Saturday. Yep, just Saturday.

Plastic surgery

Double mastectomy. It's part of the whole "transitioning" process for Alex. The conservative side of me is adamant about pursuing this avenue until he turns at least 18. The part of me that understands the extreme distress involved with having breasts wants to move forward. Alex's body dysphoria can be crippling and is a real source of depression and self-loathing. 
We are friendly with another FtM individual in the area who recently graduated from Alex's high school. He had the procedure at 17, before starting HRT. He is the one who gave me the doctors name  I shared in the above link. There is also a family in our Trans support group who have scheduled their 16 year old FtM to have the surgery this January. It's a hard decision. I have told Alex that we will consider pursuing this further AFTER the Trans Conference in June. There will be lots of information regarding the surgery available and hopefully some others that can assure me one way or another. 

Double mastectomy

I'm not sure that "bottom" surgery is something I need to worry about just yet. Many FtM individuals opt to keep their assigned genitalia. Not only because the surgeries available are crude and grossly expensive but because of the possible complications. Science has not really advanced enough to give a good result in this area. Loss of sensation was the biggest issue I came across in all of my research. And we don't want that, now do we!?

Well, there hasn't been much change since Alex received his first shot. He's still mood swingy and ALWAYS hungry but that's pretty much the norm here. I'm trying my best to keep him active so that he doesn't end up packing on the pounds. That will be very hard on his organs and mentally his self-esteem takes a nose-dive. It's difficult, cause he's still a kid and wants those nasty kid foods. I do my best to be reasonable but I end up feeling like the food police. The exercise Nazi. Nag, nag, nag. At some point he will have to take responsibility for his health, I won't be around. Scary.

Anyway, tomorrow we have our Trans support group picnic at the park. I look forward to hanging with them. Alex will get to hang out with peers and Joe will get some much needed exposure to other men dealing with similar issues. It's a win. I'll take pictures.