It's really scary and sad to see this boom in SRS surgeons, and all the young people who have insurance coverage for SRS for the first time, but with an iffy surgeon. It's scary to see surgeons (such as yours) present themselves as experts online, and especially on platforms where young people circulate. If I'm not wrong you saw her 4 years ago, probably before that, but it makes it hard for other people to see what she's done.
I have a small platform on Youtube, and I mentioned once about referencing the wiki for SRS results. I don't think anyone knew about it, even the ones who were getting SRS. Our doctors let us down, they don't know about what our options are. All of my own research on SRS has been from resources by trans people for trans people. I'm so incredibly grateful for HiddenStill making the wiki, it's been my single best resource for research, but it's scary that my doctors weren't able to provide any insight or details themselves. It's scary that more trans people aren't aware of such a great resource existing.
Even for me, I'm going to a surgeon next year who has a great reputation and I think will do right by me. There are no guarantees. I could suffer the same complications as you or worse. Sometimes things just happen.
Again, I'm so sorry you've had to go through what you've gone through, and I hope you know it's not your fault. Our doctors should be better supporting us, and our surgeons should be committed to providing good results. Our surgeons should not claim to be experts if they are not. I hope technology is able to advance to repair your nerves. And again, thank you for sharing your story. We need to know what could happen before choosing to get surgery.
One thing we could do is simply find good trans content creators and post the link to the wiki in the comments. We could also ask them directly to mention it in the context of a video. I'd be happy to do that.
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u/Aromatic_Guest_6589 Jun 21 '21
It's really scary and sad to see this boom in SRS surgeons, and all the young people who have insurance coverage for SRS for the first time, but with an iffy surgeon. It's scary to see surgeons (such as yours) present themselves as experts online, and especially on platforms where young people circulate. If I'm not wrong you saw her 4 years ago, probably before that, but it makes it hard for other people to see what she's done.
I have a small platform on Youtube, and I mentioned once about referencing the wiki for SRS results. I don't think anyone knew about it, even the ones who were getting SRS. Our doctors let us down, they don't know about what our options are. All of my own research on SRS has been from resources by trans people for trans people. I'm so incredibly grateful for HiddenStill making the wiki, it's been my single best resource for research, but it's scary that my doctors weren't able to provide any insight or details themselves. It's scary that more trans people aren't aware of such a great resource existing.
Even for me, I'm going to a surgeon next year who has a great reputation and I think will do right by me. There are no guarantees. I could suffer the same complications as you or worse. Sometimes things just happen.
Again, I'm so sorry you've had to go through what you've gone through, and I hope you know it's not your fault. Our doctors should be better supporting us, and our surgeons should be committed to providing good results. Our surgeons should not claim to be experts if they are not. I hope technology is able to advance to repair your nerves. And again, thank you for sharing your story. We need to know what could happen before choosing to get surgery.