Wishing all the luck in the world. Also CHEERS!!!!!!
**where did i put the tequila..... damn... water it is
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Transgaf: 'cause boys will be girls (and vice versa)
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Wishing all the luck in the world. Also CHEERS!!!!!!
**where did i put the tequila..... damn... water it is
Box of Bunnies
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Thanks
Apparently mum's going through some stuff 'cause of a couple of uncles' health though and I don't really want to be lumping more on her right now so I'm bailing on plans for tonight.
Will probably just write a letter or something to leave at their place or something in a week or two. Kinda disappointed now that it's not happening, woulda been nice to get it out of the way, and coulda used the support if it worked out well.
Will keep the thread updated.
ComputerMKII
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I wasn't sure whether this would be relevant to this thread. Sorry if it isn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--V5gtQIv4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGNz6wOGiQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--V5gtQIv4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGNz6wOGiQ
Femmeworth
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Context?
ComputerMKII
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These are video game speed runs commended by their authors, who are transsexuals. NeoGAF is a video game site, so...
Femmeworth
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It's fine that you posted the videos, I just don't know who they are.
ComputerMKII
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They have Twitch profiles:
http://www.twitch.tv/DamDamLive/profile
http://www.twitch.tv/rayas__/profile
Erin S Kittens
Member
Saw this on my Facebook feed today, it made me feel warm <3
Erin S Kittens
Member
I'd avatar quote you, but I've got more confidence in you than that. You can do it!
Well I found a little courage, but I had to leave a message with my endo's nurse since no one was available. Oooooof, my stomach is doing flips.
Edit:
Endo's office called back, guess I'm looking for a new endocrinologist! Dang it.
Yeah but one would expect that she at least would tell the EVO staff
Erin S Kittens
Member
"When do you tell people about your transgender status?"
"Usually after we've had sex a few times."
BlueBadger
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Well I just had a huge heart attack. I have a notebook I've been writing my thoughts and feelings in so I had an idea on stuff to discuss with my therapist, and I left it open this morning on my desk at home on a page in huge letters outing myself. Normally my wife gets home from work before me, that would have been a tiny bit awkward.
Really want to talk to her about this stuff, but I at least want to wait until after she is done visiting family this weekend.
Really want to talk to her about this stuff, but I at least want to wait until after she is done visiting family this weekend.
I did warn you.
Sometimes I think I am the only one here that never was banned on a thread like those =P
Here is a good answer to why correct pronoums are important
Here is a good answer to why correct pronoums are important
Jealous, I really want to start electrolysis soon.
How much did it hurt?
A lot, lol.
Still I'd be so excited to have that done.
Oh, trust me I am! I just didn't expect it to be that bad... But I've always been one who could never handle pain
Erin S Kittens
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First, I want to congratulate you on your first electro session.
Now that that's out of the way, I'd like to tell you my horror story. The pain is incredible. I've got very sensitive skin, and I couldn't take it indefinitely. I did about 14 of them before I threw in the towel. The pain was unconscionable, and after it hit me that I'd have to do this every week, for two hours a session for at least 2 years, I started having the worst anxiety all throughout the week about the pain. Ended up doing a few laser sessions, which still hurt but were much shorter and had much stronger results, but now I just epilate and pluck, occasionally shave if I need to be somewhere and haven't bothered in a few days but just as often don't bother, since it grows sparsely enough. I don't think I could ever tolerate an electro session ever again. That electric probe going in your face, then JZZT JZZT JZZT DDDD:First, I want to congratulate you on your first electro session.
I was considering other methods but I'd rather just get the pain out of the way so afterward I never have to shave again. I'm also only doing 15 min sessions right now... I don't know how you did two hours
Erin S Kittens
Member
Under the nose looks like you are putting a nail in your brain.
In the neck is less than an ant bite
Take one of this
And pluck a hair from under your nose, your chin and your neck.
Now think this x10
Box of Bunnies
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Wow electrolysis sounds nasty.
I've been told I should get pretty good results from laser so hopefully any electro I need for cleanup will be minimal. Experience with laser so far is that it's mostly just repeated short, sharp stings really, the anticipation is as bad as the pain with it.
I've been told I should get pretty good results from laser so hopefully any electro I need for cleanup will be minimal. Experience with laser so far is that it's mostly just repeated short, sharp stings really, the anticipation is as bad as the pain with it.
We have a joke here in Mexico that goes:
**Cual es el pelo mas largo del cuerpo?
**El de la nariz, arracate uno y te duele hasta el culo.
For those non spanish spokers:
"Which is the longest hair in your body"
"The ones in the nose, pluck one and it will hurt down to your ass"
Erin S Kittens
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Definitely do laser first. I can't believe I did electro--even worse, I, well...
;_; The electrologist spent their final 9 sessions on me working exclusively. on. my. septum. and. surrounding. area. hoooooly fuck. 1-2 hours per session. i felt like it would definitely be in violation of the geneva convention... literal PTSD
I'm kind of frustrated that my electrologist has 8 weeks holidays. Now I gotta wait for another 4 weeks for my appointment.
I hate how you have to grow your hair slightly beforehand tough. Wearing a scarf in summer looks weird but at least not as weird as having tits and a beard.
I hate how you have to grow your hair slightly beforehand tough. Wearing a scarf in summer looks weird but at least not as weird as having tits and a beard.
I've now had... *counts*... 84 hours of electrolysis. (Wow, didn't know it was that many already.)
A couple of weeks ago, I actually fell asleep during her doing the absolute most painful area (my upper lip). *laughs* It still hurts, but I think by this point I've just kind of gotten used to it. There was definitely a point where I really wanted to quit, though. Certain areas can hurt so much that you'll start crying and not even necessarily know it until you feel the tears rolling down your cheeks. Thankfully, I didn't quit, and I can absolutely see the progress.
The problem is that I had pretty thick, curly hairs on my face (can't remember if that's from being a redhead or from having curly hair or both), so progress of getting through the toughest hairs was slow.
I will also sayand I don't mean to directly contradict anybody specificallythat my electrologist said that it was good that I didn't go for laser first. That's for me specifically, but depending on your own situation, anyone who hasn't started either might get a few opinions to see which would be the better choice for them.
(And I know that laser doesn't work well for redheads, but I had enough hairs that could have worked that I could have gone that route for at least some of them.)
Kind of similar to how it went for me, except we didn't have pizza. I wanted to have post-coming out pizza! *pouts*
Congrats, and good luck. Being a number of years after what you just went through, it's been both easier and harder than I thought it would be given how that initial conversation went.
A couple of weeks ago, I actually fell asleep during her doing the absolute most painful area (my upper lip). *laughs* It still hurts, but I think by this point I've just kind of gotten used to it. There was definitely a point where I really wanted to quit, though. Certain areas can hurt so much that you'll start crying and not even necessarily know it until you feel the tears rolling down your cheeks. Thankfully, I didn't quit, and I can absolutely see the progress.
The problem is that I had pretty thick, curly hairs on my face (can't remember if that's from being a redhead or from having curly hair or both), so progress of getting through the toughest hairs was slow.
I will also sayand I don't mean to directly contradict anybody specificallythat my electrologist said that it was good that I didn't go for laser first. That's for me specifically, but depending on your own situation, anyone who hasn't started either might get a few opinions to see which would be the better choice for them.
(And I know that laser doesn't work well for redheads, but I had enough hairs that could have worked that I could have gone that route for at least some of them.)
Kind of similar to how it went for me, except we didn't have pizza. I wanted to have post-coming out pizza! *pouts*
Congrats, and good luck. Being a number of years after what you just went through, it's been both easier and harder than I thought it would be given how that initial conversation went.
That's so sweet.
I think that will happen to me too at one point since it almost did already. lol
That's fantastic!
Congrats! That is awesome.