Month: August 2008

Today whilst browsing some of the links I had visited before I noticed a link to the ‘NewCTN‘ Yahoo! Group, the initials turned out to be something called the ‘Canberra Transgender Network‘ so I went to investigate. I signed up for the group and got almost instant access, and went browsing for information. I read some of the mail archives and added my bit to some of the more recent posts, particularly as some I cold answer from direct experience.

When I had finished I browsed their links page, and came across another interesting link called ‘Tranny Radio‘ which was a site dedicated to Cross Dressers, Transvestites, Drag Queens and Transgendered people, and they are based out of Sydney. I threw caution to the wind and signed up there as well, my membership was approved in a short time and I was able to setup a profile of myself. ‘Tranny Radio‘ also has online Chat facilities that seem popular so I got stuck in there. Almost immediately I was asked if I was going to the ‘Ball’, and of course not knowing anything about it, said exactly that. Many were quick to point me to the website and the ticket page saying there were still tickets available, I dismissed the idea as I knew I was going diving the following weekend and guessed there was no way that Ally would entertain the idea (not to mention a girl has to have something to wear!).

All in all, if there are any Trans* people in the ACT that are not part of NewCTN, I wholly recommend joining, the are a nice bunch of people and the group is fairly low volume.

Well following my “what not to wear” episode, I went shopping today with Ally, and we bought a few items for the gym.  I now have:

• A skin tone elasticated bra of the correct size
• A number of sports ‘singlets’ with builtin ‘support’.

These fit nicely, and came very cheap.  K-Mart seems to have been the answer to my earlier problems. 😉

There is a good television program that Ally and I love, called, “what not to wear”, hosted by ‘Trinny’ and ‘Susanna’. If you’ve seen it you’ll know Trinny and Susanna have been on a bit of a crusade to ensure the women of Britain get the correct fitting bras. Of course I’m neither in Britain nor a woman, yet, and so I have to deal with my boobies myself. That said, I have had a little help, and I have a couple of bras; one I use in particular for the gym as it’s slightly too small, but very elasticated and holds everything where it should.

I have some lessons I needed to learn, and the hard way seems to be my lot in life, rather than having Trinny or Susanna to help. Here’s what not to do when going to the gym. Don’t wear a tight t-shirt, it tends to body hug, and your boobies tend to become noticeable. Don’t where a black bra under a white t-shirt (Doh!), especially a t-shirt that is not very thick, as a little bit of sweat will cause it to go transparent (Double Doh!). Worse still don’t do both!

Yes, guilty as charged, black bra under a tight(ish) thin(ish) wet and very transparent white t-shirt…. Little wonder people were staring, and nudging each other. 🙁

Well I’ve had boobies for a while, but today I really knew about it.  They hurt, very tender, and very much ‘budding’ they had been sensitive for a few days, but today something aggravated them and they bit back.

My answer was I put my bra on, and soon after they were a lot better.  A little reading indicates I am somewhere around Tanner Stage II and heading towards Tanner Stage III rapidly.  All indications says it can hurt, and out new receptionist found it quite funny, and suggested that as I was “budding” maybe I should wear a bra more often – like all the time, unless I wanted boobs to my knees.

Well good news…

Went to to the doctors again today, to get official comment on the last two blood tests,a nd talk about things in general. Turns out that my bloods are back to normal. Yay!!

The doctor, asked about the patches, and I showed the marks, he commented about that they wouldn’t do, and that about 20% of people react to the patches (whether hormone or just nicotine etc). I commented that I was running out of viable skin to use for the patches. After a few thoughtful moments he instructed me to start taking two 2mg Progynova tables per day, and to stop the patches to allow my skin to recover.

The doctor finished by setting me up for another blood test, in November, giving me another prescription, and said unless I have problems he shouldn’t need to see me until November.

Finally I’m getting somewhere. 😉