On June 27th Jodie and I got married! Technically it is the second time we got married and it legally wont ever count for anything, but for me, it really felt like the first time we got married. I was able to be the one who got to plan the entire shin dig. I mean yes, like any good bride I asked Jodie what she wanted and I sought out her input frequently. But seriously, at the end of the…
http://transcister.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/transcister-radio/id1495662499 https://transcister-radio.captivate.fm/ I think it probably is about five years ago that my friend Dana came to me and asked me if I would be interested in creating a podcast with her. She had this crazy idea about doing a podcast focusing on transgender issues from people who live in the central valley of California. Of course I jumped at the opportunity. Initially the podcast was run under a nearby LGBTQ+ organization but it quickly became apparent that we…
Do you know how large a bile duct is? I didn’t. But now I do. It is about 2-4 mm. Which isn’t very large. It is so strange to ponder if most of my readership understands the metric system. Most of the world knows metric better than imperial measurements, but most of my readers are from the US where I wonder if they really know the different between 2 mm and 1/4 inch, but I digress. Let’s just say that…
Nope, I didn’t Disappear Off the Face of the Planet
February 7, 2023Wow Kel, do you think you could update your poor readers more often than once every four months? Um, maybe, but honestly, I really don’t know, so sorry but not sorry enough to change my habits and patterns! Well then, what has been happening in my life since I last updated y’all? First off, I’m down to dilating once per day and life is SO much more enjoyable! Well, it is more enjoyable for the less dilating, but it is…
I Used to do Things, Now I Dilate
November 21, 2022I’ve never been great at keeping up with this blog and it has never been my intention to be a daily blogger, but I used to be able to post a bit more than I have lately. I also used to work on a little side project called TransCisTer Radio. Oh and I had started to do some art, remember that? I think I shared some of my art here, but maybe not. I used to do lots of projects…
Educating my Dermatologist on Gender Dysphoria
September 13, 2022When I first started seeing my therapist I told her that I didn’t have any gender dysphoria. It didn’t take me very long to follow that up with, so by the way, what exactly is gender dysphoria? She explained it simply as a disconnect between one’s birth gender and one’s perceived or mental gender. I again repeated, yeah, no, I don’t have that and don’t think I have ever felt that way. I think a good question that I could…
And So It Begins – Patient Task Email No. 0
April 16, 2022Two days ago I received the first email from my GCS surgeon’s office regarding things I need to complete for my surgery this summer, um, woo-hoo! There have been many things in this process, so it isn’t as though this really the first thing, it is more like thing number 429 or some such thing, lol. Okay, maybe not that many things have had to be done, but it kind of feels like it sometimes. The email informed me that…