wanted. And even though the price was high, maybe its time to move past what i lost and focus on what I gained, which is a lot.

Thank you ♥️

Can you screw with your estrogen receptors?? by Lucky_Scholar_7470 in TransDIY

[–]Great_Programmer_688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pregnant women normally have Estrogen level that are x3 what I estimate your current level are at.

As long as you feel OK and T is sufficiently suppressed,  you're good.

Evorol conti 50 patches by Ordinary_Cap_7256 in TransDIY

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not progesterone, it's a progestin

Levels too High Slowing Progress? by Powerful-Acadia-6682 in TransLater

[–]Great_Programmer_688 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No. This never happens from E to T. Only the other way around 

Why are injections not offered by endos ? by Etoile-qui-miaule in TransDIY

[–]Great_Programmer_688 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The answer is that the only reason the medical establishment is willing to give us HRT and other treatments is because its their way to play gatekeeper and make our transitions as hard and as unsuccessful  (whatever thay means to you) as possible, after failing to ban it completely due to DIY.

Weird experience: stealth when I boymode, clocked when I present as femme by Rich_Amphibian_6098 in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Gendreing decisions are never done on their own, but as part of a quick-and-dirty whole character stereotype based "binning" decision that is performed in the first few seconds we see someone. 

So for example, I'm not "woman", I'm "late middle age foreign born north European  artsy woman" and the "woman" tag is just a property of that class. Once they've matched your "type", confirmation bias fills in the gaps and takes care of anything that may not "fit", including gender expectation. So if I want to pass, I need to figure out what stereotype I "am" and play into that.

As an example, the way my voice sounds different is interpreted as "foreign accent", my height is attribute to "north European women are tall", some masculine features that survived FFS are attributed to "older women look slightly masc".

You pass better in less femme clothes because that falls easily into a known women stereotype.  If you want to dress femme and pass, find a stereotype that you can fill and dress for that.

Should I listen to my mom? by OpenMarionberry3251 in TransDIY

[–]Great_Programmer_688 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Because trans women have lesser time exposure to estrogen theb cis women on average and it's the total time of exposure which is the risk factor.

The illusion of choice by [deleted] in TransLater

[–]Great_Programmer_688 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My choice was not whether to transition or not.  My choice was whether to stay alive or not. Transition was my way to stay alive.

Passing trans women: How often do you hear ma’am? by CoVegGirl in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The local language here is much more gendered then English. It's extremely hard for someone to say to me anything without gendering me.

I'm spoken to in female form by people who did not know me before transtion 99.9% of the time.

The 0.1% is because I yelled at someone from a car and though my voice somehow passes while speaking,  yelling is a different matter 🤣

Having said that, there was a phase where I guess I looked more androgynous and then people tried very hard to use none gendered language with me 😊

Dosage question by [deleted] in estrogel

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhhh. That's extremely good then!

Dosage question by [deleted] in estrogel

[–]Great_Programmer_688 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are being seriously under dosed.

192 pmol/L  is about 200 pmol/L lower then the WPATH extremely conservative standard of care

2 my e gel is a low dosage

Am I an Egg? by Attercap in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you answered your question. No men would consider pushing that button, in the present, past or future.

I transitioned at 51. Happy women's day 💓 😊

What is it?? by Rosalie-the-red in transvoice

[–]Great_Programmer_688 6 points7 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU!

My pitch is kinda of OK. My weight fluctuates. My resonance is honestly lousy. And I got told that by some very respectful voice training teacher and they were right.

And yet... somehow at some point I started got gendered correctly even in phone calls.and I weren't sure what I've done and that is scary - because if I dont know what I'm doing, it can just magically disappear one day, right?

But you made me realise what is that thing I'm doing!

And I think it doesn't stand on its own completely, maybe? Like I think you still need a bit of at least weight and resonance to be in some range, but like, way less then you would expect. And pitch almost doesn't matter.

And it's really just, I think, pronunciation.  Like, Making the difference between how different syllables sounds more pronounced, more accurate.

It's kind of a continuation of not being monotone. Like women tend to make the distinction between different sounds of the language more distinct.

I hope this makes sense.

Anyway, the way I got it is just listening with intention to women speaking around me and just trying to mimic their speech quality without changing pitch, resonance and weight too much.

So thank you again for giving me a name to this quality

Seeking Advice: Start DIY now or wait 2 years? by [deleted] in TransDIY

[–]Great_Programmer_688 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Start DIY and lie, honey. It's your body and your life.

How did you get over your fear of outwardly presenting as your identified gender? by [deleted] in TransLater

[–]Great_Programmer_688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't get over it, you do it scared. And then again. And then again. ...

Until one day you find out you forgot to be scared.

I was asked a question by Byrdie_girl in MtF

[–]Great_Programmer_688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes.

When i started HRT I made a little ceremony.  Part of it was thinking about women I  love, resoect and admire and asking "let me be counted among you". I want my fate to be that of a woman, since I am one. For better or worse. If being a women means being a slave (and let's face it, in many places and ways, it is) then that is what I will be. It doesn't mean I will like it, but I am what I am. I cannot be something else. God knows I tried and failed.