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Does a transgender Big Mac Index exist?

Started by Kendra, July 08, 2017, 12:20:41 PM

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Kendra

July 08, 2017, 12:20:41 PM
I know not everyone admires the menu at MacDonald's.  I am sort of vegan (plus fish), had my last Big Mac in 1995 when my waistline was 16 inches larger.  Regardless of nutritional wisdom, The Economist has published the Big Mac Index since 1986. 

Does anything similar exist to compare the personal medical cost of being transgender in each country? 
Assigned male at birth 1963.  Decided I wanted to be a girl in 1971.  Laser 2014-16, electrolysis 2015-17, HRT 7/2017, GCS 1/2018, VFS 3/2018, FFS 5/2018, Labiaplasty & BA 7/2018. 
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Devlyn

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July 08, 2017, 12:25:47 PM
<scurrying off to google>


<shuffling back, sulking>

You owe me two minutes of my life back!  :laugh:

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Sarah.VanDistel

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July 08, 2017, 12:37:45 PM
Very interesting question, Kendra. It would be a cost of transition versus revenue and cost of life for each country. It would be an eye-opener.

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lilpinkdragon

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July 08, 2017, 12:39:35 PM
Sadly I believe we're the newest thing for them to play around with all of our costs are actually what probably keeps these medical institutions busy and employed

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Kendra

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July 08, 2017, 01:09:35 PM
Devlyn, in two minutes you can have fries with that.   :P
Assigned male at birth 1963.  Decided I wanted to be a girl in 1971.  Laser 2014-16, electrolysis 2015-17, HRT 7/2017, GCS 1/2018, VFS 3/2018, FFS 5/2018, Labiaplasty & BA 7/2018. 
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Rachel

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July 08, 2017, 01:26:07 PM
Kendra, that is an awesome idea. I know my/insurance company/ work costs for my transition and it continues to roll up. There could be a sub index per country like a Spiegel index.
HRT  5-28-2013
FT   11-13-2015
FFS   9-16-2016 -Spiegel
GCS 11-15-2016 - McGinn
Hair Grafts 3-20-2017 - Cooley
Voice therapy start 3-2017 - Reene Blaker
Labiaplasty 5-15-2017 - McGinn
BA 7-12-2017 - McGinn
Hair grafts 9-25-2017 Dr.Cooley
Sataloff Cricothyroid subluxation and trachea shave12-11-2017
Dr. McGinn labiaplasty, hood repair, scar removal, graph repair and bottom of  vagina finished. urethra repositioned. 4-4-2018
Dr. Sataloff Glottoplasty 5-14-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal in office procedure 10-22-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal revision 2 4-3-2019 Bottom of vagina closed off, fat injected into the labia and urethra repositioned.
Dr. Thomas in 2020 FEMLAR
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tgirlamg

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July 08, 2017, 04:47:57 PM
I don't want to know what I spent!!!! :)

All I know is it was worth every penny and then some!!!! :)
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" ... Ralph Waldo Emerson 🌸

"The individual has always had to struggle from being overwhelmed by the tribe... But, no price is too high for the privilege of owning yourself" ... Rudyard Kipling 🌸

Let go of the things that no longer serve you... Let go of the pretense of the false persona, it is not you... Let go of the armor that you have worn for a lifetime, to serve the expectations of others and, to protect the woman inside... She needs protection no longer.... She is tired of hiding and more courageous than you know... Let her prove that to you....Let her step out of the dark and feel the light upon her face.... amg🌸

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Kendra

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July 08, 2017, 07:31:06 PM
Yep that's a lot of Big Macs - and I haven't even had real surgery yet.

>  who is it that said
    the best things in life are free
    did not see my bills

The entire MTF HRT Haiku is here:
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,225490.0.html
Assigned male at birth 1963.  Decided I wanted to be a girl in 1971.  Laser 2014-16, electrolysis 2015-17, HRT 7/2017, GCS 1/2018, VFS 3/2018, FFS 5/2018, Labiaplasty & BA 7/2018. 
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