Adventures in Dilating and Other Things

[NatalieRene]

I am in Florida.  Medicare would pay for the guy in Miami (Christopher J. Salgado), but his results seem to be very questionable .  It's only a 3 or so hours ride for me (what are trains?  This modern stuff has not made it to Florida), and I have enough friends that would drive me, but I am scared of the outcome going to him!

I honestly haven't kept up with the doctors since it wasn't an issue for me but I cannot think of anyone I was considering in Florida. Dr. Leis is up in Pennsylvania so Medicare wouldn't pay. What would happen if you moved for a year? Would they cover you in a new state? If so move to PA, sight see (it's pretty), get your SRS completed and then move back to Florida.

[Linde]

I honestly haven't kept up with the doctors since it wasn't an issue for me but I cannot think of anyone I was considering in Florida. Dr. Leis is up in Pennsylvania so Medicare wouldn't pay. What would happen if you moved for a year? Would they cover you in a new state? If so move to PA, sight see (it's pretty), get your SRS completed and then move back to Florida.

I toyed with the idea of moving to Minnesota for a while (my son still lives there), and use the superior services of the Mayo Clinic, or the great services of the U of M there.  But it is a financial problem.  I own my house here in Florida, and the cost will continue (actually would be higher, because I would have to pay people for maintenance), and would not know what to do with my very large dog during that time.

I think I m pretty much stuck here with the Miami guy, and with thee chance to have a botched surgery, or i just keep my plumbing and try to live with it.
On the other hand, the Miami guy could be OK, because I just want a vulva only, and that surgery is way less complicated and involved compared to a new vagina.  Neo vaginas seem to be the pat of the SRS that cause the most problems.
I am at least a year away from it anyway, and I just have to play the entire thing by ear.  I have no dysphoria about my genitals, they are just there, and some times they are in the way.  I just feel I would look way more finished, if I would have a vulva down there, finished in away I was supposed to be all my live, until somebody decided to do some cutting down there.

[Beverly Anne]

Thank you for sharing your post-op experience. Following WPATH protocols, I can have surgery this coming July, yay! My first consult is January 11. Long waiting list. I've been dreaming of this since childhood, so dilation and all the other after care inconveniences will be worth it. Reading about real experience is very helpful.