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Some good news!

piny

So.

After waiting for more than two months for a surgery date (that is, to get a date, any date), I called customer service to complain. I received a call back within twenty-four hours (hah!), with a date. Two weeks from now, which is sooner than I was expecting by, oh, a couple of months. The change in plans occasioned the following conversation between me and the dear transguy friend whom I called for moral support:

Me: I don’t wanna do this anymore! I quit! I quit transsexuality! I want out of freakdom! I want normalcy! I don’t wanna be different! I wanna be like everyone else! Too much! Too soon! Too hard!

Him: Dude, join the club.

(beat)

Me: Listen, I’m gonna call you back….

And do you know, I felt much better. I’m just sort of trying to simultaneously keep it in mind and not get too obsessive. It seems to be occupying just the right amount of mental space, for which I am thankful.

36 thoughts on Some good news!

  1. WHOA DUDE! Congratulations, mazal tov, etc! And also: wow. Two weeks. Holy cow.

    By the way, have you seen the outrageous Mitchum ads on the Muni buses?

  3. By the way, have you seen the outrageous Mitchum ads on the Muni buses?

    Yes. I’m pretty sure I’m legally prohibited from using aftershave.

    And thanks very much, both of you. I’m glad I have support here.

  5. …is it aftershave? Some “pine”-scented urinal-cake-reeking male hygiene product or other, I know that much.

  6. I think it’s deodorant. And those ads are so ridiculous.
    If you do “stereotypical male bullshit action”, you’re a Mitchum man!

  8. Mazel Tov on the surgery date, and I’m with you on the whole “I quit” thing. I’ve said it more than once myself. Still, there are gifts to this life of freakdom, and most of the time, I can remember that.

    thanks, piny. it’s just good to know i’m not alone.

  9. Pfffft. Real men scrub up with a handful of gravel, then stick live weasels under their arms for a delicate musky scent.

    And my reaction when I hear somebody’s going in for surgery isn’t typically to congratulate them, but in this case it seems appropriate.

  14. Wow Wow Wow. I feel stunned and I’m not even you!

    I love your posts Piny and hope the surgery goes really really well for you. I so appreciate what you bring to this site. Thanks for being so honest and eloquent about your life with us. I benefit greatly from your contributions here.

  20. Congratulations, piny!

    Warm thoughts and quick healing!

    Thanks so much for the time you put into writing here at Feministe. It has been wonderful to see a transperson’s ideas shared in a feminist forum. Your writing helped inspired me to be more vocal about my own experiences and the issues I face.

    Thank you, piny.

  21. Thanks so much for the support, everybody, and for all the praise.

    Mazel Tov on the surgery date, and I’m with you on the whole “I quit” thing. I’ve said it more than once myself. Still, there are gifts to this life of freakdom, and most of the time, I can remember that.

    thanks, piny. it’s just good to know i’m not alone.

    Most of it is because I’ve imbued Teh Surgery with more significance than it deserves: despite the fact that I cannot pass as female these days, I still think of it as the moment when I become a transsexual. But glad to be of service.

  29. Congratulations indeed!

    Congrats, piny!! And remember, surgery is no excuse for not blogging… 🙂

    Quite so! Let us know how everything goes, will you? We hope for the best.

  30. congratz!

    and i must have tried a million times to hand my trans membership card back in. somehow, it just keeps coming back, sneaking its way back into my wallet. talk about the twilight zone…

  31. Congrats, piny!! And remember, surgery is no excuse for not blogging… 🙂

    word. we expect you to keep up on the news and blog about it while sedated.

  32. Best of luck to you, Piny. I’m glad you know have things settled. I hope everything goes extremely well and that you’re back and blogging again after the surgery in no time. 🙂

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