Transition Update

• Posted by Penny Zenny August 24, 2011 #  2,139 views
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  Hi, Its been a while since my last proper update. Well, I have been living full time now for over two and a half years. I have been on hormones for over one and a half years. Although I changed my identity 6 months prior I "officially" went full time on 1st Jan 2009.

   

  Hormones have been excellent. My skin has softened and I generally feel good about myself. My boobs have grown slightly. My oestrogen and testosterone levels are within normal levels for a natal woman my age. It has taken me a while to get my levels within the normal range because my support doctor says its better to go the slow route as a gentle approach generally produces better affects in the long term.

   

  When I last spoke to my support doctor in July2011 we spoke about surgery and agreed that that was my 1st referral and in 6 months I will attend my 2nd referral. At which point we will discuss techniques and start the process of electrolysis down below.

   

  So thats my transition status which I am very happy about. However, as usual, being transgendered, transitioning is only a facet of life. My life has been extremely difficult in the last year to which I will cover briefly...

   

  I attended the court case of the two lads who threatened to break my arms and legs and throw me in the river and gave evidence. They received 150 hours community service each and I was awarded £400 compensation.

   

  I had 10 sessions of CBT on the NHS to help me cope with the psychological trauma after one year of harassment from my neighbours downstairs threatening to petrol bomb my vehicle and accusing me daily of being a paedophile.

   

  I was repossessed after being unemployed for over 2 years. I lost my home and moved into private rented accommodation. It is a shared house and initially the housemate seemed quite nice. She is a post op transsexual of 3 years. However, after a few weeks she has systematically made life a living hell. Options available to me are very limited and this situation has yet to play out.

   

  As you can appreciate I dont really want to drag out all the details of how this household hasnt worked but one thing I can say is that for everything I have tried in trying to make this work I have been met with an unsympathetic and stubborn attitude that shows no compromise. So what can I do?

   

  Anyway, enough of all of that, I have had over 10 sessions of acupuncture on the NHS to help reduce the chronic pain of my stress related trapped nerve in my shoulder. I am doing yoga positions, that my NHS physio has taught me, to help me relax and I have recently started anti-depressants which raise my seritonin which have been really good with adding perspective and clarity to my thoughts.

   

  I havent had any alcohol this week but I was abusing it quite extensively since I have moved into this new home until I started the anti-depressants and I managed to fall down the stairs and break a toe! lol. I am currently using a walking stick to hobble around and my doctor says it can take 6-8 weeks. The pain and swelling have gone down a lot but I still have to be careful I dont strain myself and make it worse.

   

  Ok, that should be enough for nowI have too much life crammed in, would anyone like some? lol

   

  Thanks for reading and take care.

  Love to you

  Penny

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