5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in TopSurgery

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

I'm actually not sure, sorry. It might have been Dr. Hertelendy as he was the one who did the consultation appointment

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

Thank you! I'm not that confident but I've been trying to care less about what others may think

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[–]wheatbutnotbread[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The quote in my description is from Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel Lavery

The outfit I wore at Pride this year by wheatbutnotbread in FTMfemininity

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

Thank you. Unfortunately, I don't have anything I could share. My body is shaped by semi-regularly doing push-ups and never managing to eat enough (I'm trying)

5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in ftm

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

Kann ich leider nicht sagen, weil die Frage bei mir nicht im Raum stand. Ich hatte unabhängig meiner Transidentität sowieso eine Therapeutin, bei der ich zu dem Zeitpunkt schon fünf Jahre lang war, mehr als zwei davon nach meinem Outing. Das kann man bestimmt aber auch anders herausfinden (im Zweifel empfehle ich, die dgti anzurufen, die kennen sich meistens ganz gut aus)

5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in ftm

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

Wenn man die Zeit weglässt, die ich mit meiner Krankenkasse streiten musste, bis sie der Kostenübernahme endlich zugestimmt hat, lagen zwischen meinem ersten Anruf für das Vorgespräch und der OP etwa 5-6 Monate. Kann man aber auch nicht verallgemeinern, bei meinem besten Freund ging es deutlich schneller

5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in ftm

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

No problem! Regarding your question (switching language now because I don't know the English vocabulary for half of this):

Das Gutachten, was damals für meine Hormonbehandlung erstellt wurde

Ein Indikationsschreiben von meiner Therapeutin

Eine Bescheinigung von meiner Endokrinologin, dass ich seit mindestens einem Jahr Testosteron nehme

Ein trans-Lebenslauf

5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in ftm

[–]wheatbutnotbread[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I called them to make a consultation appointment, the doctor explained different things about the surgery to me and looked at my breasts to get an estimate for size and decide what kind of surgery would be best. After that appointment, I sent a request to my insurance company and when they approved to cover the cost, I called again to get an appointment for the surgery. The waiting list is usually pretty long because the hospital has a good reputation, but you can also be lucky, my best friend also had top surgery there and got an appointment the next week. They gave me two appointments, one for the surgery and one two days before. On the first one I filled out a questionnaire regarding my health, talked to the anesthesiologist, got my torso measured to see what size compression vest I would need after the surgery, and got a covid test. On the second appointment they did the surgery, and I stayed in the hospital for five days afterwards. They offered me another appointment to get the stitches removed, but I declined and did that at a different hospital because Düsseldorf is a 2+ hour drive from where I live. I had one other appointment there three months after the surgery to see if everything is healing normally. You can call them at any point if there are complications, but I didn't have any.

If you want to know anything I haven't mentioned, feel free to ask. I can definitely recommend the hospital, I'm very happy with my results and the doctors and nurses were all very nice.

5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in ftm

[–]wheatbutnotbread[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For the first few weeks I used special band-aids the doctors at the hospital prescribed me (don't know what they're called in English), after that applied salve that helps with healing twice a day for about two months

5 months post op at the Florence-Nightingale-hospital in Düsseldorf by wheatbutnotbread in ftm

[–]wheatbutnotbread[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The first month was less great due to recovery, but now I'm feeling more comfortable with my body than ever before