dr. christine mcginn is uniquely suited to respond. dr. c surgeon whose formal training was tailored specifically to transgender surgery in addition to all aspects of both general and plastic surgery. today she routinely performs gender confirmation surgery. her own transition began in the year 2,000, the same year she was named senior flight surgeon at the willow grove naval air station, the largest reserve base in the country. she was nominated for flight surgeon of the year for the entire u.s. navy. and she joins me now. dr. mcginn, could you have performed your responsibilities as a naval flight surgeon had you completed your transition? >> yes, absolutely. i think there's a lot of misconception about the down time required for transition. it's difficult to talk about because depending if you're what surgeries you're having or what treatments you're having. some people opt to have no surgeries, but in general, most of my patience are back to work in six weeks. sometimes two weeks. i think that this is getting inflated to make it a littl