For my spouse, it's coming up on a year of the "full time" status, so surgery is the next step. I'm so excited for her that she will finally match the body she has always wanted. There are a few hiccups around that area though.
Insurance only pays for a portion of surgery, so the remainder is our repsonsibility. For her, she wants to keep the cost of the surgery, travel, and recovery expenses to a minimum. I get angry about that. I do not want her, for any reason, to skimp on any part of surgery. I want her to have the best possible surgery available. I want her to have a surgeon who understands what it feels like to have gone through this particular experience.
I understand that she wants to consider our financial situation, the impact of the surgery on what we would owe, etc, but I got very angry with her thinking about trying to keep things cheap because of me or us. I don't think that is unreasonable. She would not want me to get anything other than the best treatment if I had some ailment that was impeding my quaility of life, why should I want less for her? I want to know that the surgery is the best possible service and follow-up care available. I don't care the cost of it. I want nothing but the best possible outcome for so many reasons.
What spouse would want anything but the best surgery for the person they are married to? Why wouldn't I want her to have a surgeon who has experienced the exact surgery, but who also can perform it so wonderfully with great follow-up care?
I'm trying to be open-minded about all possible surgeons, but I have done a ton of research and want the very best for her. If anyone has suggestions, recommendations, or experiences to share, I would love to hear feedback about where the best possible facility would be to have the surgery done.
On other notes...I have gone through some personal revalations, trials/tribulations, etc. It's so hard to think about the past and what has been such an impact on your life. Especially when it comes to sex. It took me a very long time to even say the words that I was a victim of "sexual abuse." I have spoken about this before. What tripped me up most recently is my counselor suggesting that I write letter to "the guy" as myself at the age it happened. I had written angry letters before as my adult self, but not as the vulnerable young person I was when it happened.
Curiously, I had a very strange reaction to attempting to put myself in the frame of mind when I was at the age I was back then. I started panicking, got scared, got very dark within myself. I couldn't write anything. I drank a lot instead. I numbed it. I cried. I got angry. I didn't know what to do. I got aa bit angry with the counselor for even suggesting what she did, writing the letter.
I'm not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be feeling right now, but it's terribly confusing. Maybe I'm supposed to be dealing with the past, maybe I'm supposed to be contemplating the future, but either way, it feels so uncomfortable that I'm not sure what to do with these feelings.
How do you get over the past and move on???
My spouse wants me to deal with my past, I want her to deal realistically with her future. How do we come to good compromises?
