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Feelin' better every day!

Last week's spinal fusion surgery was a success, and I'm recovering nicely at home. I'm getting around really well and can't wait to walk outside once Houston temps get below 95.

Slight hiccup with new weirdo nerve pain on my "good" leg and other areas, which I have learned is normal when spinal nerves are inflamed and irritated. Makes sense.

I’m feeling a whole lotta gratitude (and maybe some pain meds), so get ready for a big dose o’ sappiness:

✳️ Grateful for the many, many well wishes and good vibes from this beautiful community.
​[they’re working]

✳️ Grateful to live in a city with more world-class neurosurgeons than you can shake a stick at.
​[Houston sometimes sucks but the Texas Medical Center is pretty awesome]

✳️ Grateful for insurance to access that care from said surgeons.
​[a huge privilege and I am thankful every frickin day even though I hate talking to insurance companies]

✳️ Grateful for my 3 kids who have all shown me their caring and enormous hearts in their own ways.
​[I might have cried once or twice (or thrice)]

✳️ Grateful for our dog Ruby who has been velcroed to my side - pics in my Instagram and Facebook stories.
​[but sometimes she needs to move her giant butt]

✳️ And grateful most of all for my husband who keeps me fed, hydrated, showered, rested, mobile, and appropriately caffeinated.
​[Neil, I love you in sickness and in health and don’t know what I would do without you]

Keep the good wishes ☮️, food delivery gift cards 🍕, and cookies 🍪coming - I’m learning that this is not a linear recovery!

The work to protect trans kids isn’t going anywhere, and neither am I.

Can’t wait to face the 2025 Texas legislature with my bionic back.

Mandy Giles Founder, Parents of Trans Youth​

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