Today I blog from abroad, and by abroad I mean the next closest major city: Edmonton. See, the 'fun' thing about Alberta is that it has only one gender clinic to service the entire province, which means any time I have an appointment, I'm spending about 4 hours on a Greyhound. It's pretty much 'fun' bringing needles on the Greyhound since they started upping the security. Definitely a checked baggage item. On the other hand, it gives me an excellent opportunity to visit with my Grandma, something we both greatly enjoy.
In other news, while things are still a bit 'more of the same' as far as progress goes, it think its picked up a bit again. I'm pretty sure I detect the beginnings of body hair, and facial hair is slowly but surely sprouting. I think my face has changed somewhat too; the nurse at the clinic hardly recognized me from the picture taken at my first appointment, and out and about I've been getting a lot more 'he's and 'young man's than I used to, and virtually no 'she's. Looking back at the pictures I've taken, I think I see a difference myself. Speaking of pictures:
Yeah, I'm wearing my Grandma's fleece sweater. It got rainy and cold here, and I (stupidly) packed only t-shirts...
Friday, 21 May 2010
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Week 10, Not much new, now for some musings
Yeah, I'm a couple of days late with my update, but I did my injection on time, and that's what counts. Really, there's not much to report, everything's pretty much either the same, or more of the same. People keep commenting on my voice, but I'm pretty much used to it myself now. I mean, I hear it all the time, so it's not really new any more. It is a lot easier to buy clothes now, though. I can buy pants off the rack, and my Dad's old tweed jacket that was too big for me fits like a glove now, which is pretty awesome. When I checked in with the doctor, all my levels were right on target. Testosterone was right up, and no ill effects.
I suppose the biggest thing is my moods and attitudes now. It's like, I didn't really expect transitioning to solve all of my other issues like some miracle cure. That would be totally unrealistic. Still, starting T, making that final commitment to the transition, somehow it did make a lot of things better for me. At the very least, most things seemed easier to deal with. I've typically had a better time eating right, taking care of myself, even just keeping my bed made and not sleeping on a bare mattress like I used to. Then there's the new job. I hit the ground running, so to speak, impressing just about everyone including myself. Still... once again I must remember that working on one problem doesn't make all the old ones disappear. I pretty much burned myself out in the first week and spent most of this weekend sleeping. It's something of a repeat of old behaviours, where no matter how well I do initially, sometimes my self-doubt gets the better of me and I feel like I just can't do it any more. Still, there's only so long I can keep moping, and I have a team meeting in the morning. Before I go, this week's mug shot:
I suppose the biggest thing is my moods and attitudes now. It's like, I didn't really expect transitioning to solve all of my other issues like some miracle cure. That would be totally unrealistic. Still, starting T, making that final commitment to the transition, somehow it did make a lot of things better for me. At the very least, most things seemed easier to deal with. I've typically had a better time eating right, taking care of myself, even just keeping my bed made and not sleeping on a bare mattress like I used to. Then there's the new job. I hit the ground running, so to speak, impressing just about everyone including myself. Still... once again I must remember that working on one problem doesn't make all the old ones disappear. I pretty much burned myself out in the first week and spent most of this weekend sleeping. It's something of a repeat of old behaviours, where no matter how well I do initially, sometimes my self-doubt gets the better of me and I feel like I just can't do it any more. Still, there's only so long I can keep moping, and I have a team meeting in the morning. Before I go, this week's mug shot:
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