The swelling is going down now. I can close my lips now, which makes eating not just easier, but possible. Everything looks like it's healing fine. Just under the swelling, there is a visible difference.

The idea that I might come out of this with a regular female-looking face seems too good to be true. Transition is often a matter of trading high ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back.

Travel and I have an interesting relationship. I always get there, but it's often by quick changes of plan and a fair amount of determination. The more important it is to me, the harder it gets.

This last weekend taught me that despite the paucity of train-booking travel services on this end of the country you should not hope to make ( Read more... )