May 7th, 2008

2 weeks until surgery!  Fortunately, I have my life caught up and I'm packed and ready to go.  I have lots of social events lined up on my calendar, and I still have 7 days of work left, but I don't have any pressures to deal with, and can focus on surgery & recovery.  I've also been working out frequently, hoping this will help out my ability to recover.

I stopped my hormones today, as instructed by my surgeon.  I can't resume them until I'm out of the hospital or there abouts.  I hear there can be some withdrawl symptoms of depression or 'PMS' like symptoms emotionally when one stops hormones, so if I become a bitch, well I have an excuse.

I've really worked hard on my voice lately, and seem to have made some progress, but it will take months longer to get where I want to be.  But after exchaning emails with others who've had voice surgery, talking with numerous trans friends and those that hear me everyday, even I have to agree I'm not a candidate for voice surgery.  But that's a good thing - I think the thing that convinced me was that even if I had the surgery, I'd still be going through a year or so of voice therapy.  Heck, I can just take a few months now, and not have any of the drawbacks from surgery.