"How has your first day as a housewife been?" Mary inquired, "have you managed to keep busy?"

10

"It has been a lovely, and exciting day, I replied, "and everything has gone exactly as it should.

After a couple of cocktails, and a little light conversation, we had dinner, which Janet served to perfection. After dinner, Dr. Welsh announced that she must go, as she had to stop and make a call on her way home.

"Ruth dear," Mary said, "Dr. Welsh is going to start you on hormone therapy, and you are to have an injection twice a week for a while."

We went into the bedroom, and Dr. Welsh gave me an injection of female sex hormones in my right arm.

"Next time we will give the injection in your left arm, and alternate,' H she explained. "Injections are better than pills, So for a while we will continue the injections, so please come to the office about 4:45 every Tuesday and Thursday," she concluded.

After Dr. Welsh had departed, Mary and I went back cut to the front porch until Janet had the kitchen work done, and every- thing put away.

"You understand that the injections are to aid in your femin- ization, don't you?" Mary asked.

"Yes," I replied, "I understand, but when will the effects be- come noticeable?". I asked.

"That is difficult to say," Mary replied, "you really should have an operation, she explained to me, in order to get the best and earliest results."

"What did you tell her about that?" I inquired.

"I told her we were not ready for anything like that just yet, and I did not know for sure, when we would be, or even whether we ever would want that," she replied.

I quickly settled into the daily routine of a housewife, and to my surprise, I found that I really did enjoy it. Every Monday,

17.