A 'Thank You' Note After Reassignment Surgery
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/06/after_reassignment_surgery_a_great_big_thank-you_n.php6/8/11
Filed By Drew Cordes
Most immediately, thank you to my surgeon, Dr. Pierre Brassard, his assistants, and the staff at his clinic in Montreal. The attentive care and hospitality they showed me could not be surpassed. Having a body that reflects my truth is certainly, as Brassard himself has put it, "the cherry on the cake."
Thank you to Capital District Physicians Health Plan. Thank you CDPHP for taking a stand for trans tolerance and proper patient care by covering my surgery! You're one of very few health insurance companies that recognize the need to cover SRS, and I love you for it!
Thanks to my facial surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, who deftly reshaped my skull and face in 2008, which allowed me to pass as female while simultaneously leaving me still looking like myself. Every time someone tells me I'm pretty, his name flashes through my mind. Without facial feminization surgery, I don't know how I could have transitioned. In many ways, that was the surgery I needed the most.
