tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post8348798684482147790..comments2023-04-26T23:19:46.504-04:00Comments on Notes from the T side: Life after SRSElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931270965200576249noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-7009061211384563362012-05-23T23:12:13.579-04:002012-05-23T23:12:13.579-04:00Like others, I made the decision to attend a high ...Like others, I made the decision to attend a high school reunion. I had finally decided to go to my 20th, by which time I had spent more than half my life in a corrected state. <br /><br />In my case, I didn't walk with my class. I took advantage of a loophole in Texas education law and graduated early. While most were sociable that evening, I was quickly reminded that I had not lost anything by not keeping in touch with anyone from the class. In the years that have followed, there is still only one person I have kept in touch with...ironically enough someone who came out later in life as lesbian. Had we both been able to talk to each other about such things, we both would have had better childhoods given that we sat next to or behind each other for close to six years...<br /><br />Surgery gave me the chance to HAVE a life. Without it, I doubt I would have seen 25...the tee-gee borg will never grasp the life-or-death scenario that many of us were confronted with. The catch-22 is that in order to defeat some of the bullshit that they push for, I would almost be compelled to walk away from a life of normality, something that I have no desire to do. Normal lives...what a concept...and one that Umbrella Inc will NEVER be able to grasp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-46574352266627478942012-05-23T16:53:17.701-04:002012-05-23T16:53:17.701-04:00what a beautiful blog entry.
i've often wonde...what a beautiful blog entry.<br /><br />i've often wondered how it is that others from our youth saw us, since its so hard to be objective when you are living in the midst of stuff.<br /><br />i can only imagine how it felt for you. It makes me wonder if it is worth travelling back to the uk to attend my college reunion.<br /><br />thanks,as ever, for sharing.flowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125760969179071647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-82315367639292486862012-05-23T14:43:30.881-04:002012-05-23T14:43:30.881-04:00Another extremely pertinent point, which is so poi...Another extremely pertinent point, which is so pointedly ignored by the TG, with their 'surgery is an option' meme, is the that the "option" is only available to those who are not TS.<br /><br />Those of us who are TS do not have that option. We absolutely MUST, have that surgery in order to live our lives as normal, happy, healthy, everyday women. And yes, that happy, healthy life, includes happy, healthy sex.Reaity Checkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13837911431745318620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-61725969675747193332012-05-23T00:09:24.839-04:002012-05-23T00:09:24.839-04:00Life is immeasurably more wonderful once we are co...Life is immeasurably more wonderful once we are corrected, and can finally achieve that overwhelming sense of "rightness" within ourselves and our bodies. I cannot fathom wanting to remain forever stuck in some trans-limbo.<br /><br />Thank you Liz for sharing your experiences here with us.Foxfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024545328665800258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-32405847853039697282012-05-22T21:53:34.769-04:002012-05-22T21:53:34.769-04:00I very much enjoy reading your recollections as we...I very much enjoy reading your recollections as well as your current observations and erspective. There really are very few women that I know of that managed to survive those early years in such good order.<br /><br />I think what people today fail to realize is that those of us who grew up in the 50's and early 60's have/had a much simpler understanding of how 'things' work.<br /><br />Like you, I had never even heard of trans anything when I was very young. I just knew that my body was all wrong and I should have a girl's body/life and not a boy's.<br /><br />Unlike you I never found my way to Harry Benjamin at such an early age. In fact, even in 1972/73 when I underwent my SRS, I still had not even heard of him.<br /><br />Hard to believe I know, but consider...no internet. All I had to go on in the mid to late 60's was my college library which had only a news item referencing Christine Jorgensen and an even older one in Lili Elbe.<br /><br />But here is the thing. Despite this limited information, despite the high risks, the goal was clear. Once the I became aware that this was in fact a possibility, I did exactly everything that I needed to do to get to where I needed to get, which was simply, WHOLE.<br /><br />And that was all she wrote. Ever since, it has been simply, "life goes on".<br /><br />Life after SRS? Gee....what can I say? Life goes on...:-)Reality Checkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665992976989225664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-37595284169200124942012-05-22T20:01:08.577-04:002012-05-22T20:01:08.577-04:00Thanks for sharing this, a very good blog entry. A...Thanks for sharing this, a very good blog entry. After I had my corrective surgery life went on and I soon forgot most of the misery living with my birth condition had brought me. <br /><br />Nothing like the confidence a proper body instills in a person.<br /><br /><br />NYFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-91876391037983946872012-05-22T19:55:45.522-04:002012-05-22T19:55:45.522-04:00One of the most significant actions a type V and V...One of the most significant actions a type V and VI takes is the process of "forgiveness" most often of yourself sometimes of others. It is essential to let go of the past accept the things that it is impossible to change and to simply move on. Until you do it makes it hard for anyone to love us but far more importantly to love ourselves.<br /><br />While the past is maintained as a part of the present the future cannot unfold as it should. I could not comment on these blogs on the issues I do if my own life was not founded on a firm and stable footing. <br /><br />In my past I worked, almost lived and breathed with a small group of people. They were always good to me and tolerant. God knows they had their own problems but although they never said anything they always knew what was wrong with me. When I finally talked to one of them about my condition the reaction was one of "We all know we have been expecting this" If I had known that I could have saved myself some wasted years. Forgiving myself for that was one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life. It was that single act of forgiveness that enabled my current happiness.<br /><br />CassandraspeaksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com