Tina - is your video of the poor gal who had the recto-vaginal fistula? Karen Payne told me about her the first time we met. Very scary stuff of course, but even Marci Bowers has run into this kind of trouble:
When sex realignment surgery goes wrong. For whatever reason that page doesn't mention Marci by name, just Dr. Biber's successor = Marci Bowers. These things unfortunately happen sometimes. Perhaps Dugi just had some very bad luck right at the start? That web page isn't some kind of hit piece either, it's very well written and thought out, and note that the patient doesn't hold a grudge against Marci - she just wishes that more surgeons had the training to deal with these complications when they arise. How often that happens I'd like to know.
Interestingly enough Dugi has specialist training in recto-eurethral fistulas - the corresponding male dilemma. I don't know if that translates directly to GCS procedures, it would be a good question to pose. Dugi is coming to this as a urological surgeon, after all ; Marci was just an obstetrician before being trained by Biber.
For those of us in Oregon with low incomes our options are limited. Someone like me with Providence insurance said their GCS copay was about $4k, which is something I could swing, I don't earn jack.
How long were your wait times, Cynthia/Felix?
