Surgery can take more than year of preperation

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Surgery can take more than year of preperation
By ASHLEY SMITH Telegraph Staff

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/NEWS01/419250172/-1/news

Sex reassignment surgery never happens on a whim.

Transsexuals go through more than a year of preparation under mental-health professionals' guidance and must be deemed mentally and physically ready for surgery before transitioning from one sex to another.