One Month on T!!!!!!
So I hit one month on t a couple days ago and changes are thus:
more body hair everywhere especially on my stomach and arms but I'm a little more fuzzy everywhere
enough facial hair that i felt the need to shave it and did with success
deeper voice but not that much deeper and not since about two to three weeks
I'm not exhausted anymore which is nice. I'm glad that effect has worn off
maybe a little hungrier
One more thing. I would like to put forth an unforeseen effect of t-gel specifically. I have not had a stable nigh time routine in years, and the fact that I'm taking t-gel every night and it's something I can't just skip has turned it into an actual routine for me. I brush my teeth and wash my face, then shower, moisturize my face, t-gel, and pajamas. I feel so much better in the evenings and it is so much easier to fall asleep it's insane.
For the past few days some of the kids at my work have been telling my coworker (we’ll call him Sam for simplicity’s sake) has Sam disease but will not elaborate on what that means. Today they were at it again and told me that because I was standing next to him I caught it, and that only boys could catch it. My boss shut it down and made the kids apologize, but hearing this one kid validate my gender over and over made me so happy.
Today I was talking to a kid and one of my coworkers and somehow surgery was brought up. I mentioned that I was going to have a surgery last summer but it didn’t happen because after the consultation they canceled it because I was too young. My coworker asked me if it was “gestures at chest” and when I said yes she said something along the lines of : oh that’s so, hard a lot of my friends are going through that. And I’ve gotten a lot of validation about my pain and anger from my friends and the trans people around me, but to have a cis person I barely know just get it felt so so good.
Today I had my first day of work and a kid came up to me with a fortune teller and gave me the fortune “ you will be a boy”. So my transition is backed by middle school fortune tellers.
I'm fine with they/them but not frequently like you can call me they once a month as a treat