Our Journey: Why We Built This — And Why We Keep Going

OUR BEGINNING

From identity to purpose

I was born a girl, but my heart knew I was a boy. As a kid, I felt like a stranger in my own body—trapped in a frame that didn’t feel like mine. That struggle wasn’t just internal. It was a journey marked by confusion and a deep sense of being out of place, one that stretched on for years and led me down some very dark roads.

Then one day, everything changed. I learned the word transgender, and for the first time, I didn’t feel so alone. I found hope in the possibility of physically transitioning—a path toward becoming the man I had always known myself to be.

My transition journey has been long and complex. Over more than a decade, I have undergone 20 different surgeries and procedures—the majority of them being revisions due to complications.

My co-founder and co-owner, Heidi, has been my caregiver through every stage. She witnessed firsthand the pain, frustration, and complications that came with each procedure. At times, it felt like the process would never end.

Even today, my physical transition is still ongoing. I am still navigating surgeries and recovery, and my journey is not yet complete. That lived, present experience continues to shape everything we build—because recovery isn’t something we’ve left behind. It’s something we still live with, learn from, and understand deeply.

What we came to realize was this: the hardest part wasn’t the surgeries themselves—it was the recovery.

Nobody handed us a checklist. Nobody told us what to actually buy, how much of it we needed, or what nobody warns you about — like never skipping your stool softener when you are on pain medication. We learned everything the hard way. And we decided that was the last generation that should have to.

We were given generic instructions from doctors and sent on a frustrating runaround for supplies. We spent countless hours researching, wasted money on products that didn’t work, and made endless trips to the store in the middle of an already exhausting healing process. We paid multiple shipping fees for incomplete supply lists and were left feeling overwhelmed when we needed support the most.

That frustration became our mission. We knew there had to be a better way—one that didn’t leave people navigating recovery alone. That’s why we started this brand.

FROM OUR FOUNDERS

Recovery is not just physical

“Encountering several complications, a number of failed procedures, and undergoing revision surgeries that followed made my gender-affirming surgical journey feel endless. No matter how painful recovering from surgery could be, never lose hope, keep going, and don't stop until you’ve reached the end of your journey.

Yet, you have endured the hardest part of all. Living a false life in the wrong body and surviving to this day shows how strong you really are. With that, the obstacles of recovery should be a small hurdle you have to overcome compared to what you have already gone through so far in your life."

— Anen, Founder & Co-Owner

“I have experienced secondhand the pain, sickness, negative emotions, frustration, and complications that came with each of Anen’s post-operative surgeries. Despite feeling like I had nothing left in me to alleviate all of this, I pushed to get Anen to recover as soon as possible and each time that he did, it was a step closer for him to being complete. Our journey yet continues, and being a part of this process and never giving up will only make us stronger than we had ever imaged."


— Heidi, Co-Founder & Co-Owner

We share these words not for sympathy — but because we want you to know exactly who is behind every kit we send. This is personal. It has always been personal.

OUR RECOVERY KITS

Built To Make One Hard Thing Easier

Trans Recovery Supply was created from our personal experience navigating recovery after chest reconstruction, hysterectomy, and genital reconstruction surgery—including a total of 20 surgeries and procedures over more than a decade. We started this brand because we believe no one should have to navigate recovery alone.

We exist to save you time and stress by providing curated, all-in-one recovery kits. Every product is personally tested, carefully selected, and rigorously vetted through:

• Our first- and second-hand recovery experience.
• Highly rated reviews from others who have undergone similar surgeries.
• Recommendations from surgeons and medical professionals.
• Knowledge of products currently used in healthcare settings.
• Research from transgender-led blogs, forums, and educational resources.

We cannot make surgery easier. We cannot take away the fear or the waiting or the hard days of recovery. But we can make sure that when you open your kit box, you feel, for a moment, like you are receiving a gift from someone who has been through it all—someone who is standing right beside you.

Because we are.

— Anen & Heidi, Founders of Trans Recovery Supply

Trans Recovery Supply has been showing up for our community since 2019 — through slow months, through our own surgeries, through everything. Built from lived experience. Sustained by the belief that nobody should have to figure this out alone. We are still here. We are not going anywhere.