Quote from: LizK on August 18, 2018, 06:33:18 PM
Hi Kathy
Two things about this post stuck out to me, the first is your use of the word transitioned...do you feel like you have finished your transition and can now move on to returning your life to some semblance of normality? I loved your comment about being called "ladies" never getting old. I can't help myself, it always makes me smile when I hear it said to me. When I read your posts I really get the impression that you have your life back and it is not so 'Transition focused" anymore. I find that refreshing and something I am striving for.
Thanks for sharing
Liz
Hi, Liz.
When I say "transitioned", I mean going full-time. For me, social dysphoria was the biggest thing, so the social change is (and probably eventually will still be in hindsight) the biggest part of my transition.
I am not done yet, though. I am in the queue for GRS. It is a long, long queue. I have been waiting 11 months to get in to see a shrink for my second referral letter. In another month, I will give them another call to make sure I am still on the waiting list. And that's just a wait to get an appointment date. Then, there will be a wait for the appointment itself. Followed by who-knows-how-many sessions that will be necessary to satisfy the Montreal clinic. Followed by getting into the clinic's system and waiting for a surgery date.
All that is such a slow process that I don't even think about it. GRS will take care of the last remaining dysphoria, and I will be happy when I get there. But when I look back once it is all done, the most significant part of my transition will still be going full-time.
So, right now, I am enjoying life. I get to be myself; I am respected for who I am; I like myself, even if I am not yet finished. I can't say I "have my life back", because what I have now is so much better than what I had before. I have a life now.