One more thing....Just wanted to add that these feelings that I had about the what was done to me were buried until my 20’s.

 My family and later when I contacted the surgeon and endo were stunned that I feel this way about the surgery that was done to me at five.The family message keep your mouth shut.The surgeon and endo when they realized that I WANTED TO make sense and how to manage instead of getting drunk over it -were really understanded and admitted that I was one ofthe ones that should of been left alone until this was really, really necessary and they also took ownership of the trauma that I felt having to service the medical students the way that I did (demoralizing) even though they thought i trusted them and they were good people learning and helping me.

Who knows a sheet might of made all the difference instead of be good for the doctors. Anyway, whatI like about medicine is that it "isn’t always right but is forever changing." I think for the time period that I got the best care in the world for a condition that really, really wasn’t known then and still isn’t in many respects.

They really did the best they called and everything was a judgement call. Thet were trained but forgot that I wasn’t or maybe just the time period? They did things right before doing their surgery because from my records went to the psych dept. that deemed I was a year ahead except in some motor skills but back then I think they were considering if I will of been better raised male but that good mid western uterus was what they wanted but opps years later a cyst on my ovary would be found by accident with the cancer and the thyroid condition would be treated when the doctor thought it was time......want fun? read about infertility and thyroid conditions. I’m really interested in the thyroid and what happens with to little thyroid hormone or to much.

I liked how i was born but understand wouldn’t of been able to function in society.

I don’t know what I would do J : ) if i had been born like you rather than me. I might make the same parental decesion that you did.