Sarah's Transition Diary .. weeks 373 - 376

.... is for those who might want to contact me about my diary.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

08.00 .. I ring the doctors .. and get an appointment with a new name, a lady I’m assured .. 09.00.

09.00 .. I’m in the doctors ands soon get called in.

It’s a young female doctor, she’s really nice. She looks at my toe through my tights and confirms it’s infected .. antibiotics to clear it up and an appointment soon to have the ingrown nail sorted again.

We have a chat and I ask about having my new HRT put on 3 month repeatable prescription .. she does it .. brill.

09.15 .. I head for the chemist .. the HRT I can do without till the weekend, but I wait while the antibiotics are sorted ..

I head for work via home again to collect my camera ..

10.35 .. I’m in the office ..

I set some kit up and take some pictures for Jon.

12.15 .. I head round to the News studio to set it up for “Ship Wreck” as we engineers love to call it .. soon sorted.

12.35 .. Lunch .. PAB.

12.45 .. Post lunch .. I create a set of new settings for the News Studio microphone processor .. I’m in a battle to convince a particularly vocal opponent to change that her in ability to use the newer sweeter processor settings is all in her head .. and I’m nearly there. The “old setting” is now been tweaked so close to the new setting it’s nearly impossible to hear the difference .. << giggles >>.

In a fortnights time I’ll actually make it sound the same .. just with a different name. A month later I’ll go rename it once her boss knows what I’ve done ..

13.30 .. The recording of this weeks “Ship wreck” starts ..

18.28 .. I’m in my mum’s flat ..

I make the call on my mothers behalf .. the chap at the other end asks to speak to my mum and then mum hands me the phone back .. 5 minutes later mother is £120 in pocket on her electricity bill, and the registration is good for the next three years ..

18.55 .. I head for home ..

19.12 .. I’m home .. to an empty cold (15c ) house ..

Heating on, I head for the fridge .. dinner for 1 goes in the microwave .. 3 minutes later ..

Ping ..  A M&S asparagus and chicken risotto is served .. to be followed by bio yoghurt with oat granola and honey. 

19.45 .. To the computer ..

20.30 .. Karen is home ..

20.45 .. Karen makes a cup of tea ..

22.35 .. I head for bed ..

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Day 2606. Friday 27th January 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..
 
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Day 2607. Saturday 28th January 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.28 .. I’m awake again, notice the clock and take an antibiotic.

08.35 .. I’m awake again and very dry .. another drink ..

09.20 .. I’m awake .. Karen’s disappeared .. I can here her in the bathroom.

09.25 .. I put the TV on to catch the end of the news .. Karen soon appears with cups of tea.

10.05 .. Up and at it .. I head for a pit stop 

It’s the Saturday morning weigh in .. 14st 10 1/4 lb ... That’s better.

11.25 .. I head for a shower ..

16.45 .. We head of to my mothers via Lightwater .. I pay the newspaper bill in the Newsagents and Karen heads into Budgens for mother.

17.25 .. We arrive at mothers flat .. this is depressing .. << sighs >>.

18.45 .. We leave mothers .. the journey away starts some ill feeling and we end up with Karen driving us home in a huff, after stopping in Sunningdale so she could phone Claire .. and that wasn’t good news either. 

20.10 .. I order the Chinese .. “20 minutes please Sarah” ..

20.25 .. I head off to get the food ..

21.05 .. I open my fortune cookies .. “PROSPERITY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER” followed by “YOU WILL BE IN A VERY GOOD MOOD TOMORROW” .. hmmmm .. The first one I’ve had before .. promises, promises .. the second one would be nice, time will tell !!!

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Day 2608. Sunday 29th January 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

19.05 .. Dinner is served .. Chicken breast “casserole” with potatoes and peas .. the dessert is M&S “millionaires pot” .. lovely .. how many calories !!!

20.10 .. I’m in that position .. new 25mm dilator feels odd, still tight ..

After about 4 minutes, of putting it in, taking out .. putting it in with redistributed lube .. I feel the sting .. I’ve torn again ..

21.45 .. I’m back down stairs ..

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Day 2609. Monday 30th January 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

09.12 .. I’m parked outside the office ..

12.30 .. Lunch ..

13.30 .. A meeting to discuss what we’ll be doing with our satellite feeds in the new contract bid ..

14.58 .. Back in the office ..

17.34 .. I drive away .. I stop for fuel at the Esso at Denham .. I stop at £32, need to get as many £30 fill ups for the free cinema tickets .. it’s only 2/3 filled the tank ..

18.28 .. I’m home ..

18.45 .. Dinner is served .. chicken and asparagus risotto .. dessert is bio yoghurt with oat granola and Greek honey. Gosh what rich honey .. amazing !!

22.35 .. I hit “file” on my 2011 tax return .. and get the receipt .. so no fines, and they owe me some money .. nice !!

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Day 2610. Tuesday 31st January 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2611. Wednesday 1st February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2613. Friday 3rd February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

08.58 .. I’m parked outside the office ..

12.25 .. Lunch time .. PAB ..

17.35 .. I head for home ..

18.31 .. I’m home ..

19.15 .. I order the food ..

19.25 .. I head for the Chinese in Bagshot ..

19.45 .. I’m home with the food ..

20.05 .. I open my fortune cookies .. “YOU WILL APPEAR ON T.V. SOON” followed by “HAND THAT TOUCH THIS SLIP WILL BE SAVED FROM MISFORTUNE” .. hmmmm .. The first one, well they say we all appear on CCTV 10 times a day .. hmmm .. the second one is a repeat from a few months ago, is this a “top up”, does a second cancel the first, that is the question .. time will tell !!!

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Day 2614. Saturday 4th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

07.10 .. The alarm ..

07.38 .. Up and at it ..

Post shower, I nip down stairs in my undies to do the Saturday morning weigh in .. 14st 11lb .. << sighs >> .. not what I’d hoped for.

08.38 .. In the kitchen sorting myself out ..

09.41 .. We are on the road ..

10.19 .. We join the M1 ..

11.03 .. We arrive at Northampton services .. Claire is quite happy despite earlier fears ..

11.35 .. We are in Toddington services so Karen can do a little food shopping for lunch ..

12.29 .. We leave the M25 ..

12.45 .. We are home .. 

13.15 .. Luncheon is served ..

13.48 .. I call my mother to warn her of our later arrival .. she says she’s “just the same”.. and doesn’t anything from the shops.

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Day 2615. Sunday 5th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

08.20 .. Up and at it ..

09.40 .. I head for the shower ..

11.40 .. ish .. Robert and his girl friend Lorraine arrives .. first time she’s actually met me. Claire’s a bit off with Robert to start with .. as Robert is now wearing glasses, having been diagnosed with astigmatism.

12.15 .. ish .. Robert and Lorraine head off, time for lunch ..

Lunch .. a ham sandwich, cocktail sausages and some crisps ..

13.15 .. We are on the road to Northampton, but heading off via the M3 for better roads ..

14.10 .. We leave the M1 .. clearly the TomTom isn’t picking up what we are seeing on signs and heard on R2 .. so I’ve told the TomTom to recalculate avoiding motorways .. it’s takes us off at J12, one Junction short of where we think the trouble starts.

Up the A5 towards Milton Keynes ..

15.10 .. We’ve finally made it to the services .. Claire’s minders are waiting for her ..

15.13 .. We are heading home .. a slight delay while the TomTom checks for delays .. seems its OK.

15.59 .. We leave the M1 .. the outside temperature is 1C ..

16.41 .. We are home ..

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Day 2616. Monday 6th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2617. Tuesday 7th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2618. Wednesday 8th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2620. Friday 10th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..
 
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Day 2621. Saturday 11th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

It’s the Saturday morning weigh in .. 14st 9 1/2lb ..

This mornings post contained a letter from Frimley Park Hospital inviting me to a "NM Lung Ventilation & Perfusion" on 21st Feb, this is a follow up to Tuesdays chest clinic appointment.

"The scan is a simple straightforward examination which involves the inhalation of a very small amount of radioactivity. A series of images will then be taken. You will then be given a small injection and further images are taken."

http://www.enotes.com/lung-perfusion-ventilation-scan-reference/lung-perfusion-ventilation-scan-172145

Ho hum ...

13.15 .. I’m in the Vodafone shop at 93 High street Staines .. trying to sort my phone out ..

Went to the Vodafone Shop in Staines this morning to get my old cherished 07778 number transferred to my new Samsung Galaxy S 2 phone, and was refused. The Vodafone Telesales person said that I could, and that was a condition of me staying with Vodafone .. phone call tomorrow / Monday to sort this out, if not I'll return the phone and cancel the contract, it was key to the deal .. I'll move my 20+ year old number to Orange and get the Samsung from them instead .. grrrrrr .. rip off Britian !!

14.31 .. I’m in the hairdressers

15.00 .. Karen arrives at the hairdressers ..

15.50 .. I’m home ..

16.15 .. We head for my mums ..

Installed mothers new TV in her bedroom today .. "it's a different remote control, this will confuse me" .. suspect I'll be making loads of trips home via her flat over the next few weeks to sort her TV out when she's pushed a wrong button .. << sighs >>.

19.05 .. We are home ..

19.20 .. I order the Chinese ..

19.50 .. Home with the food ..

20.30 .. I open my fortune cookies .. “TODAY WILL SEE THE START OF A NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE” followed by “YOUR MIND IS FILLED WITH NEW IDEAS, MAKE USE OF THEM” .. hmmmm .. Well the first isn’t a lottery win .. left it to late to renew my lotto numbers tonight .. DOH .. the second one leaves a lot of questions !!!

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Day 2622. Sunday 12th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

RECIPE: Cut honeydew melon in half, scoop out seeds, fill scooped out hole with Cointreau .. allow to soak for a few minutes .. enjoy !!!

Hic ..

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Day 2623. Monday 13th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

18.55 .. I’m home .. I’ve received a copy of a letter from the chest specialist I saw last week to my GP this evening when I got home .. I've not had much self esteem the last 6 - 8 weeks as I've struggled with things, motivation has been low .. feels like those chocks have been kicked away now .. life sucks at the moment.

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Day 2624. Tuesday 14th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

11.20 .. ish .. A run in with Vodafone ended up with me making an instant on line complaint from what seemed to be transphobic issues around "security". I've been battling since the weekend to get an ancient Vodafone number of mine transferred to my new phone. Anyway, at that time I was told again it would be sorted by 4.00pm, though by 10am this morning there first 24 hour period had failed to change anything.

16.30 .. I made contact with Vodafone again .. this time I got through to a chap who knew what to do .. he really sorted it all in 15 minutes or so, swapped the two numbers saving my PAYG account to that everybody else said would have to die. Was oh so happy to suddenly see the 3G icon appear with my 20 year old sim!!.

A big sigh of relief was too early !!

.. Having got home I tried to log into my Vodafone account .. computer say NO !!. I know what's happened .. moving my old number has moved the email account I once registered to that number .. pre transition, and long dead. I predict a battle now to get both logins sorted again .. ho hum !!

18.40 .. home to find another hospital letter had arrived today .. an appointment for a "High Resolution soft tissue CT scan" on 29th February. Arranged by the chest specialist I saw last week, this is at yet another little hospital in Aldershot, another new place to start a file on me!! I'm going to be getting a lot of radiation / x-rays over that 8 day period .. just have to hope that these investigations deliver an answer.

20.00 .. We arrive at the pub .. Valentine's night out with Karen. Karen sort of smiled at seeing another pair of women there in the Half Moon in Windlesham having a romantic meal. It was very pleasant .. we shared starter and mains .. baked Camembert followed by a Beef Wellington. My trio of chocolate dessert was fab, so was the Rioja wine that washed it all down .. a really nice evening .. LOVE IS !!

22.10 .. ish .. As we are finishing Helga the land Lady comes to find us for a chat ..

22.25 .. We are home ..

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Day 2625. Wednesday 15th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2626. Thursday 16th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2627. Friday 17th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

12.26 .. I go out and give the guttering man the OK ..

13.45 .. The guttering man leaves £175 richer .. I think I’ve been done ..

19.30 .. I order the food ..
 
20.40 .. I open my fortune cookies .. “THE NEXT CLOUDY DAT WILL BE LUCKY FOR YOU” followed by “HAND THAT TOUCH THIS SLIP WILL BE LUCKY FOR YOU” .. hmmmm .. Well tomorrow they are predicting loads of rain .. maybe a lottery win << LOL >> .. the second one might confirm that .. so I’ve made sure my lottery tickets are active and added a lucky dip to Lotto and Thunderball .. yes a fool and their money are easily separated, I think I proved that earlier !!!

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Day 2628. Saturday 18th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

It’s the Saturday morning weigh in .. 14st 1lb ...

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Day 2629. Sunday 19th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

09.55 .. Up and at it ..

11.05 .. I head for a shower

13.05 .. Lunch ..

13.30 .. I head into the garden to massacre some rose bushes ..

14.55 .. Karen and I head for Waitrose ..

19.15 .. I’m outside Christine’s hotel, the Travel Lodge by the M4 at Newbury, J13.

21.35 .. I drop Christine off outside her hotel ..

22.15 .. I’m home .. Yaa.. I manage to get my Vodafone contract phone internet login sorted ..

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Day 2630. Monday 20th February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2631. Tuesday 21st February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

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Day 2632. Wednesday 22nd February 2012.

Memory Joggers ...

06.10 .. The alarm ..

18.20 .. I get cut up on the M25 at J14 that damages my car .. the driver won’t stop ..

18.28 .. On the A30 roundabout at J13 .. I’m verbally abused while taking photographs ..

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