Reframing My Internal Dialogue: Random thoughts on my pending Bottom Surgery
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What the hell are you thinking?
• This is my opportunity to make my dreams come true.

This surgery terrifies me.
• I am brave and will face my fears with courage. While fear may be a companion on this journey it does not control my destination. I remain focused on my excitement to finally have a body that I'm happy with and for this chance to feel whole.

I'm anxious about the outcome.
• I'm grateful to have a surgeon I trust. We have an amazing connection. She understands my needs. She is also a trans woman and has been through this herself. She has more than 20 years of experience performing this procedure and is a true artist who has perfected her craft.

The road to recovery is long and the aftercare process is hard.
• I am receiving a wonderful gift. It is my responsibility to care for it, nurture it, and protect it. These are only the first few pages of a new chapter in my story and there is so much ahead still to write. I can't wait to see what happens next.

The world is a dangerous place for those in the trans community.
• I am proud to be a queer trans woman and I'm loved BECAUSE of who I am. I'm seen and accepted as my authentic self by those who know me and the people that I meet. I treat others with kindness and that kindness is always returned. I'm not hurting anyone. I try to be an example of the LGBTQ community as a life lived in truth, with resilience and meaning. Through visible resistance and quiet persistence, I refuse to hide. I am beautiful, and I will exist.

I think it's normal to have some second thoughts about this surgery. To be honest with you I think everyone who underwent this surgery had those thoughts at one time or another. If they say they never did they are probably just lying.

Also, this is 2025. From what I've researched this surgery has probably been being done since the 1970's (Maybe even before that?) There wasn't nearly the amount of education or information available out there about this surgery as there is now.

Quote from: Zoey Addisyn on April 11, 2025, 02:53:47 PMI refuse to hide. I am beautiful, and I will exist.

Thanks, Zoey, for sharing such a powerful message of hope and affirmation. Today, it was a message I needed to hear as I wobbled in my transition goals.