thats realy great i am glade your doing good

Hi Erica Ann,

It does me a lot of good to read about your journey. Usually I'm very upbeat about my own path, with occasional but generally short-lived problems, like family reactions, frustration with the pace of electrolysis and similar things. Today is one of the occasional times when I was feeling kind of down for several hours. In general, though, this is very much the happiest time of my life.

Reading your latest post has helped get me back to my typical up-beat emotional state.

Thanks for sharing your story.

Danya

Well? When do you post a new pix? I always dug brunettes! Great news on everything. It sounds like your life is really moving from the "transition" to standard Female. Congrats! Sorry to hear the family is still wigging out. Danya had a book (Can't remember the title) that was a good one for people that are freaking out. Maybe she can post the title?

Stay in touch! Are you going to the MOM again? This time I'll try to set aside more time pub crawling.

It is always a pleasure to hear from Erica Ann. --FLO--

MrT,

Friends and family who are willing to open their hearts and minds to what their TS loved one is experiencing and are open to getting some help in understanding their own emotions, and learning how they can be supportive besides may find this book very useful.

The book is "True Selves - Understanding Transsexualism for Families, Friends, Coworkers and Helping Professionals". Published in 1996, it was written by Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley. I bought it on Amazon.com.

Like Erica Ann, I'm having little problem at all with coworkers at this early point, anyway. My family, though, may turn out to be more problematic. Time will tell.

My good friend MLF #1 (my lesbian friend #1 and yes there is a #2) was struggling with her own emotions over my identifying as another gender. Fortunately, we're able to communicate freely. She read the book and found it very helpful.

Her attitude is now very different. She just told me she saw a dress advertised by JCPenney on TV and thought "that would look really good on Danya."

My own religiously conservative brother has ordered the book. I'm hopeful he will have read it by the time I visit him this coming weekend.

EricaAnn (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:11 am For those of you that are just starting down this road of transition or have been considering transition, don't let your fear of the unknown hold you back from being the person you really feel you are. Fear will paralyze you. Take the chance and seize the opportunity. If I can do it, you can too. I have never been happier in my life and will never ever regret my decision to "go for it." Life is too short to spend it being unhappy!

Well said! I wrote that passage directly into my diary. The fear of the unknown has held me back too long.

Congratulations on your transitioning and all you're doing. It's good to read these personal threads as I know I am heading in the same direction. I'm impressed how well the hormones are doing with feminising your body. "C" cup sized breasts, wow! I hope mine get that big from hormones.

You go girl, and don't stop! Looking forward to an in-person meet up to review progress and examine the martini glasses in depth. See you at the MoM. Maybe we might meet up with your awe-struck admirer at Camp again!

Hi Everyone,

Well this coming Wednesday is the big day I've been waiting for for almost 2 months now. Wednesday morning I'll be at my plastic surgeon's office for my long awaited lip lift procedure [quote="Erica

EricaAnn (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:11 am Ann (imported)" time=1200666120]
to reduce the distance

between the bottom of my nose and my upper lip.
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This surgery will add a more feminine appearance to my face.

My instructions to the surgeon are going to be to reduce the distance as much as possible without making my upper lip too large and to still be able to retain the ability to fully close my mouth.

I'm really excited and I can't wait to see the outcome.

Four months and counting to the big date in Trinidad Colorado for the final procedure and my official entry into the "girl's club."

Hi Erica Ann,

I've been giving some thought to that lip lift procedure myself! I must say, though, that you already look beautiful the way you are but I understand the desire to change further. When I first thought of transitioning, I didn't think I'd care at all about things like lip lifts. I'm finding more and more that I do!

I briefly met Marcie Bowers yesterday at the Trans Health Fair. I had no idea she was so tall. She, too, is beautiful.

-Danya

I agree - Dr Marcie is a cute "babe".

So how did the fair go? I have conflicting mental images. Fair = Cotton Candy and Large buckets of fried foods in my mind... Can't quite see how this all adds up. Motorcycles in round cages of doom and pronto pups...