which ward?

[Pauline]

(Was not sure where to place this)

Hia ladies... Something that i have been thinking about recently.. i'm not sure if this has been covered and I am sorry if it has previously but I was wondering..

While Cross-Dressed and there was a accident... which ward (male/female) would we be taken too?

Pauline

[Anne]

Once we Yanks won our independence (and got our butts kicked in 1812) we abolished the wall between wards. Mix 'em up ;-)

Now rooms may be harder.

[Alexandra]

but there are those here that would gladly put us in a mental ward if they could.

[Beauty]

Hi,

I'm pretty sure it would be the male ward.

Beauty

[Estefania]

I agree with Beauty. Unless you had an already feminized body (i.e. breasts) chances are they would take you to the men's ward.

Just wanted to say something about a non-cding experience I had when I was around 20yo... (True story)

I had to have knee surgery. I was still living in Mexico back then. I got to this mid sized clinic and checked in/was admited. But... they were out of rooms on the 'general' facilities. So, the only avaiable room was... on the maternity ward! Ta-da!! So, I got my room there..

I only got to stay there 2 nights. But it was kind of fun to have more than a few people (from nurses to social workers) entering the room greeting me with "How's the mom doing?"

What did I have? Meniscus. (Oh yeah, and it was one of the first times I was able to shave my legs "legally" - They shaved a large area around the left knee just after they admited me in. I shaved the rest of that leg and the other leg as soon as I was able to, because "It looked silly to have only one hairless leg")

Gaby

[Vanessa]

I ride a bike and back in 1999 on November 19 I was on the end of a 35 mile training ride and I was struck from behind by a truck. I wear panties under my shorts so the sweat is wicked out and I am kept dry. I was taken to the hospitol here and my clothes were cut off of me and I heard before I was put under, one of my attenders said here we have another CD'er on a bike. I know there are a few of us out here that ride bikes and its only natural, look at what we wear. My doctor came it a few days later after it was decided that I was to be twisted like a pretsel to get me back together, three crushed Vert's, five broken ribs, one horseshoe stob thru the helmet resulting in a concusion of the skull, and numerous very deep skin lacerations, one so deep on my shoulder blade on my left shoulder so I dont wear anything that exposes my back, I hate the way it looks. The Dr as it turned out was a CD'er and stashed away my clothes from prying eyes, especially my Mom and Dad, it was bad enough I got hit, he didnt think it was time for them to find out I was dressed, he was soo cool and understanding, and we ride today as a result but always with a group. And oh yea, the guy who hit me was never caught, stolen tag. The police tracked it to a junk yard and the trail stopped there.Hmmm, I was left with a 37 thousand dollar medical bill and he gets away scott free. I have since resolved to let it go, he has to answer for what he did to me one day and I know it will be justified. I did learn one thing from this though, live your life the way you want as you only go round once and its all we have.

Van

[Vanessa]

Oh yea, I was put in a regular room, nice and private.

[Beauty]

I ride a bike and back in 1999 on November 19 I was on the end of a 35 mile training ride and I was struck from behind by a truck. I wear panties under my shorts so the sweat is wicked out and I am kept dry. I was taken to the hospitol here and my clothes were cut off of me and I heard before I was put under, one of my attenders said here we have another CD'er on a bike. I know there are a few of us out here that ride bikes and its only natural, look at what we wear. My doctor came it a few days later after it was decided that I was to be twisted like a pretsel to get me back together, three crushed Vert's, five broken ribs, one horseshoe stob thru the helmet resulting in a concusion of the skull, and numerous very deep skin lacerations, one so deep on my shoulder blade on my left shoulder so I dont wear anything that exposes my back, I hate the way it looks. The Dr as it turned out was a CD'er and stashed away my clothes from prying eyes, especially my Mom and Dad, it was bad enough I got hit, he didnt think it was time for them to find out I was dressed, he was soo cool and understanding, and we ride today as a result but always with a group. And oh yea, the guy who hit me was never caught, stolen tag. The police tracked it to a junk yard and the trail stopped there.Hmmm, I was left with a 37 thousand dollar medical bill and he gets away scott free. I have since resolved to let it go, he has to answer for what he did to me one day and I know it will be justified. I did learn one thing from this though, live your life the way you want as you only go round once and its all we have.

Van

Hi Van,

OMG. I'm so sorry that happened. At the same time I'm glad you lived to tell us what happened. That is amazing and it's amazing you lived through it. Wow.

I'm sorry about the medical bill that stinks rather big time. If the lesson you got out of it was the advice you gave though, do you think it was worth that money? Have you fully recovered from that physically? Do you bike anymore?

I couldn't agree more with you about your post. I'm so happy that you're ok and thanks for telling us about what happened.

Beauty

[Vanessa]

In a way it was worth it, I just wish they would have caught the person who did it to me. He will have to answer for his actions and that does console me s bit. I guess it braught me closer to my religion in that vengence is not mine but I will be justified later and I know it will be righted. Yea, I know religion is a sticker for some folks but I believe in a God who loves you no matter what you are, how you dress and who you are. He said believe in me and you will have everlasting life, that to me speaks volumes. How about you? Thank you Beauty for you comemts and yes I still ride, quite regularly in fact, gotta get my figure back you know. I ride believe it or not a great deal on the road still and some on the trails from time to time. But as with everything dealing with riding, I make sure there is more than one person riding for saftey reasons.


Thanks,

Van

[Sally]

About two years ago I developed a medical problem and my doctor referred me to the Oncology Department at the major hospital in our nations's capital, Canberra.

The attending female specialist there had been briefed by my personal doctor on my gender issues, including my medication program and she said being aware of those facts, would I be comfortable if some fourth year medical students sat in for practical experience while she did her diagnosis and conducted some tests. She said that it was becoming a more common occurrence where doctors were being confronted by gender issues with their patients and she considered it would be an excellent experience for the students.

I had no issue with the students being present and it turned out there were only two this day, a male student from Bangledesh who was aged in his forties I'd guess and a local female student who was aged in her early twenties.

During the examination and testing the docter not only continually explained what she was doing and her reasons to the students regarding the medical side, she also explained the issues which could possibly arise in my body due to my hormone treatment and accompanying medication in regards to my problem. During the treatments the female student did in fact ask the question jokingly that if I needed to be admitted to hospital, where should I be placed. That sure did bring a lot of laughing and joking into it all then and there. I stated my preference of where I would want to go and the specialist quickly knocked that on the head saying, "You wish". She said anyone who hadn't fully completed their transition such as me would most likely be placed in a single room in the male section and of course this is fully understandable and desirable from the hospital's point of view having regard to the emotional comfort of their female patients.

I'd just add that the female student was much more comfortable with me than the male student and he really did distance himself from me. My experience over the years with the medical profession has been that females are much more comfortable and accepting of people with any type of gender issue than their male counterparts and I only ever go to female doctors, they seem to be more willing and comfortable talking about it. Although I just might add that nurses, both female and male have never been the problem some male doctors have been, but maybe that could well be due to the doctors being at the top of the peck order and the nurses lower down. My experience has been that male doctors seem to be more forthcoming in expressing their feelings and opinions than nurses. Nurses and females on the average have a better sense of compassion maybe ?

Kind Regards,

Sally.

[Rikki]

Don't remember where I saw the stat, but I think it has been said that about 3% or males admitted to ER's are cd'ed in some form or other. Now that stat would say that 3 out of 100 men are dressed regularly. Makes me like to think that there are more of us out there than we think.
Ciao,
Rikki