I went to hospital today for the long pre-surgery assessment our British NHS insists on to ensure we are fit to have surgery.
Nurse filled in long questionaire which meant I had to list previous recent surgeries so we had a good laugh explaining the orchiectomy as part of sex change. Then went to another nurse to gave blood, then another for EEG, then another and had 8 'before' photos taken.
Lovely Asian surgoen took plenty of time to explain what he'd do and asking if I had any questions. I said not and was happy to leave it all up to him.
Then he changed tack and slightly embarrassed asked me how I was treated in hospital and did I have any problems being pre-op and I said not and always had lovely treatment and expected to be treated same as any other woman with the slight problem of needing to pee into a male bottle being easily taken care of.
He said he has done a few other TS faces and his wife is a GP and has a couple of TS patients so he is fairly well up on the subject. I showed him my Gender Recognition Certificate which is legal recognition of my being female from the Government having fulfilled the 2 years RLE. he had not seen a GRC before so I replied that the 2 years RLE has gone out of the window these days.
I get such nice treatment from everyone that I don't understand why other TS don't when they have to use the NHS.
I have to be there again next Thursday at 7 for surgery and should be in overnight.
Sounds like you had a great experience! Good luck and heal well etc. :)
I liked the bit where Bruce Willis jumped the speedboat over the exploding oil tanker.
Congrats on your Chin feminization. I have a manly chin, but a feminine jawline...so I think it adds to my uniqueness. I once had a friend who asked about my chin, and I said not. Bashfully, almost like a turtle he quickly withdrew his question and continued to discuss the matter at hand. I then asked about his lack of chin which he replied with chagrin, 'not.' He knew of my feminine ways and easy to hurt, which began an integral point of discussion...do we put TOO much emphasis on the chin? So we began talking of philtrum and how even that can be an attraction. We then both had a hearty laugh and simultaneously said 'not.'