Questions for Transguys from other Transguys

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Galahad

First therapy session went great. She was very supportive and thought I needed to go ahead with getting t right away. She didn't think starting at my age was a big deal and she encouraged me to start and at least live my last years as authentically as possible. I will see her at least until I get approval for any surgeries I can get. She sees many transgendered teens and young adults now. It was a happy surprise.

This is fantastic! Seems to me it couldn't have gone any better!

Congrats!

Keep us updated here, or make your own thread to share your journey!

I'm no spring chicken either, so it was great to hear that your therapist considered that and understood it was important that she not "require" therapy in order to write you a letter.

[JDeere]

Any of yall had weight loss surgery?

I'm looking into it, just wanted to see if anyone else has.

[Vincent]

Originally Posted by JDeere

Any of yall had weight loss surgery?

I'm looking into it, just wanted to see if anyone else has.

No
I just changed my lifestyle and lost weight,then I was told that on T you can eat and not get fat,not true for me.
I have an eating disorder,and put on more weight after I started T.
I decide after having a tumor removed from my head/neck,I would get fit,I was 52,it took time but I got super fit,unfortunatly in 2014,I got cancer and a bone disease,but now I'm on a get fit again,I'm 59 in 8 weeks.

JD just start slow,I used a overeaters annonymous group food plan,but mainly just ate small amounts,but really just stopped sugar and processed foods.
I hope this helps
Also exercise,Tetosterone will build muscle,like crazy.
I never had shoulders,now I have that square look,really broad shoulders,but I swam for years the T just seems to have made them big.

[JDeere]

Originally Posted by Vincent

No
I just changed my lifestyle and lost weight,then I was told that on T you can eat and not get fat,not true for me.
I have an eating disorder,and put on more weight after I started T.
I decide after having a tumor removed from my head/neck,I would get fit,I was 52,it took time but I got super fit,unfortunatly in 2014,I got cancer and a bone disease,but now I'm on a get fit again,I'm 59 in 8 weeks.

JD just start slow,I used a overeaters annonymous group food plan,but mainly just ate small amounts,but really just stopped sugar and processed foods.
I hope this helps
Also exercise,Tetosterone will build muscle,like crazy.
I never had shoulders,now I have that square look,really broad shoulders,but I swam for years the T just seems to have made them big.

Ive been way overweight since I was 13, im 41 now, I lost 60 pounds back in 2010 but that was due to being in a coma for 5 months and dying twice on the table to save my life due to a blocked bile duct/dead gallbladder with sepsis. It all came back and I've been on different diets, several from my doctors approval to no avail, he may say no but its worth a shot to get off a lot of medications I take.