TRANSFORMING LIFE OF A TRANSSEXUAL MALE FROM A TESTOSTERONE IMPLANT: A CASE STUDY Poster

Abstract

The mechanisms of gender transition involves profound mental, social, emotional, economic, and legal changes in a patient’s life. MB is a 49-year-old FTM transsexual male who has been living as a normal and healthy male until he started feeling menopausal symptoms during his late 40s. The midlife crisis bewildered MB because he has not considered himself a woman after his transsexual surgery. The sudden relapse into womanhood disrupted his lifestyle and he also faces emotional backlash. MB was hesitant to receive HRT due to the results of the 2002 WHI study. Therefore, MB elected to receive an bio-identical hormone implants to help stabilize his menopausal symptoms without the potential risks. After a year of treatment, MB has claimed that testosterone implants have transformed his life.