Thank you all, once again, for your valuable input and the links/resources given. Daddy has an appointment next month in Chicago for His initial bloodwork and first therapy session before beginning T. I am not sure if the therapist is a gender therapist or cis therapist. Just based on what our other trans friends have said about this place, they are highly knowledgeable and very sensitive to gender identity issues- it does not seem as if they address things from a mental health perspective. Once again, basing this on what others have said.
Daddy has read all of your posts Himself and is appreciative, and will hopefully be joining our community with His own screen name/handle very soon. Thanks for the personal invite, Dapper! It's nice to know that He has support here while we're essentially waiting to get the ball rolling in "real time", so to speak. A month seems so far away, even though I know time will pass very quickly.
I think the initial query was rooted in fear of surgery. Daddy wants very much to have the masculine chest He feels he should have had from birth, but the idea of having to undergo surgery to accomplish this is a little daunting. A friend of ours shared with Him- and may be helpful for others out there- to think of it as a surgery that could "save your life". I think it's only natural to consider the "what-if's" when going through something this monumentally life-changing, but important to keep things in perspective and not be consumed by fear. What Daddy's friend said was such a powerful and compassionate thing to say, since so many TG/TS people struggle with body dysphoria issues to the point that it does become life-threatening for some.
So thank you once again for all the kind words, support, and helpful information. It means a lot to both of us.
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