Hopkins asked. "Well, Doc, I guess I'm a little sore, from your inspection." Joe said, with a slight grin. "I'm sorry, but I was as careful as I could be." Dr. Hopkins said. "Any news?" Joe asked. He wondered what the results might be. "Well, Joe. I don't know how you feel about this, but my examination reveals that you seem to be a normal, healthy, mature female. I see from your records, that your are thirty years old. I must say, you certainly don't look that old, externally, or internally. Your pelvic examination is somewhat unusual. Internally, your condition is more like 15 to 18 years old, rather than thirty. Your uterus is perfect, and pink, like a young girl just out of adolescence. Your breast development is normal female, with some slight stretching of the epidermis. I suppose that is because of the extremely rapid growth. Overnight, I understand?" Dr. Hopkins said. "I didn't notice anything when I went to bed, and I looked like this when I woke up." Joe said. "Can you do anything for me?" He asked hopefully. "What do you like us to do?" Dr. Hopkins asked, watching Joe's reaction. "I don't know. I feel like I'm still a man, but I sure can't resume my normal activities, looking like this. Do I have to remain female?" Joe asked the ultimate question. "Well Joe, You have probably heard of surgical procedures to change the bodies physical appearance to that of the other sex. After hormone therapy, usually lasting a year or more, it is possible to alter the appearance of the genitalia, so that it has the appearance of the desired sex. For a biological male who has the need and desire to have a female appearing body, the results are often amazing. It can sometimes even fool a doctor. However, for a biological female who wishes to be male, the surgical procedure is far from perfect. Any penis created is basically non-functional, with little or no sensation. There is no natural erectile functioning, and it's difficult to make it function even for urination, since it is often prone to infection. Many patients don't even elect genital surgery, but settle for hysterectomy, and mastectomy. Hormone therapy will often give a satisfactory outward male appearance, however. For you, who actually have experienced a complete, functioning male body, I think you would be very disappointed with any result, no matter how it would turn out." Dr. Krell said. "So I'm stuck being female, unless I want to become a hermaphrodite?" Joe asked, wondering if he really understood what Dr. Krell had just said. "Well Joe, I wouldn't word it like that, but I guess that's one way of describing it. I don't think you would be happy with the result." Dr. Krell went on. "I know it isn't easy, but you seem to be adapting to what has happened to you very well. I don't think it would be any easier for you, if you would elect gender reassignment." "So you guy's think I should stay like this, huh?" Joe asked, a strange feeling coming over him. His face tingled as he considered his options. Female.... He had lived four days like this so far. Sometimes, it wasn't so bad. But, to stay like this... Could he handle it? On the other hand, to look like a guy, but not have a penis, or at least a functioning penis.... Hell, he might still have to sit down to pee... He thought of the feelings... the sensations.... of being with Linda.... But then, he still had that, it was different, for sure, but in many ways, even better. He didn't know. "Can I get pregnant?" Joe asked. "I haven't done any testing for fertility, but I suspect you very likely could." Dr. Hopkins said. "I believe you are now a mature and functioning female, and as such, you'd better use adequate contraception if you should choose to become sexually active. By the way, your hymen is intact. I had to stretch it a bit during the examination, but I believe it remained intact." Dr. Hopkins said, looking at Joe, and grinning. "You mean I'm a virgin?" Joe asked, He never thought about that. "Well, I don't know about that. Dr Hopkins answered, chuckling. "But your pelvic exam showed an intact hymen. That's not too common for a woman of your age. I have a question for you too." "Sure, what?" Joe asked. "Was your penis circumcised?" Dr. Hopkins asked. "Well... Yea, Why do you ask?" Joe was curious why he wanted to know. "Well I observed some unusual scar tissue around your clitoral area. I had never seen that before, but we decided that it might be carry-over from penile circumcision. I don't think anyone on record has ever experienced what you have. Dr . Hopkins said. "Will it cause problems for me?" Joe asked. "If it doesn't hurt, or cause irritation, I doubt it. Physically, your clitoris is missing the little hood, called the prepuce, that it normally would retract into, or under. The extra exposure may cause discomfort during intercourse, or when wearing tight clothes. I don't know. Since you've always been like this, since the change, you may not notice anything at all. Cosmeticly, I doubt anyone but a gynecologist, maybe a sharp general practitioner, would even notice. I wouldn't 't worry about it." Dr Hopkins said. Joe thought about what he looked like in the hand mirror. The little sensitive bundle of flesh at the top of his opening.. Yea, Linda didn't look like that. But, he decided, it was probably the least of his problems. "What about my life, my job....Hell, I'm a thirty year old man, an engineer, a pilot....all my records, my identification, show me to be male. What can I do about that." Joe asked. He didn't know what he wanted to do, but he knew he needed more information. "Don't worry about that, Joe." Dr. Krell assured him. "What ever you choose to do, it will be possible to change you records, even your birth certificate, if you need it. I'm not sure about your military records, however." "So what do I do next?" Joe asked. He hadn't known what to expect, but he had more questions now, than answers. "Well, I think we need to find out what has caused these symptoms in you, and your two friends." Dr. Krell said. "We'd like to run more tests on you, perhaps we could get you to come to San Diago, where there are more facilities to research your condition." "What can you do there, that you can't do here?" Joe asked. "I don't really know if there is anything, anyone can do for you, Joe, but we need to find out just what has happened, and, just what caused it. Then we might, and it would be a big might, we might be able to somehow reverse your condition. If we were to alter your appearance with surgery, I don't think you would be pleased with the result, and it would surely leave you disfigured, if we did find a way reverse whatever happened to you. If you possibly can, I advise that you try to live with what you now have, at least for a while. I realize it isn't easy, but none of your other options are either. I would recommend that you consult a therapist, if you're having any difficulty coping with the changes. I might add, you seem to be doing quite well, so far." Dr. Krell advised. "If I decide to stay this way, at least for now, what will I have to do to get my records changed?" Joe asked. "If you will come to my office in San Diego, I have all the information you need, and there is a group of people to help, who are familiar with the legal requirements for Arizona." Dr. Krell replied. "How did they get familiar with my requirements already?" Joe asked, as far as he knew, he was the first person he ever heard of with his problem. "You might be surprised at the number of gender disphoric persons who elect gender reasssignment." Dr. Krell answered. "Only, they take years to get where you are now. But then they face the same obstacles, after the reassignment surgery. We see well over a hundred every year." It had never really occurred to Joe there were people on the street, maybe people he knew, who had once been a different sex. He didn't think he had ever seen anyone like that. He felt sorry for anyone who felt they had such a problem, since he now knew what it was like to have the wrong body. "I didn't realize there were that many people who changed their sex." Joe said. "I wonder why I've never seen any of them." "How do you know you haven't?" Dr. Krell said. "I know of at least one that you've seen." "Really, I sure don't remember seeing anyone like that." Joe said, slightly amazed. "I wouldn't say anything, but I know she won't mind. I know you've met Dr. Hopkins nurse, Karen Simpson. Dr. Krell said with a grin. "When I first met her, her name was Kieth. That was just four years ago." Dave was shocked, and impressed. He had never even considered that the tall, friendly, and very attractive nurse could have been anything but a natural woman. She looked, walked, and even sounded, like any other good looking female. So she was once a guy too.... "YOU made him..er..her, look like THAT?" Joe asked incestuously. "Well, I helped HER get her body in line with what she considers to be HER normal gender. Hormones did most of the work, and a morning on the operating table did the rest. I didn't make her a woman, I just helped her to get a woman's bod y." Dr. Krell said proudly. He was obviously proud of his work. "But you can't do anything like that for me, huh?" Joe asked. "Joe, I think I could make you pass as a man, in public, but I am sure that you would not be pleased with the cosmetic, and function, of the phaloplasty. It is just a lot harder to create working male parts. And you had a real penis, so you would be expecting something like that. And that I absolutely cannot give you. Again, I recommend that you try to live with what you've got. If it becomes intolerable, then let's talk about alternatives." Dr.