Beneath the Bandages
I’m beginning to peek beneath the bandages to see what I can from there. The doctor said I can remove the ace bandage today or tomorrow as long as I leave the other dressings in place over the incisions, but it’s keeping me safe from kitties, so I may not do that. I have…
Post-Surgery Update
Does this shirt make me look flat? hee hee hee hee hee I’m back home post-surgery. What an amazing adventure that was, and will probably continue to be. The doctor told me the numbing agent that she used during surgery would start to wear off in a day or two, at which time…
Inherited an Aquarium Yesterday
Yesterday, I “inherited” a small aquarium courtesy of a friend of Lisa’s who’s moving back east by car. Meet ECHO and FOXTROT and their friends! In this shot, the evening “blue” light is on overhead.I turn all the light off when I go to sleep so they can hunker down and sleep, too. (I…
Christmas Tree Brain Pre-Surgery
Unlike most people, who are nervous before surgery, I have Christmas Tree Brain. I am elated (!) and can’t wait for it to be a done deal! I only wish I wasn’t so elated that I could get some sleep!!! But I just lie there in bed imagining having a flat, male chest…
Transgender Greeting Cards
If there is a person in your life going through a transgender transition, it isn’t easy to find a greeting card to celebrate their occasion that meets them right where they are. You won’t find any decent ones at Hallmark, that I know of. (I checked online and they were all pretty yawn-some.) …
“Are You Scared?”
People keep asking me, “Are you scared?” now that I’m thisclose to having my chest masculinization surgery. Um… yes and no. I’ve never engaged in the habit of “pre-worrying” about surgeries; I never could see the value in getting scared over “what might happen”or “what will recovery be like?” I’ve had four…
Naked Ambition Versus Ethics/Morality
In Michael Cohen’s upcoming book, “Disloyal,” he traces the line between naked ambition and national treachery, both his own and his now-infamous client Donald Trump. I’ve read the foreword and pre-ordered the book based on that because it’s riveting, even though it didn’t surprise me, since I listened to Cohen’s testimony before Congress. …
Write Your Own Obituary — Sobering to Say the Least!
Because life is uncertain and I’m headed for surgery in 11 eleven days, tonight I wrote my own obituary. It was a sobering exercise, let me tell you! Now I suggest everybody do it. I wrote it because I’m usually the one tapped to write the obits in my family (being the…
Two Weeks and Counting–Happy Surgery
The countdown begins. If all goes according to plan, in two weeks from right this minute, I’ll be on my way up to Seattle’s U.W. Northwest Hospital to have my chest masculinization surgery. That is, providing I pass the COVID test on the 22nd. (I’m steering so clear of people and contagion points…
The Fix For Politics
The fix for politics is really pretty simple: The Republican Party needs to STOP exploiting the gullible by lying about fact-checking sites that expose them as the scoundrels they are. It’s very hard to talk to far-right cultists because they have drunk the GOP kool-aid that feeds them the nonsense that legitimate fact-checking…