SadieBlake- It's so nice to have a great surgeon without a horrendous wait list. However, I talked to Dr. Satterwhite about this and he's worried that his wait list will reach the same. He's getting really popular and the demand is huge. It's so sad!
TC- Thanks again for your words of encouragement. Empathy is my strong suit
Sounds like we have a lot more in common than just living in the bay area. I got my approval for this GRS at the Multi-transitions clinic and they were awesome. I remember clearly they brought out tea for everyone in the waiting room. I was so excited about getting the surgery eval that I spilled my tea all over the crotch area of my pants lol I'm was like a 9 year old on a holiday too for all the big steps of my surgery. I'm gonna post a pic or two of me right before my surgery. It's funny and endearing
For the different services they offer, I've done lots of electro for srs and face recently, and also a voice therapist. I even met with a voice surgeon at Kaiser as well! That's my last surgery and even though Kaiser would do it with a technique very much like Dr. Haben, the surgeon was too new. I have a lot to say on this matter and eventually I'll do one final thread on voice surgery. I'm pretty sure I've settled with Yeson. You're right though, voice is as important as ffs. In fact, I do get clocked because I can't keep a female voice
It's a big issue.
Oh I forgot to mention. Kaiser will do your ffs for free. No kidding. There is a surgeon named Charles Shih and he would do it, including type 3 forehead contouring. I met with him to check out the issues with the titanium in my forehead. With Kaiser, they are changing their policy. FFS is not cosmetic anymore, it's considered reconstructive surgery. Same goes with breast aug. You can literally get every surgery done at Kaiser NorCal if you wanted, including GRS. I had one of their surgeons try to convince me to be one of his first patients because he had no wait list.
Oh and I will start Sense8 since it's in the translesbian manual. It was created by the Wachowski's (I find it cool how they went from being brothers to siblings to sisters). I would love to chat up more with all things trans and more. Once you get 15 posts, we can PM! You're pretty darn cool
Allie- Dr. DiMaggio did incredible work, I'm blown away. You're so beautiful in your avatar pic, seriously. Congrats! So I've heard about Meltzer but I am not a fan of the 2 stage at all. It just doesn't make sense to me at all, personally. I've seen some of his results too that really lacked urethral mucosal tissue. His technique is way outdated. I would have gone to Suporn, his technique is the gold standard from what I've heard. It's like 18k though and you're right, you'd need a lot of time off. FFS is more painful I think, but GRS is really uncomfortable. One thing about Suporn that I've always admired was that the labia minora is generous, wrapped around the whole vulva, the incisions are all the way in the groin, and the depth is amazing. In the end though, I'm extremely happy I went to Dr. Satterwhite because I have those features, perhaps minus the amazing depth. Suporn would probably have gotten an extra inch or two haha I don't care, I have the same depth as my partner and she's cis.
I'm sorry about your insurance situation
it's okay, ACA is not bad at all and I think you can choose an option that Dr. Satterwhite accepts, if you choose that route. The good thing about him is that the consult is free so you can book now, fix your insurance by the time that rolls around (around 5 months from now), and then get on the wait list. In the end, you'd be about the same time as Melter, maybe less (Meltzer is over a year and then you gotta wait for the second stage). Good luck with everything, I'm excited for you. Your avatar, ahhhh, so pretty <3
So here are the pics my partner took. You can see the issues with my forehead that I need fixing. I rarely go out without makeup so posting these makes me feel kinda ugly. Still, they capture both my silly and serious sides
Oh and healing is going well. Still anxious for the pain to subside and to see what it looks like without the necrotic tissue and swelling. I don't hear a lot about that from others but let me tell you, prepare for a scary halloween-eque, Tales from the Crypt vagina, especially when healing is in full gear. Another post op appt on Monday so maybe more to tell. Have a great weekend ya'll. I'll be mostly indoors so go have some fun for me.
- Ruby
