I've been uninsured for a while but have just been offered health insurance through the uni where I teach. Yippee! I was able to get my current doctor and the whole nine yards. It's a relief to have insurance again, and I feel very lucky.
The thing is, I'm listed as male with my uni, but I'm still female on my medical records. I've been meaning to find out how to change my sex marker, but I was prepared for a huge battle and didn't want to think about it. I have lots of documentation but haven't had lower surgery. I was worried that if the blood bank insisted on bottom surgery (I found this out the hard way last year), then my health care provider would insist on it, too.
I called corporate for the system that my doctor works for, and they transferred me to the appropriate department. The gal verified who I was and asked what I needed to change. I simply said, "You have me classified as female, and I need to change that to male." I was quaking in my boots and expecting a trip to some cold administrative office where I would produce my license, my passport, a surgeon's letter, my doctor's passport letter...would it be enough?
But she said, "No, we actually have you listed as male."
Wow. So everything is going to line up--my insurance and my health care provider will be in synch. No weird billing battles, no awkwardness.
Now I'm trying to figure out how this happened. I didn't change anything. It must have been my doctor. He's a wonderful guy, and I'm thinking that this is just the sort of thing he would have done after I started getting all of my documents changed.
Hell, I'm not complaining. This is amazing!!!
