Hi All! Some may remember me as justshelly. It was my profile before but it must of been deactivated.

I'm about to make the biggest change of my life and one I have waited for, for over 25 years. I will be getting GRS and BA surgery at the PAI institute in Thailand on Aug 28th!!! I should be even more excited and anxius but I think I am still in disbelief and I'm going on in life like nothing is different. I think I'm numb to it all right now, but once the day comes!!! 

I have been reading Carrieliz's posts on a regular basis, Hi Carrie!! I have read others as well but I feel I know her better since she was more of a regular on here when I was, plus I like her descriptions and detail! Theirs never too much TMI with this type surgery!!

Some of her same feelings are equal to mine. I'm so looking forward to having the correct genitals but I'm thinking I already know how it feels to some degree. I have become so accustomed to tucking 100% that I don't realize what I really have until in shower or going to bathroom  I think I trained myself even more to forget this part since I figured I would never get surgery. It is now just lately that I have had some dysphoria with my part and definitely hate it even more.

I will try and post some updates, but not sure how I will feel or if I will be IT literate enough to do so

Here's a pic for those that may remember me!!

Should we call you Shelly?

Welcome back to the site(I did check and could not find your old account). Although it sounds like you may have been checking in here. Not sure when you were last on here but there have been a few changes in the last few years. One thing that is true now is you cannot post an avatar or share private messaging with someone till you hit 15 quality posts(not just fillers). It is always great to have sisters sharing their experiences. I would encourage you to add as much for other in the future. Thanks for sharing with us.

I also want to share some links with you. They are mostly welcome information and the rules that govern the site. If you have not had a chance to look through them, please take a moment:

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Once again, welcome to Susan's. Look around, ask questions and join in.

With warmth,

Joanna

Welcome to Susan's place. I am a bit unsure what happened to your account but I have one thought. If you haven't been on the site for over 10 years, you account was on the old server and all of the older information was lost. I have run several searches finding no trace so I suspect that may be the case.