Quote from: Northern Star Girl on September 03, 2024, 09:42:25 AM@Jenn104
Dear Jenn:
Happy Tuesday to you also. 
Thank you for sharing your posting this morning....  as I am certain that
you did, I also got a laugh out of what your Insurance told you!!!!

Have you had an ultrasound yet??  is it going to be a GIRL or a BOY?

Along with the rest of your avid followers, I am eager to follow your progress!!!   
HUGS, Danielle [Northern Star Girl]

#MySurgeonsAreWinning

No ultrasound scheduled. I have a post op tomorrow though. I'll show my docs the screen grab and maybe they will refer me.

giggling all the way.

Jenn

That is hilarious. 

I would be asking the surgeon, "Um, what exactly did you do down there?"

I had my post op.

I am unpacked. She is a hot mess but she my hot mess. I love her.

I have peed.

and

Three dots with my smallest one.

it's been a good day.

Jenn

Step by step. Soon you'll back in the studio and back on the saddle. Congrats.

All good news!

Now the dilate repeat, dilate repeat cycle begins. I dozed off while doing it yesterday only to wake up ten minutes latter to what the heck is going on..
I'm glad everything is going well and congratulations on the new girl.
Hugs Gina

Jenn,

Do take it easy, especially those endurance bike rides, for awhile.
WOW, you have taken a big step and I hope the rest of your life will be blessed and turns out better than you could have ever thought it might work out to be.

Your posts and participation here are wonderful to see.  Thank you for being you.

Hugs,

Chrissy

Quote from: Oldandcreaky on September 04, 2024, 04:58:46 PMStep by step. Soon you'll back in the studio and back on the saddle. Congrats.

Quote from: Oldandcreaky on September 04, 2024, 04:58:46 PMStep by step. Soon you'll back in the studio and back on the saddle. Congrats.

Quote from: Lori Dee on September 04, 2024, 05:11:00 PMAll good news!

Quote from: Gina P on September 05, 2024, 05:31:03 AMNow the dilate repeat, dilate repeat cycle begins. I dozed off while doing it yesterday only to wake up ten minutes latter to what the heck is going on..
I'm glad everything is going well and congratulations on the new girl.
Hugs Gina

Thanks to all of you.

O&C -- serious riding is six months off. I am ok with that too, I have to be. As it is, I am blessed the queer cycling chat periodically erupts into joyous support for me. The cycling friends are a blessing beyond rides.

Lori- Indeed! when you know you've have a good day its like magic.

Gina- yep! I already did my first today. I waited a lifetime to get here, so I am telling myself to enjoy dilation, even when it becomes a drudge. Not everyone who wants to get "here" does. I'd be letting someone who couldn't get here down if I don't remember to smile.

~Jenn

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on September 05, 2024, 05:47:03 AMJenn,

Do take it easy, especially those endurance bike rides, for awhile.
WOW, you have taken a big step and I hope the rest of your life will be blessed and turns out better than you could have ever thought it might work out to be.

Your posts and participation here are wonderful to see.  Thank you for being you.

Hugs,

Chrissy

One of my cycling friends keeps texting me the same, "I know you Jenn, don't push. you're a patient not an athlete right now." Cycling's out of my mind, except seeing pics of friends having fun. I am jealous of them, true. I'll be back.

Thank you for being you Chrissy. You are such a ray of light. I've learned a lot from your cheerfulness.


~Jenn

Quote from: Jenn104 on September 05, 2024, 06:51:18 AMOne of my cycling friends keeps texting me the same, "I know you Jenn, don't push. you're a patient not an athlete right now." Cycling's out of my mind, except seeing pics of friends having fun. I am jealous of them, true. I'll be back.

Thank you for being you Chrissy. You are such a ray of light. I've learned a lot from your cheerfulness.


~Jenn

You are so sweet and kind to say that Jenn. 

As for cycling, you will return.  I am thinking of get an eBike.  But I like the two bikes I have and I am not as frequently riding them as before.  I want to stay healthy though.  I can do that without an e-bike.  Unsure if that should be written as eBike or e-bike.  No biggie though I suppose if one knows what I mean.

Chrissy

Deep Breath

My docs are chagrined. My medical team assures me I am not now pregnant, nor will I be in the future.

Deep Breath

I shouldn't share this picture. I am a gonna share it anyway. This is a selfie from about 20 minutes before discharge last Friday. Don't look at my incomplete facial electrolysis or my super tired eyes. Do check my naturally curly hair in a tangly mess of glory. Do read the tee shirt very very carefully.

I have a great team.

@Jenn104
Dear Jenn:
I am glad that your post-op went well and your doctors agreed that all is going well...
... and that you are not pregnant.   

I love your t-shirt....  and your picture of you in it....
don't be so critical of yourself, you look terrific.
This is all a "work in progress" and you are making terrific
progress in your journey.

Please continue to keep me and the rest of your followers updated
frequently.  I am eagerly looking for more of your postings.

HUGS, and more HUGS,
Danielle [Northern Star Girl]

Looking good, Jenn!

Love the shirt AND the earrings!

Looking in good spirits Jenn. Love the shirt too. Ear rings were a nice touch. 
Hugs Gina

Quote from: Lori Dee on September 05, 2024, 10:23:47 AMLooking good, Jenn!

Love the shirt AND the earrings!

Quote from: Gina P on September 06, 2024, 05:37:49 AMLooking in good spirits Jenn. Love the shirt too. Ear rings were a nice touch. 
Hugs Gina

Thanks for noticing my earrings. Really? they are $6 amazon specials I used to get free shipping and usually wear only to "Pride" events for the non-profit I board I am on. I only wore them to the hospital 'cause if they'd gone walking I wouldn't have cared. Serendipity I guess.

~Jenn

I hope you feel better each day Jenn!


Chrissy

A reflection of 24 hours of dilation.


First word in my head is let down. I schooled myself for it being some difficult thing that I'd fumble through a bit until working out the awkward. I dunno, it seems not so hard. I am already kinda sorta figuring the routine.  100 percent I am aware the routine becomes dull. 100 percent I believe the small one is the easy one, dilation is going to be more painful. Eyes wide open.

Beyond that? I am trying to approach dilation as a chance to connect to myself. I mean I am 60 and have spent my life disconnected on some level. Why not shoot for a mindset that turns what may be painful drudgery into a chance to connect, or at least slow down some.

let's see what the next few weeks and months bring.

Happy Friday!

~Jenn

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on September 06, 2024, 07:40:55 AMI hope you feel better each day Jenn!


Chrissy

I feel more like me everyday. The remarkable part of GCS for me isn't that I have had some epiphany. Rather I've told a few friends "I feel normal. Feeling normal is remarkable."

I am sore and will be a while.  I am coping. Mango Juice and advil are the official pain killers of my transition. Good friends bearing tylenol also help. I am narcotic (aka oxycontin) free. I will remain so. I am proud of that and my pain tolerance, ty.

~Jenn

That was my feeling , it just felt right like thats how it should have been.

Quote from: Jenn104 on September 06, 2024, 07:49:31 AMI feel more like me everyday. The remarkable part of GCS for me isn't that I have had some epiphany. Rather I've told a few friends "I feel normal. Feeling normal is remarkable.

~Jenn

So good to hear everything is going well. Feeling normal is the best way to describe it. I always hated my junk and was relieved when it was gone.