FTM's and Transitioning

[Logicaly]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Thanks, man. I'd love to hear your story as well!

Depending on when you are getting it done, he may be in Austin full time. I know that is when he is opening his satellite practice down there in October and I believe plans to move there.

It seems as though Satterwhite is doing all of his top surgeries. I saw a guy on youtube who had Crane do one side while Satterwhite did the other when he was training him. They were identical. I think that was insane of the youtube guy to agree to that, but whatever.

Anyway, I think Crane is pretty much doing only lower surgery now, but i am sure if you requested him and he is still in San Fran you could get him to do it.

Do you live close enough that you could stay at home during recovery?

When do you think you will get it done? CA requires all insurance companies to cover trans health, but of course they do the bare minimum in order to meet the requirements of the law.

I was out of pocket with Garramone.

I am hoping to perhaps at the end of next year be ready to have my surgery. The only thing really holding me up is financials. My insurance doesn't cover it because it is out of network. I originally wanted Brownstein, but he obviously retired, and so I had my hopes on Crane, and well, it seems like I might miss out on that opportunity as well. I just want to make sure that I have the best results possible. I do live here in San Francisco, at least in a suburb of it, so it would be extremely close to home which is certainly a nice perk.

Do you happen to have the link for the surgery where they both did it handy? I have not seen any results from the other doctor, but I love that Crane doesn't use drains.

I have been on T for wow, maybe 6 years now. I will have to type up my story to share, its nothing amazing, but its been a great journey for me, and one that I have learned on and evolved through during the years.