Recent Entries

• Some Thoughts on the media majority

  by Donna V August 9, 2017
  I felt like writing being prompted by a couple of media offerings that unwittingly seemed to show where Transgender people are today. Firstly on U.K. Radio 4 yesterday evening I listened to David Sedaris doing one of his readings, you can see it on line http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/2...

• Time to recover,thoughts 2 months after GRS

  by Donna V June 16, 2017
  In a weeks time I have my post op appointment ,it's been 2 months since my GRS.Overall it's been an ordeal as last month my elderly parents health deteriorated rapidly with my mother going into a nursing home,.I was thinking about them and their difficulties.At the same time during these 2 months, I...
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• Next step,small step ,big step.

  by Donna V April 12, 2017
  So this time next week I will be travelling to London to have GRS and it is going to take a week until I come back home.I have just been doing mundane things including a lot of cycling, gardening,tidying up,stocking up.It seems the trivial and important can jump the queue randomly in my mind.Trivial...
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• small step,really,surgery

  by Donna V February 2, 2017
  lots of years have gone by .., and now today I am preparing myself for first surgical referall appointment .Done the psycho babble stuff,done the difficult long term relationship [ emotional volcanoes,and hurricane damage..followed by long term healing.]Things come to pass.I am just thinking I have ...
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• Autumn 2017

  by Donna V October 11, 2016
  jotting a few thoughts ,comments on recent happenings -Personally Transition wise ..waiting for the surgeons assesment GRS wise.Health wise I am okay . -Occupation work wise ..I transitioned from being a corporate electronic engineer to now a happy  mixture of Gardener,House keeper,Dog sitter...
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• Spring time for Donna and all 2016

  by Donna V February 24, 2016
  Hi all,  Funny thing I thought must do a blog its been a while , and maybe I had that wanting feeling for Spring to come round and get active, so I type in Spring, and GS auto completes with "Spring time for Donna 2015", reminding me of a previous blog.So i just conveniently changed title to 2...
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• Interesting day yesterday

  by Donna V January 7, 2016
  Hi all,             I had an appointment at Charing Cross Hospital Gender Identity Clinic yesterday mid afternoon, so went by train from Home in Chichester.After a much needed Coffee at Victoria,I took The underground, and seeing as I was early made an arbirary snap de...
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• silly numbers, UK Transgendered .

  by Donna V October 2, 2015
  Hi, Prompted by Recent Uk Television programmes and My own recent experience of getting a passport,It seems that in UK there is  growing mismatch between estimates of number of Transgendered people and Health services.Inevitably this looks to getting political.So Iam sharing my thoughts, I...
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• Moving away from Isolation to engagement

  by Donna V September 18, 2015
  Nutmeg muffins are in the oven,so half an hour to do this blog and then take our dog for a walk ,do shopping etc. If you are Trans [which I am] and your life has been touched by mental health issues[ my younger brother has a Bipolar disorder and had life threatening episodes],chances are that ...

• On the Long Journey,but right direction

  by Donna V July 28, 2015
  Hi all,         Just thought I would do a mini Blog to test website after recent overalls. I have a few family issues to deal with as my younger brother had a recent breakdown and was diagnosed with  Bipolar Disorder.Its very Sad and my parents have had ...