Yes, I know I have not updated my Bio in a while. Would you believe writers scamps? However, I finally got motivated and here goes. But first just to review briefly. I have since living full-time since 10-12-99. I have my own apartment, work in Human Resources and am very passable. I thought I'd pick some topical area to focus on.
I am on Premarin at the .5mg level daily. I've been on this level since March 2000. I have been faithfully taking one 2.5mg pill in the morning and the other later in the afternoon/evening. Don't ask me why I do it this way its just that I feel it allows for a more balanced release of the medicine. The one regret I had was not measuring my breast size, waist and hips when I first started using Premarin. I felt it would be nice to see how I've grown and by how much. I did start keeping monthly statistics in July 2000 but between then and the end of May 2001, I haven't grown at all. I'm a 36A breast size, 32 waist and 37 hip. Although my breast size is small with a slightly padded bra I look just find. I am extremely proud of my hips. There are very nice and rounded and in certain shirts I wear I am a real knockout in that area. I've so far avoided Spironolactone because my physician didn't think I needed it, as my testosterone level was so low without it. However, pretty soon I going to start using it so as to get rid of the chest and back hairs as well as add a little something to my breast size.
I first started Electrology in 1996 but until May 1999 I was very inconsistent with treatment. However since then I've been going pretty regularly for weekly two hour visits. I am up to 200 hours. Over the years I've gone to four different technicians. I've switched mainly because of the money involved. The current person I'm going to does a good job and is reasonably priced. Every session starts with 15-20 on the upper lip area and as a result I have practically no hair at all in that area. In fact my face is now pretty clear with only the neck area as the "last frontier". Oh yes, pretty soon my technician will be working "down south".
I've really gotten away from TG groups and have been looking for mainstream women type organizations to join. I've been to several women clubs, organizations and conferences and I really enjoy the people I've meet and the subjects discussed. There are two groups that I've focused in on and with one I've not only joined and gone to meetings but am on the Board of Directors. I can't tell you how wonderful I feel to talk to other women about all kinds of women related subjects. The only problem I have it that I have no past as a women to talk about. As a result it limits my conversations to present day topics. It's OK because I don't want to make up a false past.
The first job as Karen I had lasted three months. Basically the CEO wanted to consolidate my job with another and I decided to leave before the bad news came. However, luckily within two weeks I got another job going something similar to the first one. I'm still working for the company and doing a variety of job duties many outside the HR role. There are five people at work who knew me from the past and they are all great at treating me as a women with respect. All the other employees believe I'm just another girl and as a result am treated accordingly. I like working with people anyway, I like to help others and try to assist when I can.
There is still one final step to take that I am working on. I'll let you know about it in the future.