I'll try to answer the last question first - how to bookmark a thread. It certainly doesn't work like it used to. The best option I see is to select the dropdown menu by your username, then select 'Notifications'. In the section labelled 'Moderation', there is an option to receive an alert or an email 'When a post report I've replied to receives another reply'. I know our admin folks are still trying to improve functionality, hopefully the 'bookmark' function will return soon.
Yes Courtney, we are now level two trans-sisters. I had been wanting to get this done for a few years, but I had other bills I needed to catch up on first. Getting a nice bonus from work helped quite a bit. It certainly isn't an inexpensive process, but it I'm hopeful it will have a major impact on how I see myself. In addition to Sara, another friend of mine had gone to Dr. Lam for her work, and those were all the references I needed to select him.
I get to gently wash my hair tonight, and I can even use shampoo! The water pressure here is really high, so the nurses suggested that I just pour glasses of water over my head, I'm definitely not going to take any shortcuts.
I hope your experience has been good so far. I think this procedure has the longest wait time of all!
Love always -- Jessica Rose