Quote from: Jenny_B_Good on September 07, 2011, 04:45:26 AM
At a guess I'd say that the older girls - 30+ are more comfortable with their appendances (even though they want it gone) than the younger girls.This interests me because the hardest part of this journey is realizing the fact they I will never actually be a woman. I will only ever 'pass'.
I consider this important because things like medical trips – like asking for prostate exams, taking blood tests- I will need to inform the doctors of my history(being male), as this will clearly skew my results and not bring a healthy outcome, as flattering as a doctor calling me miss might be. Even a gynecologist!! Imagine that!
My question is - Will it be easier for me to do explain this than my younger counterparts ? To actually admit who I was?
In regards to post op I've heard (yes.. I've no first hand account) that sexual organs retain the ability to orgasm if they were used in such a fashion before.
Now I'll have the operation even if it means the loss of sensation, but I'd certainly not want to miss out of such a delightfully, energetic and be honest- important part of a female's life. Will my younger counterparts miss out of this because of such a deep dysphoria/hatred for their gentials?
I'd be really interested in your thoughts girls.
Well, I guess an "older" girl says (1) please say more experienced! (2) I never got more comfortable with the damned thing - I just continued to adapt having it to living, always a preferable choice over dying.
Never actually be a woman!!! I'm as much a woman as any female that was born missing important female attributes; or had a hysterectomy or double mastectomy. I bet they would object strenously to being drummed out of the female corp because they may have less then 100% of the standard equipment or attributes! I am not a second class woman. I am a woman born with massive gender related birth defects that have somewhat been redressed medically.
It undoubtedly might be uncomfortable first introducing yourself to a new doctor - that should quickly dispell, or you have the wrong doctor. Obviously you need to inform your doctors.
The alternative to admitting who you were is to deny it. I was, and can not change that; I choose not to hide. It's only American society's repressed, sordid and repressive view of sex in general that causes our problems - not our problems that cause our problems.
Sexual response is important. Females often have do not so quickly find their response, but more do. Transsexual persons often do not quickly find their response - I know I have not as yet. I also have found that it does not matter very much. For me, having the right body that doesn't function fully is much more important then having the wrong body that does. So much more so with females is the fact that the mind is their mort important sex organ. With males - well, we know what's important there.
Susan Kay