Self-made viking

Decided to document the progress of my transition. T start date: 17/04/16 Pre surgery 21 Bra vind i ryggen er best. A fair wind at our back is best

[citrusflowers]

taking off your binder like

[snakepyre]

Painting i did for pride month

[sonofthe-bat]

Me lookin at my chest

[trans-viking]

A bit late hahah, but Happy 420! And a little bit of an update! I realised that Ive passed my 3 year mark in the last fortnight! Whoa! Things have been so crazy lately that it completely flew passes without me noticing! So Happy 3rd T Day to me!

Im going to post a comparison video soon with a bigger update, so if youre still keeping tabs on this tumblr keep an eye out!

April, 2019

[felixdeon]

International Trangender Day of Visibility Remember that this is a day dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by them worldwide. SPREAD THE LOVE

[trans-viking]

Got my new ID in the mail today and boy thats some change!

Ive got good feelings for 2019! I think it might be the year I get things right and settle myself. Im really hoping Im right because I feel so good and I really want it to continue!

If this really does work out, I hope I find my Kona to share this happiness with!

January 2019

[trans-viking]

Time to start getting drunk with the cat. 🤣🎉🎉🎉😄

- A Happy New Years Story

[trans-viking]

Deadlifting progress video, 60x3

November 2018

[trans-viking]

I have sort of neglected this blog for a while! I havent had much to post.

I thought I would post this photo because it was taken by someone very dear to me and who has assured me I look okay ahaha

I will be posting more soon as I get my shit together!

Stay tuned! 💪

[trans-viking]

Im so sick of wearing a binder, I cant breathe in hotter seasons

[trans-viking]

I'm so tired of living in this body, of the skin and fat that clings to my chest and the rest of me.

I'm just so damn done.

[bathroom-pass]

Mod EJ’s tips for T injections

(Obligatory reminder that I am not a medical professional, and prioritize your doctor’s advice.  This is just what I’ve found makes my life easier.)

Take the bottle into the shower with you before your shot, and leave it in the corner while you do your ablutions.  Warm T is easier to inject than cold

Ice your leg/arm/stomach/recommended injection site for a couple minutes before injection, this reduces pain

You want your site to be relaxed, regardless of subq or IM shots.  If it’s your thigh, sit on your bed with your feet flat on the floor and your muscles untensed

Go slow!

Alternate sides of your body to slow the buildup of scar tissue and make it easier to get your dose into you

Once you’re done, massage the site gently for a few minutes before getting up.  This can help minimize irritation

DON’T DO YOUR SHOT UNDER WHERE YOUR PHONE, WALLET, OR KEYS SIT IN YOUR POCKETS (bolded for emphasis, I learned this through mistakes.  It hurts!)

Stay calm.  If you find yourself panicking, cap the needle and come back to it.  You’re more likely to find it painful if you’re anxious.

If you have concerns, always ask your doctor!  Again, I’m not a medical professional.

T is only considered sterile for 28 days after opening, which is why they tend to prescribe 1 mL bottles instead of 10 mL

Larger gauge (smaller needles) hurts less but takes longer

Syringes are marked so that they dispense the amount measured, you don’t have to worry about “extra” in the unmeasured part at the tip of the syringe.  It’s built into the measurement markings, so trust your syringes.

[ihatecispeople]

do cis people realise that trans people get misgendered even if we pass? a trans man could walk up in a full beard and still be called “miss” because people are transphobic, not because he looks like woman. obviously non-passing trans people get misgendered more often, but there’s really more layers (aka transphobia) to being misgendered apart from “i pass all the time thus no one ever misgenders me”

[ihatecispeople]

relatives might misgender you through your entire life, people who know you’re trans might misgender you solely because you are trans, people will misgender you to spite you and they’ll misgender you to harm you (either emotionally, or by outing you). doctors will misgender you if they realise you’re not cis, which can have fatal outcomes. the legal system constantly misgenders trans women, putting them in men’s jails no matter how well she passes as a woman, which puts these women as incredible risks for their safety and lives. 

misgendering is a social and sometimes fatal power that cis people have over trans people, and acting as if it’s at all times “a honest mistake” shows how little you think of trans peoples’ security. 

[autistickirkland-deactivated201]

If you’re trans and you use a packer or breastforms on a day to day basis, do not use them at the airport. The body scanners that the TSA uses look for variations from a “male” or “female” body, so if you have bulges where they ‘shouldn’t’ be, you will get the patdown.

signal boost this, please.

[newyorkcitysubway-deactivated20]

there’s a page on the TSA’s website that has tips and info specifically for trans travelers!! I can’t remember everything it has on it but one of the big things is that if you get flagged for a patdown or other screening you can have it done in private if you so request :) :)

[spoonie-on-wheels]

Here is that page for reference :)

[transgendur]

https://www.tsa.gov/transgender-passengers 

btw the link above is broken so use this one ^

[cornerof5thandvermouth]

One thing they don’t tell you about top surgery:

You’re gonna have a hormone crash, and it’s gonna be weird, and for the first couple days you’re gonna feel weird and bad emotionally and maybe feel like you made a mistake.

Yeah, that’s actually normal. Your breasts produce hormones and trigger hormone production elsewhere, and removing them induces something like a mild form of postpartum depression.

IT WILL PASS.

For the first few days I couldn’t even glance at my chest without feeling horrible, like I’d done something egregious. A few days later and I’m fine and thrilled, just as I thought I would be. The hormone crash is real, it’s okay, and don’t freak out about it too much. It will pass. You’ve done the right thing and you know it.

Hormones are just weird and evil.

[cornerof5thandvermouth]

Morning reblog

[trans-viking]

Finally decided to cut my hair short once again May 2018

[trans-viking]

I've never really been good at being in front of the camera 😂 but I thought a progress update would be cool as I celebrated my 2 year on T this month 💪 so first pic is from 2015 and the second is today in 2018. I feel a lot better in my own body now than how I felt about it in 2015, I still have my moments of discomfort and dysphoria and I probably will until I get top surgery, but I like that I can see such a difference and that so much has changed. Even though I still look like a thumb haha