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Lattice 154 - Recovery

I normally drink about 4 liters of water every day, so going without really was the worst part of surgery for me. 😅

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Lattice 153 - Operation

I know it's a little anticlimactic, but this was how I actually experienced the surgery; which is to say that I didn't. 😂

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Lattice 152 - Today

The time has come! (And I'll bet a lot of people forgot it's a wig! 😁)

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Lattice 151 - Coverup

Ah, the eternal debate of who to tell what and why...

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Lattice 150 - Scheduled

For the few of you out there trying to keep track of my timeline, I actually got my first wig pretty soon after this and before the surgery itself.

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Lattice 149 - Recommendation

I considered including a copy of my actual Letter of Recommendation with this update, but realized that could probably cause some professional or legal problems. 😅

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for circumventing a broken institution like US healthcare, but I don't want to cause any issues for Flourish or Rebirth.

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Lattice 148 - Recollections, Part 3

Serious kudos to anyone who recognizes that episode of TNG from just these adapted screenshots! It was my first significant exposure to the idea of conversion therapy, and it definitely lengthened my time in the closet.

And yeah, of course I've had that dream. 😅

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Lattice 147 - Recollections, Part 2

She really did mean well. 😅 I ended up being friends with the guy all the way through high school.

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Lattice 146 - Recollections, Part 1

And now instead of just talking about it with the therapist, we actually get to see some of my 'trans' memories from growing up.

I don't know why I did this to myself, I have such difficulty in drawing child proportions. 😅 But hopefully, the fully inverted panel surround will be better for denoting these peeks into my deeper past.

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Lattice 145 - Groundwork

I know, I skipped over that story I keep alluding to; it's not quite time yet to share it.

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Lattice 144 - Therapist

Flourish Therapy, for anyone wondering. 😉

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Lattice 143 - Results

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Lattice 142 - Exposition

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Lattice 141 - Moments

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Lattice 140 - Countdown

This was a fun comic to make, especially the timelapse shot. Plus, I'm already in the habit of drawing myself in eye makeup, so had to go back in and erase it for the last few panels. 😅

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Lattice 139 - Vulnerable

And indeed I was. I haven't been out alone after dark since this experience.

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Lattice 138 - Night

I probably should have brought up my penchant for nighttime strolls at some earlier point, but they weren't exactly relevant to my experience with gender and transition before this.