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Dear Ren, if that's not a young man looking at me, from your photo, I don't know what is. You look terrific, handsome, although I know you were faking your smile. I also fully get how you're feeling so depressed, irritable, pissed off. But I do wish you a happy birthday. Maybe my wish won't come true but I wish it with all my heart nonetheless. All of my birthday cakes for you are for Warren, my friend. I hope you can hang in there. We miss hearing from you. Many warm hugs, Emma

The jury is in, I totally agree with the others, don't see anything but a handsome man. Happy Birthday!!!

Hmmm, also Propecia is a rip off, at least here in the UK, It's really Finasteride at 1mg strength, and it can be purchased from chemists here after filling out a questionaire, but it's about £40 odd for 28 tablets..............Finasteride on the other hand is sold at 5mg strength, and costs less than £4 for 28 tablets but it is only obtainable via a Doctors Prescription. I am prescribed it and I cut the tablets in half. You might want to talk to your Docter about this, it could save you a lot of money..................? Eve x

Okay Veronica, let's call it a 1.5 pain level as I realize that 1 would mean no pain and I do have a little bit of pain.

Hi Christie, No make up for a week? That's truly excessive, But I was told 2 days which doesn't fit in with my work. So here's what I do, the electrolysist puts some kind of a balm (Aloe Vera maybe), I then go home and wash my face with tea tree oil, then smear my face with Savlon Ointment, hope it's called the same in the US let me know if it isn't and I'll email a photo to you. Anyway after doing that I wear make-up the following day. There are occassionally some some folicle spots that are inflamed and I have to use concealer on them, but theses are gone within the next couple of days. Hope this helps you.......... Eve xoxox...........is that correct?

Dear Karen, May I suggest Vitamin E softgels to speed healing and, with your doctor's permission, after your stitches have been removed, putting Vitamin E liquid (by piercing a Vitamin E softgel) onto the scar, to prevent scarring. Women tolerate pain much better than men, in my opinion, due to estrogen, and also women are designed to tolerate pain better in order to give birth. Tolerated pain very well in all my surgeries and used very little prescription medicine, EXCEPT for my radical hysterectomy, (removed all my female organs along with the top third of my vagina), as well as biopsies of all my internal organs in my abdomen, to ensure no spread of the cancer. Had to use medical marijuana for two weeks after the hysterectomy, as NOTHING covered my pain, although when I was in the hospital, the nurses commented they saw nobody use the morphine pump less than I did. Wish the morphine pump came home with me or that I stayed longer in the hospital. Because I was a Medicare/Medicaid patient, I was in the hospital two nights and three days. Continue getting well, my friend. Yours truly, Monica

I was actually thinking that she might have been overly cautious, I wanted to look into it some more. I really don't want to do drag without foundation

In regards to not wearing makeup for a week, that's hard to believe. I would think that three days afterwards you should be able to wear makeup as I have done so in the past.

To the handsome young man named Warren, First, Happy Birthday! If I saw the photograph of you, I would not have known that this is a transman. Warren, there are days when anyone is blue. Today I was blue. Had to go to the library and had to ask for assistance on several occasions on one visit to use their computer (I had to make hard copies of an e-mail, and technology is always marching on, while I am standing stock still . . . LOL!) Twice, two small children pointed at me, asking about my disability, using the word, "cripple." The mothers shushed their child, but I didn't know what to say, because my disability is very complex. Was not angry or offended, but was not comfortable because I did not know how to interact with mother and child in a positive way (did not want to see the two children reprimanded). Last several weeks having a dispute with BOTH my credit card company AND a vendor . . . What do I do when it "piles up"? First, I try to decide what is the BIGGEST issue that I am confronting TODAY. Then I ask myself, what can I do about it TODAY? When I have made all efforts to address the issue, I set it down, and take on NOTHING ELSE for that day. The NEXT day, I repeat the process, addressing only ONE issue. No more than one issue per day do I address. Miraculously, many of the issues will go away by themselves, so subtly, that I can not remember what was bothering me. As for Facebook or any other website, or even group of people, I ask myself, does this person, website, social media organization, organization, school, employer PULL ME UP or DOWN? Seek out situations that consistently PULL YOU UP. Stay away from situations that tend to PULL YOU DOWN. Warren, I hope this helps. We both started out with a difficult day, and I hope by the end of the day, we both end with a good day! Always your friend, Monica

Dear Karen, When I had surgery on my left breast at the 9 O'Clock position, to remove a benign growth deep inside the breast, I wore a compression bra post surgery. Had Percocet, which did cover the pain. Of course, a biopsy is very different than a breast augmentation or mastectomy. My thoughts and prayers are with you for your continued recovery. Your friend, Monica

Yep... I googled "Electra Woman," too. I also looked at the 1976 calendar to see why I couldn't really say I remembered the show. Seems it's regular timeslot was on Saturday mornings. Perhaps about the time the show came on, my brother and I might have been doing chores, or there were cartoons on that we preferred to watch.