Got a letter from the lawyer with the power of attorney and contract. It turns out that we're not getting $37K - we'll be getting $47,000! That means I may still be able to throw the AM back into the mix.
Reinstalled MS Project onto my PC and started defining this whole process as a project - this I know how to do!
After looking at other surgeons, especially in the US, I rethought my money allocation. I left out the FFS ($26,000) and AM ($4750) because I may be able to do them later and in stages. I might even be able to get the boob job done here in Columbia for less. I wrote emails to several local surgeons.
Got a response from Dr. Suporn. Kind of depressing - the SRS alone is more than I had hoped to get it all done for.
Wrote an email to Dr. Suporn to see about the costs of SRS, AM, TCR, and FFS since he can do them all at the same time. I am so excited I could shit!
I started a spreadsheet of some things to do with the money. I added into it the cost of going to Dr. Suporn in Thailand for my SRS. I had heard that the surgery could be done for $5,000 over there. He has performed his procedures on many transsexual girls like me.
Steve called back. It appears the guy was legitimate. The lawyer he works for does this kind of case for a living. The upshot is that we each seem to be in line for something on the order of $37,000! My mind started racing about what I could do with that.
Got a strange call from a guy who identified himself as a genealogist for a lawyer who had found an inheritance that my father was in line for. Since Dad died, my brothers and I might be next in line. Thinking it was probably a bill collector, I called Steve about it and he said he would check some more.