I just got the call to tell me I was approved for surgery. I'm so over the moon excited that I can barely contain myself.
Pre-op is 19 September 2019 at 9:40 am. Surgery is scheduled for 2 October, but no check-in time yet, hopefully given at pre-op.
~Drew
I need to fax over the letter from my insurance to Dr Repovic, so he can answer their questions and fax that to the surgeon's office.
So many hoops to jump through...
I'm so ready for a surgery date to put into my calendar. I've only wanted to take this step for about 45 years.
I was wrong about how long it will take to get top surgery. I don't have a surgery date yet, but now I know what hoops need to be jumped through.
I need letters from my counselor and endocrinologist to be sent to WA HCA, then they will try to decide if they will authorize the surgery.
I'm tired of wearing binders.
3 Oct 2019
EDITED TO ADD: I had to wait nearly 10 months.
~ Drew
My voice is getting deeper and it's noticeable to me. I am pitchy at times, but I know that's normal.
My follow-up appointment with the Endo is supposed to happen in January. I'm supposed to get a blood draw for fasting blood work a week before I go in.
I hope to hear about scheduling top surgery by early November. I'm just so ready to get it done.
I know, impatient me. I've only been wanting to get this done since I realized that being trans gender is a real thing in 2009, though I didn't have insurance to do anything until 2015.
I got a total hysterectomy in November of 2015. I also started to find information regarding other parts of transitioning, but didn't find anything until June of 2016.
Things got derailed when Tom was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in August 2016, then he was told it was terminal 2 weeks later. He passed away in March of 2017, 7 months after diagnosis.
I tried to continue looking for information, looking for a gender therapist, but no luck. I decided to devote most of my energy to spending time with Tom, who passed away on 11 March 2017.
After a year of mourning, I slipped and fell in my kitchen and hit my head on something, giving me a concussion.
Before the fall I had made an appointment with my PCP to get the ball rolling for my medical transition. I'd already been wearing men's casual clothes for many years, including a chest binder since 2015.
I finally have an appointment with a psychiatrist on 1 August 2018. Next stop is getting an appointment with an endocrinologist so I can get started on HRT. I'm about to start the road to becoming the true me.
Edited on 31 July 2018...
My appointment with the psychiatrist is tomorrow, the appointment with the Endocrinologist is on 6 August 2018. I also have an appointment with my psychologist on 20 August 2018.
Yay, things are moving forward at a brisk pace for now.
Hopefully I'll be starting hormones soon. I'll also be wanting info about changing my gender marker and updating whatever needs to be updated... I also want to know about top surgery. I had the hysterectomy in 2015.
I'm nervous and giddy at the same time. I better write stuff down in my little note pad so I won't forget them while talking with the doctor.
