Thanks for your reply!! That's amazing about your family!!! The friends part though.....ICK! That's horrible and I worry about that!!! I have never felt that competition part that some girls feel. I don't get their need to be that way, it's just hurtful. It's they that are missing out tho hun. Good for you for standing up and taking control of your life! I'm still pre op but I know plenty enough to know that it's NOT the easy way out. Some people have no respect for themselves or anyone else!!