Quote from: tekla on June 29, 2009, 06:32:18 PM
I'm just thinking here - and not doing some sort of tin hat medicine - but... there is an age, very young, like 25 or so, where the risks of doing invasive surgery outweigh the benefits, and the older you get, the more that's true.

hysto can be done a couple of ways.  most people can have their hysterectomies trans-vaginally which carries significantly fewer risks and has less healing time than a huge incision does. 

All I can say is that having a hysto gave me a huge mental relief and immense satisfaction -- more than top surgery.  When I woke up after surgery I felt at peace.

Yes, most cis-women are attached to their parts, though I know a few who had a hysto and were totally happy with it and no side effects (they kept their ovaries though).

I read a bunch of those reports on post-hysto issues and am happy to report not even one hot flash, mood swing, etc.  Between T and the hysto, I'm totally ZEN. 


Jay

Quote from: Mister on June 29, 2009, 06:27:41 PM
I always suggest Nick Gorton's book 'medical therapy for transgender men.'  it's a free PDF download.

post menopausal women aren't plummeting to the rocks below, but they're also not on testosterone.  we're atrophying our organs significantly faster than menopause would.  it took me less than 5 weeks for my ovulation to stop-- my mother's been perimenopausal for 2 yrs.

Ah, yeah, I sorta forgot about the T and the way it shuts down the ovaries and all of that. Brain fart, sorry.

I went through THE CHANGE (not that one, the other one) for a few years myself. One reason I refused to see a gyno during this time (apart from latent trans issues) is that I was scared that a doctor would want to put me on estrogen therapy. Ewww.

Thanks for the reference. I wrote it into my trans file and will look it up after my surgery. I'm not sure I've seen this resource before.

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Quote from: sneakersjay on June 29, 2009, 06:38:45 PM
Between T and the hysto, I'm totally ZEN. 

Zen I'm wery heppy for you, Jay.

Quote from: Arch on June 29, 2009, 05:52:00 PM
Should I wait to change my markers till I'm covered by a different provider?

Wouldn't a different provider have access to your medical records and history and be able to, well, work it out and not pay anyway due to a clause regarding full disclosure?

I actually don't know, I'm just guessing what an American health insurance company would do from watching one too many left wing docos 

Quote from: Teknoir on June 29, 2009, 06:43:07 PM
Wouldn't a different provider have access to your medical records and history and be able to, well, work it out and not pay anyway due to a clause regarding full disclosure?

I actually don't know, I'm just guessing what an American health insurance company would do from watching one too many left wing docos 

Yeah, I've thought of this and just don't know for sure. I was under the impression that the insurance company only has access to my full records if I agree to grant them access. Otherwise, I thought, all they see are the claim documents that my doctor files for specific tests and procedures. Or am I just dreaming here? I really have no idea how it works.