Hello everyone:
I am home again from SRS in Thailand. I loved the trip and it was about as recreational as surgery can be. I did learn some things about navagating the SRS maze that may help someone who has been fighting the system without success.
One thing I did learn is that the Harry Benjamin rules can miss classify a person. Sure it is probably the best effort to protect a person that they have but in my case, it prolonged things unnessesarily.
I had virtually no pain during the process. I kept taking my prescribed Psych meds, stopped estrogen and aspirin as advized by the clinic, did not drink, or smoke and did not use Morphine. I was just very careful to do as I was told and everything was fine.
From my short experience, I could see that those who had unpleasant experiences largely caused their own problems, IMHO.
Westerners think of Thailand as primitive but in truth they are way ahead of the curve, IMHO.
If anyone wants more information, please just email me.
Many Blessings
Gwenellen
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Welcome Back
We've been saving a cushioned seat for you. :)
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Welcome
Home! Continue to follow those directions!
Hugs!
grover
Congratulations
Congratulations, Miss Gwen. Remember which room to go in -- the one with the skirt on it. :)
Aardvark
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
Mahatma Gandhi
trip
that's wonderful. congrats
Three Cheers!!!
Yes, congradulations Gwen! Wonderful that your trip was pleasant and everything went so smoothly!
(A note to travellers: Never eat the hot dogs at the cafeteria of a Thai hospital.)
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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The voice of experience
How did you know about those awful hotdogs?
The one example of cooking in Thailand that I enjoyed was an omlet with these little goofy hot dogs. They didn't really taste like anything to me.
Gwen
Um, I'm going to regret this one ...
But the perverted adolecent lurking in my brain would never forgive me. Don't hit me!
Are you sure those were hot dogs or "(fill in the blank)"
"(small stents?)"
"(oversized southern breakfast pork sausages?)"
"(no, no, no, I'm not THAT crude?)"
Congrads. lets hope all continues well. Remember to watch out for the common after surgury let down.
Hope to see you writing again soon.
John in Wauwatosa
P.S. In theme restaurants choosing the proper bathroom can be hard, particualarly in seafood places. Bouys and Gulls? Turtles and Tortises? Penguins and aardvarks?
John in Wauwatosa
You Go, Girl!
Congrats on completing a big part of your journey. More lies ahead, but the hardest part is over with now, and you can get on with your life, living it as you always dreamed of doing. I envy you. I hope the rest of your life is filled with love and good things.
Goddess Bless.
Catherine Linda Michel
As a T-woman, I do have a Y chromosome... it's just in cursive, pink script.
All the best!
Gwenellen,
Wonderfully good news, and the better for having been shared.
May your future exceed your most hoped for dreams.
Itinerant
Nicole (a.k.a. Itinerant)
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Veni, Vidi, Velcro:
I came, I saw, I stuck around.