Hi I'm a newbie named Josefa

[Josefa]

Hi all, l'm new here and my name is Josefa.  I'll be popping in and out, new to all this.  I live in Arkansas, old enough to be retired, and am.  Don't know what else to say.  I think I'll just look at your site and read some and maybe I'll have more to say next time.

Bye bye all for now.

ps Glad you are here.

[Dena]

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[Josefa]

Dena,
Thanks glad to meet you. 

I'm so glad to have found this site.  I don't have anyone to talk to about this change in life. 

Josefa

[V M]

Hi Josefa 

Welcome to Susan's    Glad to have you here, join on in the fun

Hugs

V M

[gennee]

A hearty welcome to Susan's, Josefa.

😊

[DogSpirit]

Welcome, Josefa,

Sounds like you already know that you've found a good site. Lots of great people and discussions here.

Enjoy!

-- Sue

[Josefa]

  Hi all, esp VM, Gennee, Dogspirit

Thank for being nice and welcoming into group I was bit apprehensive? Looking forward to meeting all you all and becoming friends.

Hugz,

[Cindy]

Hi Josefa,

Well I'm pretty close to retiring. I'm putting it off to help a few of my students finish their degrees etc.

Feel free to ask me any questions about transitioning as a mature lady. I took the plunge who I was 57/58 so I may be able to answer your concerns.

Lovely to have you here!

[Josefa]

Cindy
Thank you so very much.  It will be nice to have someone I can write to and chat with.  I know people probably will become tired of answering the same question over and over again so I will accept your offer.  I know I have question and feeling I haven't thought of or realized yet.  So thanks again.  I will most definitely be in contact with you.

So you are a University teacher, what courses do you teach?  I never taught but my family has had it share of teachers.

I worked 37 years for a telecommunication company here in Arkansas named Southwestern Bell Telephone Company which bought AT&T and goes by that name now.  I was able to retire in 2010 and have been living the dream.  I hope you get to retire soon.  I bet you'll love it. 

HugZ,

Josefa

[Cindy]

Cindy
Thank you so very much.  It will be nice to have someone I can write to and chat with.  I know people probably will become tired of answering the same question over and over again so I will accept your offer.  I know I have question and feeling I haven't thought of or realized yet.  So thanks again.  I will most definitely be in contact with you.

So you are a University teacher, what courses do you teach?  I never taught but my family has had it share of teachers.

I worked 37 years for a telecommunication company here in Arkansas named Southwestern Bell Telephone Company which bought AT&T and goes by that name now.  I was able to retire in 2010 and have been living the dream.  I hope you get to retire soon.  I bet you'll love it. 

HugZ,

Josefa

Well my story is no secret! I'm an haemopathologist (science), a cancer research worker (with research funding in the $5mill region), a Prof of Immunology and run three specialised Pathology labs with a staff of about 20 that diagnose lymphoma and leukaemia.

I have had about 15 PhD students and far too many Hons students to count. I teach medical science and medicine. I was high profile before I transitioned and the day I arrived at work as me the news went viral throughout the health system in Adelaide in South Australia.

As I had no chance of being in any way stealth I went public so I am a known activist, I have been on TV, radio, and of course in newspapers.

I'm retiring so I can do more work in the activism area, I'm the executive secretary of ANZPATH and formed a local support group that attracts about 20-30 new people each meeting.

I was utterly terrified of coming out and when I joined I was the biggest scary cat on the site.

Now?

It's different!