text: Kellie Maloney has left hospital after completing her sex change and said: 'I am proud to be the woman I should've always been'. Transsexual Kellie, formerly boxing promoter Frank Maloney, started the process to change gender two years ago and underwent her final surgery last week. The twice-married 61-year-old was expected to stay in hospital for 10 days, but has been released four days early. She now faces  a further six weeks recuperation period at her home in Kent with children Sophie, 20, and Libby, 14, and may also go to Europe for some spring sunshine to help her heal. Scroll down for video . Recovery: Kellie Maloney had tweeted these pictures of herself after leaving hospital after her final sex change operation . Message: After her release from hospital Kellie sent this tweet on what was also international Transgender Day of Visibility . She was seen leaving the private Nuffield Heath hospital in Brighton - which was also the international Transgender Day of Visibility. She wrote on Instagram: 'I am proud of who I am on this transgender day of visibility. But more important I am just proud to be the woman and human being I should always been. 'I stand alongside my sisters asking the world to show us respected.' This morning she tweeted: 'First night at home not feeling to bad still very sore and got pain but in good health'. The gruelling transition process has included hormone therapy, electrolysis to remove excess body hair, counselling and voice coaching. She also underwent surgery in November last year to make her face appear more feminine - a process which went drastically wrong when she stopped breathing. The procedure left Ms Maloney, who has three children from two marriages, with a severely swollen face and the former promoter revealed that she thought her head would 'explode' after the agonising surgery. She had been due to have her final surgery in January but due to the previous complications it was delayed. As a boxing promoter she helped Lennox Lewis to become world heavyweight champion. Getting ready: Kellie Maloney went on a fitness regime before her sex change operation (pictured) and six days on from the procedure she has left hospital and is recovering at home . Her highly successful career, which spanned more than 30 years, saw her manage five boxers to world titles as well as many more British, European and Commonwealth champions. Before the final countdown to her last operation, Ms Maloney revealed she was hitting the gym hard to make sure she was in optimum health for the procedure. On March 14, she tweeted: 'One last week of hard gym sessions set myself A target of 4lbs to lose be4 going in to hospital and getting my bmi down by 2 per cent more.' Last year she shocked the macho world of boxing by announcing her decision to change her sex and live as a woman. Ahead of her surgery, Kellie told Lorraine Kelly that she wanted to have her nose made slightly smaller. 'My youngest daughter told me my nostrils were too big,' she said. I was always concerned about my chin but they tell me it's within the female parameters and the gender doctor can do the full operation, hopefully, and breasts in January.' Success: Her highly successful career, which spanned more than 30 years, saw her manage five boxers to world titles as well as many more British, European and Commonwealth champions . Kellie Maloney, pictured last year, completed her sex change with a final four-hour operation . She added: 'I am living really well now, I am pleased that the public are really good to me and my daughters are great. The operation will be the final piece of the jigsaw, then I can start living my life properly. 'Most of my friends are retiring but I am living life all over again.' Kellie is also sharing her story and supporting others within her support group, talking at events and helping other transgender people. She even revealed that she's toying with the idea of getting back into boxing to prove that women can do it too. 'At least it will stop me shopping,' she said.
target: Transsexual Kellie was formerly boxing promoter Frank Maloney, 61 .
  She has completed her sex change and is at home recovering .
  Tweeted to her fans: 'Still very sore and got pain but in good health'
  Started transition to change gender two years ago and has now completed .