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This week, I had a conversation with my doctor that was long overdue, and now I'm scheduled to see an endocrinologist in July to discuss HRT. (That's hormone replacement therapy - in my case, testosterone, as part of gender transition.)
I feel like I've been in a sort of personal stasis for a long time, caught between two worlds. Since college, I've identified as a man among the people I'm close to in my personal life, but I put off medical and legal transition for a variety of reasons - in part because I prioritized the financial goal of owning my own home - which I do now! My sister and I bought our condo in 2018.
And then when I was finally in a financial position to consider pursuing transition in 2020, the pandemic hit, and then my mother got cancer, and my brother went into liver failure. All in the same year.
It's take 2.5-3 years to reach a state of relative equilibrium again, but I'm finally in a place where I have some energy left to spare for myself, and I'm ready to use it.
Monthly words to date (March): 29,418
Annual words to date (2023): 100,267
Dinner tonight is: fresh cheese pizza purchased from the grocery store hot food counter
I feel like I've been in a sort of personal stasis for a long time, caught between two worlds. Since college, I've identified as a man among the people I'm close to in my personal life, but I put off medical and legal transition for a variety of reasons - in part because I prioritized the financial goal of owning my own home - which I do now! My sister and I bought our condo in 2018.
And then when I was finally in a financial position to consider pursuing transition in 2020, the pandemic hit, and then my mother got cancer, and my brother went into liver failure. All in the same year.
It's take 2.5-3 years to reach a state of relative equilibrium again, but I'm finally in a place where I have some energy left to spare for myself, and I'm ready to use it.
Monthly words to date (March): 29,418
Annual words to date (2023): 100,267
Dinner tonight is: fresh cheese pizza purchased from the grocery store hot food counter
