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Do you have to let other doctors know when post-op?

Started by makipu, February 11, 2015, 09:24:39 AM

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ImagineKate

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February 12, 2015, 07:13:02 PM
Here is the thing though, even after I transition I plan on going to the same doctor/nurse practitioner as I am now. They do my HRT and primary care and they do it pretty well. As long as I live in the area that is. Why mess with success?
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makipu

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February 16, 2015, 01:01:56 PM
It's good to read different viewpoints.  I am also the non-trusting type even though I was told that I must tell them to get the best health care.  Even if the doctors who ask are 'trans-friendly' it's not about them but rather about me being outed as 'trans'.

I also want to keep going to the same doctors after surgery.
I am male because I say so and nothing more.
I don't have to look or act like one therefore.
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sam1234

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February 16, 2015, 05:21:01 PM
It depends on the situation. If its your regular physician, then yes, you should. Ask that it be either be kept out of your records or reworded in some way. Mine just put erectile dysfunction.

If you were to go into the ER with a cut that needed suturing, I wouldn't mention it.

As far as forms go, I no longer put down that I had all those surgeries. In a situation where you have had the surgeries within the past ten years, if you don't want to "out" yourself, you can say you had surgery for gynomastia or forearm graft for groin surgery. Chances are, they won't ask for the circumstances surrounding the surgeries.

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