It’s been a little over a year since a Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis scared the hell out of me. Immediately my mind filled with worst case scenarios: blindness, nerve damage, amputations… Today, it’s official that I’ve lost 106lbs (down from 356 to 250). My A1C (blood sugar) is in the…
Following my previous posts about gender transition from CAFAB to male, I finally had my appointment with Dr. Vanek at Legacy Clinic on California Street near Montrose in Houston. I’ve been waiting months for this because the earliest new patient appointments for HRT are usually ages after that first, gut-wrenching…
Following yesterday’s post… My first thought was to follow the WPATH solution of finding a therapist first. Please understand I’m not an expert, and I’m a bit of an anarchist, and my hatred of gatekeepers telling me what I feel and whether it’s valid colors every word I’m about to…
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. That’s true literally every day, but today it feels especially true. Today, I called Legacy Community Health Clinic on Montrose in downtown Houston and made an appointment to see a doctor who can prescribe me Testosterone. I’ve agonized for…
I’ve had some ups and downs with my health over the course of the past 33 years. Chronic mood disorders have plagued me since I was a child, and I was barely a teen when I first realized my “female” parts hated me–undergoing a unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at 13 for a…
