This is my first blog post as MONA MAIER :-)!!



I got my legal status change on May 15th 2014.
Sex:female
Name: Mona Maier
Everything else is history.
That just feels sooooooo good. A great wonderful step towards MY LIFE.
There are so many things I have learned since I wrote my last blog.
Every day is like a new life waiting to be celebrated - and now I truly can.
I am thankful for all the blessings I can enjoy each day:

• getting up in the morning for having the privilege of getting to live another day
• being healthy and well
• having good and healthy food to eat
• having this wonderful landscape to enjoy and dwell in
• having angels walking by my side
• having a heart to guide me when I‘m listening,
• having a roof over my head
• having great friends who stay by my side
• having a good bed to sleep in
• having wonderful healthy children - each of them so different and ready to take on their own life.

One of the companions I have is my »tree of life« as I named it.
It‘s located on a small hill near a chapel with a magnificent, grand view of the surrounding mountain ranges.


Whenever I rest by its side it blesses me with visions, fresh ideas or knowledge that leads me further on my path.
It made me realize not to forget the experiences I made as Marc and honor Marc and his legacy - because he is the foundation on which my life as Mona is based on. Realizing this while my tree of life gave me this revelation - tears ran down my face  for what seemed like endless minutes. I was about to forget my past as Marc and I somehow was glad about it. Then my tree of life gave voice to my heart: stop this - remember him, he made all these experiences so you could finally get to the point where you are now. Instead of forgetting Marc he should have a place of honor in the memory of your past. So in my mind Marc and Mona first held each others hands and then embraced - tears again streaming down continually - and then they finally merged into one person - ME - and a peace got hold of myself and my heart that is too wonderful to put in words.
All this I owe to my tree of life and whenever I have time I pass by it, rest in the shade of its branches or lean against its stem, waiting for whatever it wants to tell me or simply feel how it charges me with its power. This place is truly a place of magic, wonder and meditation for me.


My physical change is well on the way. Just the other day I met a person who hasn‘t seen me for about 6 months - she didn‘t recognize me at frist. Only after I said Hello Mrs XXXXX did she finally say: ohh - it‘s you! You have changed so much!
You can imagine my inner smile spreading all over my body and soul after hearing this.

I learned a lot about taking charge of my life - especially in respect to doctors and medication.
Unlike in the US a lot of German people don‘t question what a doctor or a professor tells them. People take it for granted - and they believe for every word to be true.

I can honestly say that Germany really lacks doctors and surgeons devoted to our special needs. My rhinoplasty alone is something that leaves me with this recommendation: don‘t have it done in Germany!
I suggest to every person considering surgery under the transsexual label: get at least 2 opinions from 2 surgeons - let them illustrate what they have planned. If they fail to do that for whatever reason (it always turns out differently/ expectations of the patient might not be met etc.) - simply forget it! They have no idea on what you want or how you want it. for FFS I recommend this website as a starter:
http://www.virtualffs.co.uk/index.html
This can be helpful to show your surgeon what you want to have done. If he can‘t stick to the concept to do it as is recommended by Alexandra‘s results - simply say: I believe you are not the surgeon I want to go with.

For SRS I personally think the same: forget Germany and it‘s surgeons. Thailand is the place to go to. At the moment I am joining forces with the Green Party to create a change in the current situation of how the German health care system neglects better results for less costs - simply because the surgeons are not German. I believe that this current situation is totally unacceptable.


To sum it up for today - at our front door I put up a picture that reads like this:



And I wish my kids do realize how important it is for each and every person to be able to say that about themselves in the first place - just as I got the chance to learn that for myself. Then walking the walk of life is great, fun and one heck of a journey.