Bootsykk

I feel like you're me. Also 23, Swyers, struggling with hormone.

I loathe the idea of trading bone density for depression, horrendous cystic acne, anxiety, bloating, periods, and a sex drive that is utterly irrelevant to me as an asexual.

Do you talk to friends about it? I've kind of given up, especially with guys because I always get the same canned responses of "are you a man" or acting like I'm some snowflake because my "brain is male" due to my chromosomes. Or the even weirder "so you don't need birth control" line of questioning.

Oh! For a question: how has XYGD affected your perceptions of gender and sex? Did you start thinking about that more, or was it largely unchanged from when you first found out?

Did you ever have rib flaring problems or did you somehow manage to solve it? Your operation looks amazingly smooth.

Also, how long and painful was the recovery time? I've always wanted to get surgery but I'm fairly active.

Thanks for the answer! I'm surprised about how little strain you're allowed in the first few weeks, that's good to know :)