RE: [GZG] Re: OT Changes and Medical Weirdness

Alan/Zoe,

On the plus side, you're adding another female gamer to the mix! :D

J

John K. Lerchey
Computer and Network Security Coordinator
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, David Rodemaker wrote:

> Please accept the support and congratulations from my household to
yours on
> navigating such a difficult time so well.
>
> David and Kiara Rodemaker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:gzg-l-bounces@lists.csua.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of
Alan/Zoe/Carmel
> Brain
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:48 PM
> To: gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
> Cc: sfconsim-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [GZG] Re: OT Changes and Medical Weirdness
>
> G'day All
>
> Um. How the heck do I explain all this? Some of you already know it,
but
> many don't.
>
> Towards the end of BSG, it started hitting me where I live.
>
> Why?
>
> Because on the 4th of May, something weird and still unexplained
started
> happening to me.
>
> The first symptom was a full-blown GD (Gender Dysphoria) crisis. That
> was odd enough, but it happens to a lot of people. They end up
changing
> their sex after years of hormone treatment usually capped by surgery.
>
> Then, at about the same time, maybe a little earlier, maybe a little
> later, the body started changing shape without treatment. Radically.
And
> very very quickly. As I said, it's still unexplained, hormones can't
> work that fast, and I'm not getting any therapy whatsoever anyway.
>
> Please just go read 2 articles (with pictures) on my blog.
> http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2005/07/facelift.html
> http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2005/07/good-timing.html
>
> I was planning on making the transition in January 2006, after giving
> the planned HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) time to work, and some
> necessary facial surgery in November. But my employer had a chat with
me
> today, and confirmed that even with my best efforts, I'm not looking
> particularly male any more, at least, to people who have known me. Not
> that I look particularly female either, just more F than M now. She
> suggested I transition whenever I felt comfy with it.  All of my
> colleagues, from the CEO down, have been immensely supportive,  as has
> my partner, Carmel.
>
> So this is a warning to all my friends, gamers etc that my name will
> change to Zoe Brain some time in August or September, depending on
> bureaucracy etc
>
> "Life : Sometimes Comic, Sometimes Tragic, Never Boring"
>
> Regards, Alan (currently being field upgraded to Zoe)
>
> -- 
> Alan & Carmel Brain
> http://aebrain.blogspot.com
> mailto:aebrain@webone.com.au
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