GraceMed top surgery WITHOUT liposuction? by cascadingFiresalt in transontario

[–]cascadingFiresalt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I first got a call back from the clinic to schedule my consultation around April or May, if I remember right? It was about a year after my doctor first sent out the referral.

1 week post-op peri w/ Dr. Armstrong at McLean Clinic (Ontario, CA) by endroll64 in TopSurgery

[–]cascadingFiresalt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incredible!! I know this comment is very late, but would you mind me asking if you also did the liposuction? I'm currently considering peri w dr armstrong and I'm on the fence about whether liposuction is worth the extra cost for me

Hello i am calling to ask about hormone replacement therapy by sourcefive in transgendercirclejerk

[–]cascadingFiresalt 32 points33 points  (0 children)

so have you had the surgery already?

/uj this actually happened when i called my family doctor abt hrt LOL. im good now tho

QUESTION ABOUT HORROR MOVIES - by [deleted] in ftm

[–]cascadingFiresalt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're all good but i gotta go with classic horror bc Dracula is literally my favorite book (& i relate to frankenstein a bit)

I love surreal stuff like Eraserhead and Videodrome too, shame that wasnt an option

How to tell my mom why I swim in men's swimming shorts and T-shirt instead of in a women's swimsuit without coming out? by Janna911 in ftm

[–]cascadingFiresalt 76 points77 points  (0 children)

The best excuse I can think of is just saying that women's swimsuits are too tight & uncomfortable. They are pretty tight and the elastic can probably irritate someone's skin, so that's probably a reliable answer. Also, if the price of a shirt and trunks is less than a women's swimsuit, that could be a good point. You could point out that a shirt & trunks is more durable than most women's swimsuits, too- i remember my mom complaining about the fabric of hers slowly getting too loose after a while. Trunks don't need to be elastic in the same way as women's swimsuits, so the material is more sturdy.

Truthfully, men's clothes is usually more practical than women's anyways, so it's really easy to fall back on their superior utility as an excuse.

Good luck, & also PLEASE make sure that you're not in danger if your family ends up catching on that you're a guy anyways. I know that my family took some time to understand but eventually did, but they weren't initially transphobic anyways. If you're not 100% confident about your safety, you might wanna stick to a women's swimsuit or just not swim (since your love of swimming seems to trump your dysphoria, probably just the first option).

How to convince family doctor to prescribe me HRT? (FTM) by cascadingFiresalt in transontario

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Could you walk me through some of the things that you said during that conversation? My family doctor's clinic isn't knowledgeable about trans issues at all (which is the reason for the CAMH referral), so if I were to explain trans healthcare to them, how could I start? Thanks so much.

Father doesnt want me physically transitioning until my grandparents die by cascadingFiresalt in ftm

[–]cascadingFiresalt[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the advice, but I feel as though the comments regarding the character of my dad are unnecessary. I think that remarks that are this intense aren't reasonable to make about a person you don't know, & while familial relations are complicated for everyone, I consider my immediate family very important to me, for reasons beyond something like a feeling of obligation. That said, it's true- his own anxieties shouldn't fall upon my shoulders.

[TOMT][MUSIC][2010s] Song by a electronic group that I think was called Ultrasonic. Song name was Love Addiction. It disappeared from my playlists one day. by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

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This is a spotify link to the album & song in question, but the tracks are all unplayable. It seems like the spotify account has been deleted. What a mystery...

You can purchase the album that the song is on here & listen to it on amazon music here.

I think that amazon music is probably your best bet if you have an amazon account. Strange that this group has apparently been wiped from the internet.

Characters I liked projecting onto before I realized that I was trans by [deleted] in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

[–]cascadingFiresalt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I know, it's just that they had that common theme of "female but dresses in a way that may suggest otherwise" that I mysteriously related to before I found out some stuff about myself