Hey guys,
So I live in Saskatchewan and have Saskatchewan insurance and will likely need to have it covered or else I need to get a rather large bank loan. From what I understand I NEED to get top surgery done in province for it to be covered, which our only surgeon does only 1 variant of top surgery which does not include nipple grafts and is kind of poorly done (imo from what I've seen). I sadly can't move aside from hoping the border to Alberta (I live in the border city that borders SK/AB). I was wondering if anyone had any further information from my home province or if anyone happens to know of any Alberta funding/insurance options and how long you need to be a resident.
I read through a couple topics in here with responses from BC and Ontario people having had everything covered (surgery coverage is all I care about - I don't have 10 grand or ability to obtain 10 grand but I can handle 500-800 for hotels and flights). The only people I know of having it done in Sask either paid from pocket or got the nippleless basic mastectomy in Regina.
I'd ask my GP but he knows next to nothing about trans issues, and my gender therapist is Warneke who has told me he doesn't really know much about any province other than Alberta.
I've been trying to ask around but no one seems to know much. I've found there's far more MTFs than FTMs in Saskatchewan, but because I'm at the edge I know far more trans people in Alberta than Saskatchewan due to meet ups being much farther away in Saskatchewan so that's likely a misnomer.
Anyway this is a shot in the dark, I've decided to try and start asking on forums. I'm going to try and do more research but I have issues navigating government websites in all honesty. If you have any information that *might* help I'd lvoe to hear it. I'm hoping to have a better idea of the plan of attack for when i see Warneke in June so that if possible I can get on a waiting list ASAP. I'm beyond sick of wearing binders at this point, lol.
Cheers.
