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Old 05-10-2011, 11:47 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Linus View Post
Is OHIP not covering this? I thought SRS was covered? or did it get delisted, like Alberta?
Technically it is, but you need to get referred by a bone fide gender therapist if you want OHIP to cover it whereas I'm mainly just working with a counselor and doc. Anyways, because there is a huge ass lineup to see a "certified" gender therapist I initially decided I'd just save up and pay for it myself...but now with the number of financial setbacks there have been I'm seriously considering just putting myself on the damn list since I'd probably already have had it by now if I'd just done that in the first place.

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Hey Ender... Dr. DuPere in Toronto was my surgeon. I had the full-on bilateral male chest reconstruction w/ nipple grafts, and he opted not to use drains too. I was under the impression he made that decision during the course of the surgery though.

The first question I remember asking him was about the drains, and his reply was that he didn't feel they were necessary. I took that to mean I wasn't draining a whole lot. ??? I also took it to mean that it could be case-by-case with him.

I've read quite a bit on the subject, and most of what I've seen indicates that the use of drains is like what Drew said......to increase healing time and reduce the possibility of infection. All I've really seen on the flip side is that the surgeon feels they aren't necessary.

I would hope that if the surgeon determined the patient was going to sit with a lot of fluid buildup over the next 3 or 4 days, he/she would opt to use drains.

Of course, this is all just speculation on my part based on what I have read.
Thanks for the clarification! With McLean he seems to never use drains rather than do it case by case, something to do with how he performs the procedure or something. I dunno.
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