So it's been 4 years+ on HRT, and I decide it's probably time for my first mammogram. I'd gotten several reminders from my clinic (also reminders for my "annual Pap smear." )
I get there, we chat a bit about the procedure, I'm being put into position, and mention that it was about time, with me being 51. The tech agreed, and I said, "But I'm drawing the line at getting a Pap smear...I don't want to get one of those!"
As she went back to the control room, she said that I really should get one, because it helps detect uterine and cervical cancer... I said that I don't have either of those. She asked, "Did they take everything out?"
"No, I never had them."
I was looking at her thinking, "
She sees me as cis..."
and wondering when she would figure it out...I could see the gears turning in her eyes...
"Oooh, you're..."
"Pre-op, yes ma'am. Thank you, you're very sweet."
After that, we chatted a bit more, and her handling of my "girls" was the same as before, I never got the impression she changed her manner by knowing.
Anyway, I had a big ol' smile the rest of the day because of it.
