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How do you take T and have you tried other ways (eg injection, pellets…)?

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I currently inject 4ml of Reandron 1000 into my butt every 10 weeks. This is a slow release form of Testosterone, meaning that I don’t have to recieve an injection anywhere near as often as I used to while on Sustanon 250 – which was 1ml every 2 weeks.

I have thought about pellets, however right now Reandron is working fairly well for me. It was only the other day I was talking to my Wife about how I might like to see my current GP regarding other routes of administration, more specifically the pellets, because it’s something I do think about occasionally.

I have never used creams or gels, though. They’re not something I was ever really interested in trying.

Can you go into more detail about how you changed your gender legally?

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Sure can.

I waited until I had my hysto before I changed my gender, as I was able to get my hysto covered by the government while I was still legally female.

There were mere months before I “had” to get my gender changed, in order to be able to legally marry my Wife. We’d booked out wedding, sent out invitations etc.

Right after my Hysto I began the process of getting my marker changed on my birth certificate. There were forms I could download from the Births, Deaths and Marriages website, which included explicit instructions detailing what evidence I must provide etc.
The “main” thing was the form requiring two independant statutory declerations (legally binding) from two different Medical Doctors which had either administered Hormone Treatment or Surgery pertaining to my gender reassignment.

My chest surgeon was a few hours drive away, and ridiculously expensive for even a consult requiring just a signature. I decided to get my treating GP (of almost 8 years at that stage) to sign one of the stat. dec’s, and my Hysto surgeon the other. It was pretty specific in the fact that they both had to be present and witness each other’s signings, but luckily my GP was super accomodating and met me at the Hysto surgeon’s consult rooms one day after they’d both finished work.

I was super paranoid that B, D & M’s wouldn’t, for whatever reason, accept my paperwork – so I overcompensated by providing official copies (signed by a Justice of the Peace) of every single piece of medical paperwork, psychological reports etc pertaining to my transition to date. I also had to pay a fee somewhere in the vicinity of $60-$100. I can’t remember exactly.

All in all, I certainly went overboard but the turn around time was fairly rapid for a Government organisation, and I had my ammended Birth Certificate in the mail. Previously my old Birth Cert had, on the reverse, a “change of name” declaration, indicating my name had been changed from BIRTH NAME to CURRENT NAME in giant, bold letters. Now, there is no such thing on my Birth Certificate – it says “Male” next to my Sex, and has my current name without mention of previous – which was a welcome relief.

Internal Conflict.

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I often feel like a hypocrite, or paradoxical at the very
least.

I have been stealth for my entire transition, “deep stealth”
for the last nine years. It’s the way I wanted things to be, because being
transsexual is not my identity and is not who I am.

But recently I’ve begun to yearn for some form of… not
visibility per se, but a safe place where I can speak openly about my history
and the issues that go along with being post-transition.

In a town such as this, where being different could mean
something as small as not conforming to the town’s narrow and outdated idea of
dress codes, it feel suffocating to know that those around me would likely
literally harm me if they were to find out about my history.

I am relived that we are fitting in here so well according
to societal norm, while at the same time frustrated with the lack of open
minded individuals. Not even in relation to outing myself, because I guess that’s
not entirely the crux of the problem – more so just feeling as though I can
relate on a wholly human level without a sense of pretence or distain for those
that may not share my views, whatever they may be.

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I now remember why I got my hyso before I changed my sex! Thank goodness for Wives with great memories.

I could have legally done it before hand, however if I wanted my hysto covered by medicare I needed to be legally female to do so. Men don’t need hystos, there’s no code in the system to put it through if I were legally male already.
I wanted it covered via public health, so I waited to change my sex in order to do so.

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djmadda-hiphop said: I legally changed my sex on my birth certificate to Male without having hysto – only having had top surgery….

For some reason, my GP at the time told me I had to have two surgical interventions prior to them being able to change it. I wasn’t opposed to it anyway, because my pre-hysto tests came back not good so it was time for that junk to get removed regardless. I will admit to being ticked off when I found out they’d likely change my sex as I’d had one surgical intervention, and one other medical intervention (testosterone). Of course, I did literally submit every single medical document relating to my transition as evidence because I was so paranoid they’d refuse me. And the BDM required my GP + at least one surgeon to sign a statutory declaration saying I’d had the procedures as specified.

angels-sang-a-whiskeylullaby said: That’s a huge dose.. I’m on 0.5ml per week,….

Reandron 1000 is a slow release form of Testosterone, meaning I only have to get my shot once every three months. It makes the whole process alot less “medicalised” for me, and I don’t have to remember as many times.

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I’ve been reflecting on my transition a little bit lately.

If it weren’t for my Wife’s incessant need to journal the entirity of my top surgery, I’d not likely be able to give you more than a bare recreation of events. Likewise, and probably more significantly was my hysto – which beyond a few minor things I can hardly even recollect. All I was concerned with is that it meant I could change my legal sex, thus marry my Wife.

Not quite sure where this is going.

whats your favourite stp you’ve tried so far?

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I’d say as far as “not needing to think about it” and packing is concerned, I prefer the Peecock over any other product I’ve tried.

I never had an issue peeing with it (it’s a Gen 1) and I don’t need to think, or stand awakwardly to use it at a urinal. It feels natural..ish.

But I hate the lack of realism, perhaps the new gen peecock will rectify that disparity.

I see so many STP packers out there and the good ones are ~$200. That’s almost a full months rent for me, and it’s so discouraging. I feel like I’m never going to be able to pack properly and comfortably and it’s making everything so difficult to handle.

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I can really relate.
I am in a much better financial situation now than I have been in the past due to steady employment, but being a Father means regardless, you put your child first.

What I think is useful here are reviews: in depth, detailed as hell pictoral and video reviews of products, perhaps even compiled into one place. I’ve thought about doing it myself, but I don’t have the time nor the funds.

For what it’s worth: I have bought over 10 different prosthetics (some STP, some just packers, some play) in my time, and a vast majority have been a waste of money.

What are you looking for in an STP, exactly?