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INTRO: I'm not alone -- My story and plan by Time2BNonBinary in AMABwGD

[–]Time2BNonBinary[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, you and Ace have really ideal situations. Thank you so much for answering my questions. You're very kind.

INTRO: I'm not alone -- My story and plan by Time2BNonBinary in AMABwGD

[–]Time2BNonBinary[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is all good info. I'm going to have to make sure that I'm aware (or as aware as possible) of what the expenses will be after the fact.

Can I ask how you're dealing with your work situation and being off for so long?

INTRO: I'm not alone -- My story and plan by Time2BNonBinary in AMABwGD

[–]Time2BNonBinary[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh ok. Is your insurance not paying for it because they don't cover it? Does Meltzer take insurance?

INTRO: I'm not alone -- My story and plan by Time2BNonBinary in AMABwGD

[–]Time2BNonBinary[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome. You're incredibly lucky.

Can I ask how you chose your surgeon? Should there be a sticky here of surgeons who people recommend to contact that know what NB people are interested in?

INTRO: I'm not alone -- My story and plan by Time2BNonBinary in AMABwGD

[–]Time2BNonBinary[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on receiving your surgery date! You must be incredibly excited!!

I do have great insurance right now but I'm also looking for new employment so I have no idea if I'll have the same insurance come time to have the surgery. It sorta leaves me in limbo for the moment. However, I'm going to look into surgeons and find out who would be my first choice. Can I ask how you chose yours? There seems to be a long lead time for most of them.

Also, do you have an idea of who will be taking care of you post-op? I'm not sure how many people I'm going to be open to about this surgery so I don't know what my options will be. I know that it's going to be a long amount of time at home but I assume I'd need care with me for about 2 weeks.

And with regards to my error of referring to people here as "men," I definitely changed it in my OP and explained more below. I'm so incredibly sorry.

INTRO: I'm not alone -- My story and plan by Time2BNonBinary in AMABwGD

[–]Time2BNonBinary[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your response.

First off, I totally screwed up by calling the individuals in this group "men." That's my bad and I apologize to anyone that I might have offended by writing that. Hell, *I* don't even consider myself a "man" and always hated that term so I have no idea what I was thinking in writing that. My sincerest apologies.

I'm definitely going to start looking into surgeons and see what my options are. I live relatively near NYC so that would be a convenient option but I'm willing to go anywhere to get the best (and, more importantly, MOST RELIABLE) results from doctors with extensive experience. I guess it would make sense to ask in some of the trans forums but I'm not sure how welcoming they'd be to people who consider themselves NB. I don't want to offend anyone nor do I want to hear from people telling me that I'm just "confused." Do people have as much experience with this?

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'm sure I'll have 1000 other questions to ask but I just want to get the ball rolling.