I'm post op top surgery and have started T once again. T hasn't reacted favorably for me in the past , in the sence that it caused my heart to go into rapid atrial fibrillation. Several weeks of being off the T , my heart rythm converted back to sinus tach which is normal for me so , its been many years later and ive started again so fingers crossed for me .
I can sympathize greatly with society rejections , snide remarks for all who have dealt with or are dealing with .
I'm born and raised in the heart of Appalachia . I still live in a rural location of Appalachia and well bi, gay , trans etc... are not well recieved to say the least .
Many months back I was at work , and a new critical care intensivist who made it clear that he has no tolerance for the " queers " asked who was taking care of his patient . My coworker stated Blake is over there . His retort to her was " get him, her , well IT over here now .
This Dr. Is no longer at that hospital and was from Pakistan or Libya , I forget .
I did hear him make this comment loud and clear as well as my coworkers , a social worker , an IT guy and two respiratory therapists .
The most awesome thing was that all of these people were sooo upset and felt hurt for me !!!! It totally affected my peers , as for me I laughed . I had a great shift so I was able to laugh but everyone was sad , and angry which was awesome.
So the head critical care director / doc finds me several days later , as by now , this has spread hospital wide and pulls me away and says " did that son of a bitch really call you an IT dude "? I laughed and said yep . He said " are you ok , do you want me to f?+&$?+ deal with him "? I said nope , its cool but dang thanks for asking . He said " what did you say " ?
I said nothin , honestly man, I was having a great day so I wasn't fazed and hear that shit all the time however if I had a crappy day and it was on the wrong day I would surely go off and say something . He laughed and said " dude what would you say "?
I said well I would say this isnt the bunker of anti-American , anti gay, anti woman's rights terrorist Taliban so you can't treat people this way here you son of a b?+&%.
The director said Blake , if he ever , and I mean ever so much as looks at you snide , you say as you wish and you will not be in trouble in the least
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Keep your heads up trans folks , thought id share that one