05/22/2011

Oh boy it has been a long time!!!! I have been meaning to put something up for a minute, but with all of these doctor appointments and now my work schedule has changed, and we are restricted to some Internet sites.... it's all good though! I am still here! So let me catch up on a few things... I have started another department within my job and they all call me Byron. Another name doesn't even slip up and I'm loving it!!!! I actually passed in the restaurant... a waitress said sir instead of ma'am.... do you know how good that feels?!?!?! Well, I'm on cloud 9 about that one. Also, I took my first T shot last night. I was over my homeboys house and he was like hey, I can give you your first shot. I was like ok.... being that I did go see Dr. Burris and all and he prescribed me the T, I thought I was good. I thought I would have gotten it that same day and that I could get the shot later on that week (saw him on Tuesday, was suppose to get my training class on Thursday). Well.... in order for me not to pay a million dollars (just exaggerating), I have to wait for some authorization code from my insurance company. I have waited.... and waited.... and waited.... and still no authorization code or lack of one! So i went ahead and turn my prescription into a pharmacy that is the cheapest around here.... the only thing is, they can't get the testosterone until Wednesday... which I was fine with. i was just thinking I would have to start the T next weekend. But my boy hooked me up! He showed me how to fill the syringe and how to prep everything! He gave me some of his T (which is fine because we are prescribed the same dosage and the same type of T so it's no difference), just so I can get the experience of it and it was great! I felt like I wanted to run a Marathon!!! I still want to run a Marathon! LOL. I worked out sooooo hard today and i am not even tired. i also have some other kick ass news too.... I went to the mail box and low and behold, my name change paperwork came in today! I am now officially Byron Sebastian Salter!!!! I can't wait until I tell my mom all of this. It ought to be fun and all.... and no, I still have not told them what I am doing. I don't want to wait until it's too late, but I am kind of waiting for the right time. I know that my sister is okay with it, but I know my mom is going to have a fit! I am sure that with time, she will be alright..... But that's it for right now. i have to go and start changing all of my paperwork and my social security card and driver's license. This ought to be fun! #TeamByron!

05/11/2011

It has been a wonderful week! I have started my new postion at my job and my new shift. That's why i haven't been on here that often. I actually get home about 12 midnight, and then in the morning when I wake up, I do my workout (which is a plus for night time shift). Everything has been working out so well for me there too! All of the new associates on my team call me Byron, I no longer get the strange looks and stares when I entered into the men's restroom, and it feels great! i actually passed as a man for the first time in God knows how long at the gas station. I held open the door for a man, and he said 'thank you, sir'. I thought I was going to piss on myself (LOL)!

Soooooo... ONE WEEK! I actually take my 'T' shot in one week. I ahve been waiting for this moment for at least 13 years! I still haven't told my parents yet. I have tried to compose a letter for them, and then read it on the phone to them. I need to watch that Becoming Chaz special that was shown on OWN tonight. I do have it recorded, so I will be watching that tomorrow morning.... or at least by this weekend.

I did in fact find an FTM greek organization that I am researching.... hopefully I will be able to make a decision by this Fall so I know where I stand.

I am still greiving the death of my grandmother but it has gotten a lot better. of course with Mother's Day passing, it got really hard, and there are some days when I'm thinking to call her and then realizing that she won't answer the phone. Those are the hard times, but I know that she is in Heaven looking down on me and smiling. I knew that she was always proud of me, but I am still battling with the fact that her death could very well be God's way of saying "I approve", does that make sense? I mean, my grandmother didn't mind me transitioning as long as she wasn't here to see all of the physical changes I would be going through, and no sooner did she say that, she was ill in a hospice and then passed. Regardless, even thought I haven't told my parents yet, I am still going to go ahead with the process full force. Growing up in a Pentecostal house hold was no fun, and I am sure this will be a gut buster for them. I am still anticipating my shot day..... so of course there will be more to come!!!!

05/01/2011

Well.... MAY IS HERE! And you know what that means.... I take my shot this month. I have a little over 2 weeks before I take it and I am soooo excited. I haven't had any incidents in the bathroom lately (that's a whole other story). The looks have decreased as well as the people looking and then talking about me behind my back. LOL. I have a meeting tomorrow morning with my new crew from my new department about what is going on as well. I hate that I am putting my company through all of this. Meeting after meeting after meeting.... and then I decide to move departments and now I have to have another meeting with the new folks. but it is all good. I am a little nervous about this one just for the simple fact there are a lot of folks there that I don't know and this is my first time working with a lot of them.

One another note, I have started my diet today. I actually woke up early this morning and had a wonderful workout. There was an older man in there and he was just talking my ear off, but he was good company. I walked on the treadmill for about an hour and then I started with the weight training. I did my upper part today. But the man at the gym told me that good cradio is if you speed walk for 90 seconds, and then run as fast as you can for 30 seconds, and repeat that for about 8 times. He said that he reads the women's digest magazines (which i'm wondering why HE does), and he said that if you do that at least 3 times a week, then that is the most effective way to loose the weight. I will be starting that trend on Monday and will continue on Wednsday and Friday. I will go to the gym on Tuesdays, Thrusdays and Saturdays. Sundays will be my rest day and I might do some Yoga (which I have been meaning to find a class for). I am excited then about my new life and what is about to come the next few weeks.