It seems to be a recurring theme recently of people being frustrated and bummed out by delays in their transition, so I feel your pain!
I think Ive mentioned elsewhere somewhere, but Ive been feeling kind of stressed recently. Id been put forward for the Phalloplasty surgery, which Im ridiculously looking forward to. I had my consultation in March, and another in May. In the May one, what normally wouldve been done is the surgeon would book a date then, to schedule it around work and holidays etc. So, when he asked me when am I free, I let him know that May - when I start my final year of uni at the end of Sept, Im completely free.
He said that was great, that its perfect to have free patients as they can be put in whenever and theyd been hoping for someone to be completely free. Ofcourse, this made me very happy to hear
So, instead he said he would be contacting the manager guy that day, and they would get me in at the earliest slot and I should hear back in the next week or two.
I left the office with a big stupid grin on my face. I was so happy.
This was in May.
My uni exams finished early May, and Id not planned anything in the Summer, as I didnt want anything to get in the way of whenever surgery could be. I even had to turn down another amazing opportunity to volunteer abroad like Ive done before. And Ive been yearning to do it again :p but I didnt want to book something in say, June, and the surgery be then, or book in August, and Im still healing etc.
So, I dont hear anything back, so about 3 weeks ago, I email the surgeon and the manager. No reply. So just over a week ago, I called up. The secretary told me that nothing was written down.
....what?!
So it appears the surgeon just forgot to book me in!
And I was told that now, they had no space left so unless they get a cancellation, they cant get me in untill after September, which for me would be too late! I was in such a bad mood. She asked which hospital I preferred to have my op at, I said how I didnt even know the difference, so any. So, hopefully that increases my chance of being called in to cover a cancellation. She told me shed contact the surgeon herself.
I got an email that night from the surgeon just simply saying he was forwarding my email to the manager. Well, he was supposed to have contacted him months ago!
The secretary called me last week saying they are trying to find me a date in August. So again, Ive got to sit around and wait as theyll call me if they find a date.
I feel like Ive wasted my Summer, sat around waiting, not knowing if I could get a call the next day, when actually, nothing was going on.
I got pretty stressed and down about it, Im so close to getting the first stage of surgery, I dont want to then have to wait another year, for uni to end till I can have the surgery.
But hey, Im just glad I called and they realized the mistake and hopefully its enough time for them to sort something out.
In the meantime, I shall keep myself occupied. Atleast this delay gives me more time to continue being active, going to the gym, kickboxing classes, skateboarding and mtb, as I wont be able to do any of that for a while after surgery!
And, thankfully I didnt quit my job in May (I thought Id wait till I actually have a date) so I can continue to earn money. So yeah, Ive just got to focus on the positives and let things be.
Ok, moan over!
