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More Laser and a Tentative Timeframe for Surgery

December 30, 2005 on 7:25 pm | In Trans | No Comments

As my beautiful partner pointed out, it’s been weeks since I blogged and quite a lot has happened on the transition front, let alone others.

First things first, I finally met Mr Thomas, my chosen SRS surgeon, at Sussex Nuffield Hospital in Brighton on 16 December. Auntie picked me up from work at midday and we drove down to the south coast. Luckily for me, she was driving while I got to take a nap. After locating the hospital with the faithful GPS unit, we hopped over to Brighton itself, completed some shopping errands downtown, and then headed back out with plenty of time.

The staff and such at Sussex Nuffield were quite pleasant, even the ones who were frazzled from their work week. In fact everyone I met at the hospital was quite nice. As for the meeting itself, Mr Thomas is known for being a bit gruff and short. I kept things to a business tone and things seem to go quite well. We agreed on a May timetable and that the best things that I could do to improve my outcome from surgery would be to have some pubic hair reduced with laser treatment and loose about 35 pounds.

Auntie and I had a long talk in the car. So the next week, I started walking to and from the train station, working out on the bike, and such. Later, I managed to get through the very difficult conversation with the woman who has been administering my facial laser treatments. “The thing that I find so hard is that the one part of my body that I hate and that I most want to change is the one that I have reveal.” I have my first treatment 4 Jan. At least I know I’ll be wearing a skirt one day next week. Oh and I have already lost 5 lbs, even through Christmas.

Hm… time for another countdown timer!