thedugan

Being Transgender is just a medical issue, one that I hadn't really thought of as a show-stopper except for a period (brief it seems now) from 2010 to when I stared hormone replacement therapy in 2017. The five year anniversary is Oct 16th.... I've continued to improve emotionally and physically, despite being 63. I don't look a lot different to most people, I suppose - but 'appearance issues' have started to bug me over the last year. Having breasts makes me happy - but the Aspie that runs things for me most of the time doesn't understand that. Being able to express and understand emotions is why I'm transitioning this late in the game - I grew up with "high-functioning" Autism. I didn't know that until about 2012, I'd reached to point where "logic-ing my way through life" just didn't work anymore. Neurologically, I wasn't working at all well - I saw a psychiatrist, I saw a therapist (then another). I started hormone therapy. From the onset of HRT, it was obvious what the issue