An update on me...

[Anne Blake]

Michelle, gcs  date in three months, wow. Kinda like things are beginning to get real really quickly. Good luck!

Anne

[josie76]

Wow congrats Michelle!

[Laurie]

Congratulations Michelle,

  Should I begin planning another road trip?  Naw, you all know I don't do things like that. I just decide to hop in my truck and go when it feels right. Be fore warned... it could happen....

  Hugs,
    Laurie

[KathyLauren]

Congratulations, Michelle!!

[Michelle_P]

It's sort of mind boggling. I'd been primed by the various medical providers and therapists to expect a date out a year or more. To have the surgeons walk in after I was dressed and say, "How does October 20 sound?"  Well, this just blew my mind. 

So, I'm out at Original Joe's in North Beach celebrating.



Wheeee!

I only ate half the hamburger, so I can have dessert.   La Bombolina, affogato with Italian doughnuts.



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[Michelle_P]

Congratulations Michelle,

  Should I begin planning another road trip?  Naw, you all know I don't do things like that. I just decide to hop in my truck and go when it feels right. Be fore warned... it could happen....

  Hugs,
    Laurie

Hey, you're always welcome here. I might be really boring to be around right after surgery, though.  I'd suggest coming before or a few months after, and you can have the sofa bed, and I can give you the Grand Tour, maybe a Diablo Valley Girls meet up or dinner, visit the Castro District. You know, the usual.   [emoji78]



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[Laurie]

Hey, you're always welcome here. I might be really boring to be around right after surgery, though.  I'd suggest coming before or a few months after, and you can have the sofa bed, and I can give you the Grand Tour, maybe a Diablo Valley Girls meet up or dinner, visit the Castro District. You know, the usual.   [emoji78]

  A sofa would be just fine, no need to make it into a bed. It's an upgrade over my front seat in the truck. The back seat is usually full. But then next trip I probably won't need the plug in cooler or the virtually unused bag of male clothes.  72 hours notice huh? That's almost making a plan. Not sure I can do that.

We'll have to see.

Hugs,
   Laurie

[Michelle_P]

72 hours notice huh? That's almost making a plan. Not sure I can do that.

  I was teasing about that.  Your need to be spontaneous was sort of obvious.

[Laurie]

  I was teasing about that.  Your need to be spontaneous was sort of obvious.

LMAO It should have been. I think I made it as plain as I could. I try not to be tied to a "plan".  Oh I can work with people that need them when I have to, but it's not my preferred modis operandi.  You know, like doctors and electrologists and such.

[HappyMoni]

I'm in the waiting area at Kaiser SF Medical Center just calming down.

I had my initial meeting with Doctors Thomas and Selim to discuss my gender confirmation surgery. This is the medical procedure that brings my body in line with my gender identity.

The visit includes a discussion of the procedure, and an exam by the surgeons of the surgical site. They did ask when I would like the procedure done, and I indicated that any time or opening would be fine.

Doctor Thomas asked a variety of questions both on general health and on my prep work.  No issues were found during the exam.

And, they had an opening on the surgical schedule that I can have.

My GCS will be done on October 20, 2017.

[emoji4]


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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Michelle, so happy you will join the graduating class of 2017.
Moni

[Steph Eigen]

Great to hear, more progress.

Steph

[DawnOday]

So happy for you Michelle. Glad you made it.

[Michelle_P]

I mentioned in a post last week that I was at a private event, a sort of shopping evening at a boutique with a local trans support group. The owner had picked something out for me, a LBD (Little Black Dress), a size 10 Tahari sleeveless sheath number.

I can't believe I've gone all this time without a LBD!  I promised I'd post it. Here it is.




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[davina61]

very smart, well done roll on October (that's when I plan to start RLE ) so double celebrations

[SadieBlake]

Looks great! I envy you that slender frame :-)

[Laurie]

I mentioned in a post last week that I was at a private event, a sort of shopping evening at a boutique with a local trans support group. The owner had picked something out for me, a LBD (Little Black Dress), a size 10 Tahari sleeveless sheath number.

I can't believe I've gone all this time without a LBD!  I promised I'd post it. Here it is.




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That looks good on you as does that big smile. It is always nice to see others able to smile. It's something we seem to find hard to do much of. Anyway love the smile and the LBD.

Hugs,
   Laurie

[jentay1367]

I mentioned in a post last week that I was at a private event, a sort of shopping evening at a boutique with a local trans support group. The owner had picked something out for me, a LBD (Little Black Dress), a size 10 Tahari sleeveless sheath number.

I can't believe I've gone all this time without a LBD!  I promised I'd post it. Here it is.




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Very flattering, Michelle! Shows off your new curves pretty nicely.

[Michelle_P]

I just opened my mail. I thought this would be a bill, but my old endocrinologist wanted to share the Radiology report with me.

The report is very good news, a huge relief for me.

Incidental to some other stuff, the latest scans were sent out to have my little monster, a micro-prolactinoma (adenoma that makes prolactin), evaluated for possible growth.

It hasn't changed in a year, so the growth trigger is gone and the risk is now lower.  There is suspicion that the original trigger might have been my insanely messed up endocrine numbers prior to starting HRT.

(Neat to see Radiology gendering me correctly.  Yay bones...)


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[Laurie]

Congratulations Michelle We all like good news I'm sure it's a relief for you.

Hugs,
   Laurie

[Megan.]

Sounds like good news,  very happy for you. X

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