three-month hormoniversary, 22nd february 2013.
i am in minneapolis and forgot my good camera at home in duluth, so you get low-res laptop camera pictures this time around. also, i couldn’t decide which of these i liked best, so i just posted them all.
it has been a month of ups and downs, i suppose. some days, i see a pretty girl. other days i feel like a clownish impostor, like the elephant in the room whenever i’m in public. … the major dysphoria inducer for me right now is when i have to shave each morning. it’s not a lot, but having to deal with it at all just can really cast a pall on my day. i’m working on electrolysis and everything, but it’s sooooo slow.
i’ve noticed that i get hung over much more quickly, haha. the spironolactone i’m on already makes you dehydrated, and that just contributes to everything. :-/
but on a positive note, my hair is looking nice. and my chest is super tender, which means things are happening. some days i think my nipples are bigger. but they were pretty big to begin with. ^^
i’m going back to the doctor on the 4th of april, and i hoping we can increase my dose then, so that will help, too.
so yeah, ups and downs. things aren’t perfect, but there’s a long way to go and i hope to see more of the girl i glimpse in the mirror now and then. i do think i’m going to feel better in general when it finally starts getting warmer and i can wear some different and new things, too. :)