Medical Transition - The Mechanics of it all - Assessments - part 3 - follow ups (private sector)
following my assessment with Dr Stuart Lorimer in March and then with Dr Leighton Seal in June, i had follow up appointments with them both, with Dr Lorimer in October and with Dr Seal at the end of December ...
If you've ever had a follow up appointment with a consultant you#ll know the format of such things, a brief recap of what's happened since you last appointment, a few more pertinent questions about how you are getting on and in the case of Dr Seal, repeating blood pressure and weight - I lost a smidge over 10 kg in 6 months, a bit of self discipline plus of course plenty of ballet classes helped there...
In my follow up appointment with Dr Lorimer we talked a bit about 'lower' surgery options and what my thoughts and intentions were... in terms of a purely looking at the requirements in the WPATH Standards of Care I've pretty much got those covered off or will have by the late spring -
But not being someone with a significant income or a sugar daddy / mummy private GRS is not going to be an option for me barring a lotto win or some such ... i'll be stuck waiting for the NHS to catch up ...
Speaking of which leads us to the next post in the series
If you've ever had a follow up appointment with a consultant you#ll know the format of such things, a brief recap of what's happened since you last appointment, a few more pertinent questions about how you are getting on and in the case of Dr Seal, repeating blood pressure and weight - I lost a smidge over 10 kg in 6 months, a bit of self discipline plus of course plenty of ballet classes helped there...
In my follow up appointment with Dr Lorimer we talked a bit about 'lower' surgery options and what my thoughts and intentions were... in terms of a purely looking at the requirements in the WPATH Standards of Care I've pretty much got those covered off or will have by the late spring -
- Having mental capacity and being over the age of majority
- Having persistent Gender Dysphoria
- The one year 'real life experience' of being socially transitioned,
- The one year of hormonal treatment etc ,
But not being someone with a significant income or a sugar daddy / mummy private GRS is not going to be an option for me barring a lotto win or some such ... i'll be stuck waiting for the NHS to catch up ...
Speaking of which leads us to the next post in the series
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