Update on my transition at 48 years old. Body changes on HRT, Dress shopping, Saying good-bye to the old me, I have a wedding ring :), No longer getting clocked
You definitely have had a great success by 6 months that's amazing. I am not where you were being 5 months hrt but have had some improvements. I am getting boob growth which feels amazing. I haven't noticed any changes in my face other than from electrolysis unfortunately. I wish that wasn't the case. My hair is slowly getting better and I am loving that. I really resonated with what you said about wearing skirts in public as a man. I used to do the same thing. I laughed out loud when you mentioned the fact that people would secretly record you with their cell phones. I had the exact same experience. Please record me try to be very secretive. Sometimes they would laugh and snicker or point. I used to love playing with them. I remember one couple trying to secretly take pictures of me inside a store. I kept moving out of position so they had to keep following me. And then I stopped my back towards them. But I figured they were right in the middle of taking the picture I whipped around really quickly. I caught them in the act. They were so embarrassed and tried to deny it. I what's a good sport though. I told him that it was okay and if they wanted to they could get a picture with me. And they did. I got many other stories like that. I do know that when I go out in public wearing a skirt now I get much less attention than I used to. Most of the time nobody even notices. Maybe the changes are more than I think. Thanks for sharing.
Your videos literally cause me to shake. That's the value I place in your willingness to relate your journey in all of its glorious, tragic beauty! As transwomen, we're all a trainwreck till we pick up the pieces...❤❤❤🙋♀️
Thank you for sharing it is very helpful. There is very little out here for us older folks. Seeing such a positive experience like yours is affirming and wonderful. I hope you find the time to update us now and then. What a great family you have. Your smile says it all.
Thank you Jeff for the encouragement. When I started transitioning, I just wanted to be under the radar. I never wanted to be an advocate...but I realized how much other people's stories have impacted and encouraged me and so in addition to documenting this journey for myself...perhaps I can return the favour that so many others gave me in sharing my own walk.
Yes it all happens when it happens.I wish I'd done this twenty years ago but having said that it would have been much harder then.I am envious of young transgenders as they have their whole lives Infront of them.As I've said when I'm sorted I'll be an old hen.I am still very grateful for the chance to be who I should be.Ive been very rocky on the hormones lately all over the place.I guess it's just shit we have to get through as transgender women.Keep at it kid you'll reach the end of the rainbow.Best wishes Karen XX
Thank you so much Karen :) Wishing you much joy on your journey as well. It feels so good to connect with people like you who have been there, are there, and on the same journey. Thank you!
Wow, I am feeling the same. I work at a African American museum as a volunteer archivist and I am reading all of these stories and accounts of African Americans. Most have passed away in the 80s and 90s, but so many quietly spoke of a feeling that they were glad to get equal rights, but many of them were in their 50s and 60s. A few wrote how they looked at the younger generation of African American youths and it upset them because they would never know a life under Jim Crow and other segregation laws. Sadly, one said that it was a life wasted whenever he looked at his age and knew that his life was one under segregation. I am one of those kids, born in the 70s... but also knowing that I was transgender in the 70s. Here I am 40 plus years and looking at the young transgenders and it becomes one of the main sadness of my life. So, I still go forward, but I wish i could have transitioned in the 80s.
Karen Marie Little interesting I also work in my local museum as a volunteer once a week.I guess it shows one's age when you look at some of the exhibits and say to yourself I remember using that.
Yes watching UA-cam and other transgender journeys is encouraging and useful in understanding some of the things you will experience along the way.I now have an understanding of a variety of things I've experienced simply by listening to others.
Thank you so much for this update. Ignore the haters! You are wonderful. Be careful buying to many clothes your body will continue to change for anywhere from 1-3 years till it basically stabilizes
LOL - Just last month I had to buy new jeans because my old ones weren't fitting properly. A month later and my hips are starting to fill in and the jeans are getting tight. We just went through the clothes game with our teenagers growing a 1/2" a month last year - now I'm on the other side of that :) Loving the changes though!
About the haters - I buried my first wife to cancer at the age of 32. She left me with our 1st son who has Prune Belly Syndrome. My 2nd wife and I spent the 1st 7 years of his life living in hospitals with multiple surgeries as we tried to get his renal function under check...Transitioning now is a joy that comes with a lot of empathy for others who simply can not understand. I don't expect others to know anything about what I'm going through - but I can have grace for their ignorance. A fellow (Robert) commented below yours about "Coo Coo" land...it's not his walk and good on him for voicing his opinion even if it's out of ignorance. Circumstance comes knocking to everyone and you can only walk with an ignorant attitude for so long until life puts you in your place. Luckily, there are a lot of other great people out there who have the capacity to accept - it is those people who have had hard walks themselves in some form that allow them to do that.
@@changinggender5293 can I ask what your doseage is for e and spironolactone? I see you are taking oral e. What did your doctor sat about that? Do they have other older transwomen? In my studies I have seen where it is bad for older women as it causes liver issues it is suggested that we use either topical gel or injectable.
@@changinggender5293 hey another thing, it would be great to get prospective from your wife's point. Do you think she would be up to doing a post to your site?
@@MrBhofff I was extremely concerned about health. Lots of cancer, diabetes and heart conditions in my family. Had a complete physical with 3-month heart examination - everything from heart stress test to wearing a monitor. Fit as a fiddle. Both my wife and I are raw plant-based so health issues like liver are reduced dramatically when your daily fat intake is at 10-15%, don't drink and don't smoke. I've gradually been increased from 1mg of Estradiol to 8 mg oral a day and I started Spironolactone 2 months(?) after E at a dose of 50 mg and now at 200 mg daily. I've had my blood checked almost monthly and the values are spot on for where I need to be according to our Dr. This last month I did self reduce the Spiro down to 150 mg. The jump to 200 was a bit much and I didn't like the side effects (bloating, gas) but will get back up there as my body adjusts to it. The drugs chosen were discussed and based on the least side effects / long term health effects with the best results and balanced with monthly costs and availability. I can't speak about any other drugs or anyone elses experiences, but I've been extremely happy with the results of the Estradiol and Spironolactone with very little concern about long term issues. My Dr. knows I'm a freak about long term health.
Agreed! Rather be an old hen :) Thanks for the encouragement Karen, as much as I'd like to just quietly be myself I know how much other people's stories helped encourage me...so I have to push myself to do the same. My only regret is not knowing sooner in life, but then, perhaps I wouldn't be married to such a wonderful partner and perhaps I wouldn't have 2 beautiful teens. Life happens when and how it happens for a reason and in perfect timing.
Azarah Eden it takes some people time, dysphoria probably did happen since she was younger. She may have not known what dysphoria is, it took me many years to figure out i am ftm,,I’ve felt dysphoria since I was v young I just didn’t know what dysphoria was or that transgender was a thing.
6 months? What an accomplishment. We need a parade.
Hey I can imagined and realised how you have changed after such a life-changing experience. God bless you and have a wonderful life ahead.
Thank you for this. I love seeing tips and videos for our younger sisters but it’s really nice to see and hear the experience of someone my age.
You definitely have had a great success by 6 months that's amazing. I am not where you were being 5 months hrt but have had some improvements. I am getting boob growth which feels amazing. I haven't noticed any changes in my face other than from electrolysis unfortunately. I wish that wasn't the case. My hair is slowly getting better and I am loving that. I really resonated with what you said about wearing skirts in public as a man. I used to do the same thing. I laughed out loud when you mentioned the fact that people would secretly record you with their cell phones. I had the exact same experience. Please record me try to be very secretive. Sometimes they would laugh and snicker or point. I used to love playing with them. I remember one couple trying to secretly take pictures of me inside a store. I kept moving out of position so they had to keep following me. And then I stopped my back towards them. But I figured they were right in the middle of taking the picture I whipped around really quickly. I caught them in the act. They were so embarrassed and tried to deny it. I what's a good sport though. I told him that it was okay and if they wanted to they could get a picture with me. And they did. I got many other stories like that. I do know that when I go out in public wearing a skirt now I get much less attention than I used to. Most of the time nobody even notices. Maybe the changes are more than I think. Thanks for sharing.
Your videos literally cause me to shake. That's the value I place in your willingness to relate your journey in all of its glorious, tragic beauty! As transwomen, we're all a trainwreck till we pick up the pieces...❤❤❤🙋♀️
Thank you for sharing it is very helpful. There is very little out here for us older folks. Seeing such a positive experience like yours is affirming and wonderful. I hope you find the time to update us now and then. What a great family you have. Your smile says it all.
Thank you Jeff for the encouragement. When I started transitioning, I just wanted to be under the radar. I never wanted to be an advocate...but I realized how much other people's stories have impacted and encouraged me and so in addition to documenting this journey for myself...perhaps I can return the favour that so many others gave me in sharing my own walk.
Love this. Thank you for sharing your wonderful journey.
Thank you Jamie ❤️
Yes it all happens when it happens.I wish I'd done this twenty years ago but having said that it would have been much harder then.I am envious of young transgenders as they have their whole lives Infront of them.As I've said when I'm sorted I'll be an old hen.I am still very grateful for the chance to be who I should be.Ive been very rocky on the hormones lately all over the place.I guess it's just shit we have to get through as transgender women.Keep at it kid you'll reach the end of the rainbow.Best wishes Karen XX
Thank you so much Karen :) Wishing you much joy on your journey as well. It feels so good to connect with people like you who have been there, are there, and on the same journey. Thank you!
Wow, I am feeling the same. I work at a African American museum as a volunteer archivist and I am reading all of these stories and accounts of African Americans. Most have passed away in the 80s and 90s, but so many quietly spoke of a feeling that they were glad to get equal rights, but many of them were in their 50s and 60s. A few wrote how they looked at the younger generation of African American youths and it upset them because they would never know a life under Jim Crow and other segregation laws. Sadly, one said that it was a life wasted whenever he looked at his age and knew that his life was one under segregation. I am one of those kids, born in the 70s... but also knowing that I was transgender in the 70s. Here I am 40 plus years and looking at the young transgenders and it becomes one of the main sadness of my life. So, I still go forward, but I wish i could have transitioned in the 80s.
Karen Marie Little interesting I also work in my local museum as a volunteer once a week.I guess it shows one's age when you look at some of the exhibits and say to yourself I remember using that.
Yes watching UA-cam and other transgender journeys is encouraging and useful in understanding some of the things you will experience along the way.I now have an understanding of a variety of things I've experienced simply by listening to others.
Thank you so much for this update. Ignore the haters! You are wonderful. Be careful buying to many clothes your body will continue to change for anywhere from 1-3 years till it basically stabilizes
LOL - Just last month I had to buy new jeans because my old ones weren't fitting properly. A month later and my hips are starting to fill in and the jeans are getting tight. We just went through the clothes game with our teenagers growing a 1/2" a month last year - now I'm on the other side of that :) Loving the changes though!
About the haters - I buried my first wife to cancer at the age of 32. She left me with our 1st son who has Prune Belly Syndrome. My 2nd wife and I spent the 1st 7 years of his life living in hospitals with multiple surgeries as we tried to get his renal function under check...Transitioning now is a joy that comes with a lot of empathy for others who simply can not understand. I don't expect others to know anything about what I'm going through - but I can have grace for their ignorance. A fellow (Robert) commented below yours about "Coo Coo" land...it's not his walk and good on him for voicing his opinion even if it's out of ignorance. Circumstance comes knocking to everyone and you can only walk with an ignorant attitude for so long until life puts you in your place. Luckily, there are a lot of other great people out there who have the capacity to accept - it is those people who have had hard walks themselves in some form that allow them to do that.
@@changinggender5293 can I ask what your doseage is for e and spironolactone? I see you are taking oral e. What did your doctor sat about that? Do they have other older transwomen? In my studies I have seen where it is bad for older women as it causes liver issues it is suggested that we use either topical gel or injectable.
@@changinggender5293 hey another thing, it would be great to get prospective from your wife's point. Do you think she would be up to doing a post to your site?
@@MrBhofff I was extremely concerned about health. Lots of cancer, diabetes and heart conditions in my family. Had a complete physical with 3-month heart examination - everything from heart stress test to wearing a monitor. Fit as a fiddle. Both my wife and I are raw plant-based so health issues like liver are reduced dramatically when your daily fat intake is at 10-15%, don't drink and don't smoke. I've gradually been increased from 1mg of Estradiol to 8 mg oral a day and I started Spironolactone 2 months(?) after E at a dose of 50 mg and now at 200 mg daily. I've had my blood checked almost monthly and the values are spot on for where I need to be according to our Dr. This last month I did self reduce the Spiro down to 150 mg. The jump to 200 was a bit much and I didn't like the side effects (bloating, gas) but will get back up there as my body adjusts to it. The drugs chosen were discussed and based on the least side effects / long term health effects with the best results and balanced with monthly costs and availability. I can't speak about any other drugs or anyone elses experiences, but I've been extremely happy with the results of the Estradiol and Spironolactone with very little concern about long term issues. My Dr. knows I'm a freak about long term health.
you seem so lovely! hope you're doing well 🌞
Thank you :)
God Bless
Nice to see a video for us older transgender folks.we can all be old hens together.Mind you I'd rather be an old hen than a cockerel.God bless you.
Agreed! Rather be an old hen :) Thanks for the encouragement Karen, as much as I'd like to just quietly be myself I know how much other people's stories helped encourage me...so I have to push myself to do the same. My only regret is not knowing sooner in life, but then, perhaps I wouldn't be married to such a wonderful partner and perhaps I wouldn't have 2 beautiful teens. Life happens when and how it happens for a reason and in perfect timing.
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Seriously ???
You must have known as a child, not 47 years old
Seriously !
No dysphoria at all for 47 years ?
Azarah Eden it takes some people time, dysphoria probably did happen since she was younger. She may have not known what dysphoria is, it took me many years to figure out i am ftm,,I’ve felt dysphoria since I was v young I just didn’t know what dysphoria was or that transgender was a thing.