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and wondered if I had been given a series of shots or could have been without my knowing it. I couldn't see this as possible so I had no answer. When I mentioned this to Erica, she could not see how it was possible either. She suggested I see their family doctor. She felt he was reliable and could be trusted. Of all of the moves that I could have made, that was about the worst as it turned out, but I decided to visit him with Erica.

As we entered the office, all seemed in order. The doctor was a plumpish man in his late 40's or early 50's. He had a air of friendli- ness that waived much suspicion. Erica quickly explained who and what I was and why I had come.

"Well, well, my dear, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about." Saying this he looked over at me over the tops of steel rimmed glasses. "And you, Peggy, is it? And how do you feel?"

"I feel fine, Doctor, other than my chest, that is."

"Would you please take off your blouse and, uh, bra." As I complied, he looked at Erica, "Really, Erica, I find it hard to believe that this is a man. He or she seems so feminine." When my blouse and bra were off, he noted the swelling on my chest and the prominence of my nipples. After prodding a bit, he acknowledged, "Yes, there is definitely a pronounced breast growth. How long has this been going on?"

I have him a quick history of the "condition". He wrote this all down very studiously, a sort of smile on his lips.

"Now, Peggy, I don't mean to alarm you, but there is a possibility of this gynecomasty, as it is called, being a symptom of some other ailment. So, I'll have you run some tests, O.K.? You can dress again."

"All right, you're the doctor," I replied. I put the bra with the falsies in it and the blouse back on. The swelling was such that I was going to have to get some newer and smaller falsies or start appearing quite, "prominent" up front.

The rest of the visit was taken up with a number of tests, blood tests and other things. He took quite a series. Then he thanked us for coming and said he would let us know and that it would take several days to evaluate all of the tests and that I shouldn't worry.