Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 @ 12:41 pm

After two very long years of waiting I have started finally Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Last week I had my first appointment with the endocrinologist. We had a brief chat where he explained what to expect, possible side effects and such which I’ll get into in a bit. He also a did a basic physical [...]

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 @ 4:07 pm

As I did not receive the call this past Friday or Monday with the official outcome of the gender team’s meeting regarding my diagnosis I decided to call them today myself instead. He said he was swamped but was about to make all those calls today. He also informed me I was accepted and can [...]

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 @ 5:53 am

A few weeks ago something happened that I hadn’t told to anyone except one close friend. I wasn’t even sure how to tell people. I’ll give the short version here: I was in Amsterdam again after a therapy session and was headed downtown to get something to eat. It was pretty crowded because the weather [...]

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

So today I had the appointment with my psychologist at the hospital for diagnosis. Why the emphasis on the word “the”? That’s because I have done everything they asked me to do and after several delays finally got the psychiatric & psychological reevaluation finished and their report had been sent out. Conclusion: There is no [...]

Friday, June 25th, 2010 @ 5:05 am

If there’s one thing you’re going to be overly self conscious about as a transsexual it’s how you look and how others look at you. Here you are, born in a male body, hating it for as long as you can recall, hiding it from sight in every imaginable way and once you start transitioning [...]