#not a single (NHS or private) transmasc bottom surgery was performed during the pandemic years | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tesco-finest-aromantics · 8 months ago

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two appointments at least with the psychologist, then an endocrinologist appointment costing about the same, with follow up endo appointments for life, testosterone prescription for life, private top surgery, ouch my savings account

me: emails a private gender clinic knowing this specific practitioner has a 5+ month waiting list

me (2 months later): where appointment

#caique posts #praying that top surgery costs about €1500 like i've heard it does in some european countries because our chosen surgeon is moving to greec #mostly to be closer to family but it also enables him to charge much much lower than the £10k to £15k it costs now in england #ngl i was fully prepared to spend upwards to £15k on top surgery alone #so keeping the cost of our entire transition below £5k would be a miracle (minus the cost of a holiday to greece with my joyfriend)#but i am fully aware we are insanely privileged to have the money to transition this early with unsupportive parents #also debating whether to save up for private bottom surgery #NHS hystos can be done without the bureaucracy of GICs as it's a GP referral (praying they accept private advice to do a referral for it)#so we're not going to bother paying for that #but bottom surgery waiting lists are mental. the uk didn't have a single transmasc bottom surgeon for multiple years #not a single (NHS or private) transmasc bottom surgery was performed during the pandemic years #(not even moving from stage 1 to stage 2 etc. some guys had catheters in for *months* because there was nobody who could #perform urethral reconstruction on them. awful broken trans healthcare system here)#but patients were being continuously added to the waiting list for despite them being stagnant (like everything else trans-related here)#so the waiting lists are insane for both NHS and private patients #hoping to get that done abroad too especially if it's cheaper and the waiting lists are alright #just need to research some surgeons i guess #(maybe dr özer if she opens up to international patients. idk who else does it in europe)

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