I have a tendency to believe one of the least mentioned effects of HRT is what it does to your finger nails- at least to mine. My nails have become paper thin just at a time in my life I need them to have substance I can style.
One place I have not been for help is a nail salon, yet. My partner Liz wants to book us together for "mani/pedi's" sometime before summer Oddly, it's not my feet which are causing me problems with the idea, it's my hands. Neither are the most feminine in the world but Liz has convinced me my hands and feet are proportioned well for my body. My hands specifically aren't huge but have and will continue to be subjected to what heavy labor I can still do. (My upper body strength is a fraction of what is was and my arm muscle definition has went with it!)
My fear is having my nails done and doing whatever and trashing them. I'm working between two homes and yards. Not getting the work done by being the pretty, pretty princess (me) is
not an option.
Two certainties in the upcoming months are, to lose weight (which the work
will do for me) and to
never whine about breaking a nail to any of my women friends. I'm
sooooo sick of hearing welcome to our world! I've
been here girls! Come on!
I'm not a real goal orientated person but with what's coming up, it is easy to set goals. The
Trans Ohio Symposium is scheduled for the very end of May and it is followed several weeks later by the biggest Pride weekend in the area - Columbus, Ohio. My goal is simple- get down to my pre HRT weight before then. I know it will be harder now than during my male life when all I had to do is cut back on a beer or two along with a pizza but I
really want to make May/June yet another coming out month for me.
If I set my mind to it. Failure will
not be an option.
If you have ever wondered about the history of the transgender pride flag. It was created in August 1999 by Monica Helms and has five horizontal stripes. Two stripes are blue ones, two stripes are pink ones and a white center stripe. 
