The weeks following my first post-op visit started slowly, with me only able to move around within the apartment at first, then small trips to the grocery or pharmacy.
A Trip – Part 4: In Motion
A Trip – Part 3: Unpacking (and repacking)
I'll be getting a bit more graphic in this post, discussing some of the more, er, bloody details. If you don't like blood and other by-products of surgery, you might want to skip this post.
A Trip – Part 2: Emergence
The next thing I knew, I was waking up in the recovery area.
A Trip – Part 1: Departure
The night before, I expected to be unable to sleep, but instead, it came quickly.
New Years 2019
Happy New Year! As I'm writing this, it's New Year's Eve (2018), and what a year it's been! Here are some of the events of 2018.
Ho Ho Oh, No
Today is Christmas. This year, I entered the holiday season in a better place than I've ever been before.
So why do I feel so bad?
Dysphoria revisited
About 2 years ago, I wrote "The ‘D’ word", in which I described my experience at that point with dysphoria. A lot has changed in the two years since, so I'm revisiting the topic to see if I can find any new or helpful information.
See You Next Time!
I sat down to write about how I'm feeling about my upcoming surgery. Here's what came out.
Honor
An essay which started to be about Pride, but where I found that I had another, better word to describe how I feel about being transgender.
Why I am having bottom surgery
This may end up being the biggest life-changing event of my life, and there is a lot of anxiety and fear as I approach it.
I've been asked many times some variation of a fundamental question: why do you need to have this surgery?
The short answer: because I do.
Gender World 