1 Year, 6 Months on Testosterone

A t-journal about transitioning from female to male

July 7, 2006: 18 Months on Testosterone

 

1 Year, 6 Months on testosterone Voice Change
I know this is a big landmark in my transition, but these updates are starting to become annoying for the fact that every month is just a little bit more along. From now on I will no longer be updating every month. Instead, I plan to do photos when I feel that a visible change has taken place. I promise not to space the updates farther than three months apart.
Ok, so…my leg hair has gone bonkers. It is thickening up all the way up the leg. The hair actually begins to thin out a couple inches from my waist…so there you have it…Corbin is turning into a bear. I’ve noticed that the hair will gradually thicken up the leg starting from the ankles. Also, I’ve definately got more arm hair. It isn’t longer, but it is darker. Also, there is a dark fuzz that goes all the way around my elbows and there is long blonde fuzz the way up the back of my arms.I’m betting that in six months I’ll be very hairy. To top this off, it all seems to be filling in on my stomach. There is a dark happy trail, but then thin dark hairs all the way across my stomach. As for my chest, there are long dark hairs growing over the scars underneath each nipple. I don’t think that there will be an immediate change in my amount of chest hair though–that will probably take another year to really start to fill in.
I’ve been shaving about every two days. My sideburns are empty of everything but blonde fuzz…which there seems to be quite a bit of. My friends and I seem to be growing a ‘Hitler moustauche’ because that’s the formation the dark hairs are making. If I don’t shave, they become visible but there is not even close to enough hair to make anything useful out of them.

A lot of guys are able to grow a beard after 1+ years on hormones but I haven’t been so lucky.  The lack of facial hair growth is frustrating and I feel boyish for my age without a beard.

I’m sure that after I have a hysterectomy (the next step) my body will change very quickly. Actually, writing this update and thinking about how a hysterectomy will help boost the effects of testosterone is giving me quite a bit of motivation. However, I feel that I need to become better at regulating my hormone intake schedule before I can do the surgery. I would wear the patches instead of taking the injections, but I am extremely allergic to adhesive (as you can see in my chest surgery photos) and I don’t think that would work out so well.
I started working out regularly and although I haven’t seem to have lost any weight in my stomach, my chest and arms have become much better sculpted. Friends started to notice the changes last month, but not strangers are remarking that I am a fairly built guy. It is good to hear this and it is most truly a positive reinforcer for my workout. Particularly, my forearms have changed a lot. There is very much fat on them anymore and the curves of the muscles are becoming more and more visible week by week.
It took about two weeks for the official court documents for my name change to become available. They were $1/page–each document was three pages ($3). Apparently, I really only needed two-three copies, verses the five that I picked up. I figured better safe than sorry since parking around the courthouses costs $15 every time I go down there. First, I went to the DPS to have my drivers license updated. The lady at the counter was very nice and she worked with me. The computer system would only allow one of my new middle names to be entered so I had to choose which one I wanted. I have found that most places only enter one of the middle names in the system.
A little over a week later my new I.D. with a new photo and updated name had arrived! The social security office was a horrendous adventure, but it’s all over now. The only places that required to see the court documents were the DPS, the Social Security Office, the bank, the university, and PayPal (go figure). It’s fabulous to look down at all paperwork and see the name that really reflects who I am!
Weight : Change: 150+ lbs
Height : 5’6 feet
Waist : Change: 35.5 inches
Thigh : 24.25 inches
Calf : Change: 15.5 inches
Hips : 39.5 inches
Neck : 12.75 inches
Upper Arm : 11.5 inches
Forearm : 10 inches
Chest/Bust : 34.5 inches
Shoulder-to-Shoulder : 17 inches

Ring Size : 6
Men’s Pant Size : 30×30
Men’s Shirt Size : Xtra Small
Men’s Shoe Size : 10 1/2

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