Monica looked at the doctor curiously.Monica looked at the doctor curiously. "How could he?" The Doctor answered her. "The same way some amputees get cramps in the calves of legs that aren't there anymore." CHAPTER 19 Joe gradually returned to consciousness. Trying to check himself out, he discovered his restraints. "What has that crazy bitch done to me now?" he thought. What was there left to do to him? "No. Monica said the Doctor wouldn't do that," he recalled. Dr. van Damme, the surgeon, and Monica entered his room, alerted to his awakening by the monitors. "Don't try to move Joe," said Dr. van Damme. "You've been given a spinal block and can't feel below the waist. You might hurt something by moving around with no sensation." "So what bunch of suffering human beings am I helping today?" Joe asked her cynically. "I'm happy to tell you Joe, that you represent new hope for thousands of transsexuals." "WHAT?" "Well, since you asked. Many men aren't men at all, but rather a woman's psyche in a man's body. Their only possibility of happiness is sex reassignment surgery; what you'd call it a sex change. |