I was so desperate for a sex change i did it myself:
AN EX-SOLDIER was so desperate to become a woman he performed a DIY sex change operation on himself.When Roland Mery, a 61-year-old, married, father-of-four from Newport, was told he had to wait two years for gender reassignment surgery he decided he had no option but to do the job himself.
Telling his wife of 23 years, Julie, that he had a headache, Roland took some painkillers and headed for the family bathroom.
Using a home-made surgery kit, he removed his genitals, losing two pints of blood in the process.
But for Roland, this drastic action was his only way of setting himself free.
