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Rita, Piano:
Well, I'm seeing my youth in you.
I was born with ambiguous anatomy and erroneously assigned male at birth. I grew up with constant feminine protesting tantrums causing trouble at home. I considered myself transsexual and still do. I simply added inter-sex to my definition when I got an exploratory fluoroscope and then the doctors took a peek inside; I wear my hysterectomy scar with pride.
As far as I was concerned, my inter-sex diagnosis helpt bolster my transsexual feminine protesting - see, I was correct all along. I AM a girl! I AM a woman! I AM female!
It did not unsettle me at all. It is validation.
Someone at another site discussing her own asked me why I did not stay male. I asked why should I. I was gender IDed female and it took a little snipping and I got something for female. I never had anything male enough to make it so anyway. All's well that end's well, I concluded.
I was of no attitude to pay attention to what was happening 30-some years ago. I told the surgeon to take out the male and keep the female.
A few months ago, a nurse at my primary's office made a comment to me about my 'ovaries'. Seems they are intact inside me after all - as erratic as they are. I scored a 41 on my blood draw in March this year, a 281 in July, and a 31 this month. My endo told me not to worry about the crash - I'm age 59 and it's bound to happen she said. I said AGH!
Rita - please post your story. I am among the eager to read it. Mine is boring people here at Susan's.
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