Fri, 15 Jul 1994

Dear Diary:

I met my new physician for the first time. Sue is really nice. She's never had a transsexual patient before, but she did study about us in med school at a time when surgery was performed here in Little Rock. The physical exam was cursory, just trying to see if there were going to be any complications during the surgery. I seem to be in good health...even with the stress I have been under lately, my BP is 120/80. My temp was a little high for me at 98.4, but that's probably because of the summer cold I currently have. There was some blood in my urine, which she is culturing, but the minimal amount of it may be due to the Peyrone's Syndrome, she thinks. In any case, she doesn't think it is anything to worry about. She concurs about staying on the spiro until about 4 or 5 days before the surgery and gave me a new scrip for it. She doesn't really know about post-op estrogen dosages, so I told her what some of my friends are on and she is going to write me a scrip, probably for .05 estinyl, though for some reason we couldn't find estinyl in her medication guide.

We chatted about lots of things during the hour she examined me. I think I am really going to get along well with her.

Having only to pay $5 for the office visit and physical was nice, too. :)

Irene went off to do her military service today. I know she is going to hate it, but everyone does it in Israel. She is really sweet, though she worries way too much about me. I'll miss her. She probably won't be back on the net until I am back at school teaching in September.

I went to the bank again today, to finalize my loan. I've already got a break on the charges, since the CD rolls over to 3.75% instead of the original 2.75%. Of course, I'll lose the extra because of the loan charges, but at least I won't have to pay as much for them. While I was there, I got two of the three cashier's checks drawn up. I'll have to go for the other on Monday since the loan was deposited to my account and I have to wait for it to get on the computer before I can withdraw it. I'm still a bit confused as to whether I need to pay Schrang up front for a graft or wait until we see if I need one. I know he does a graft almost all of the time. I guess I'll ask some of my friends.

On the way back to the school (I walked there and back, a total of about 2.5-3 miles), I noticed that this past week time has sped up considerably. I have been busy, so that's probably why. I wonder if it is going to slow down again next week. Almost everything that I can do know has been done and there are still 22+ days to go until I leave for Neenah. I have to go to the airport to pick up my plane tickets of course. And I need to go to Walmart to fill my scrips next week, as well as purchase items for the recovery period. I've considered going out to the Kimberly Clark plant here in town to see if they have free samples (they make maxipads here :) ). Gee, maybe I could get an endorsement contract like the sports stars do for Nike, etc. :)

Well, that's about it for today. I'm feeling great, except for the cold, which mostly affects me only in the morning. Emotionally, I'm ready...although I know that can change between now and August.

Love and Peace,

Robyn

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