OHIP extends trans surgery coverage to worldwide
Ah, CAMH. Not the old dinosaur we thought we knew. At their urging, Ontario is now funding trans surgeries with any surgeon in the world. The old policy was limited to Canada, unless you could make a special case for why you wanted to go elsewhere.Ā
Some technicalities to note:
-Only Dr. Brassardās clinic in Montreal will fund the full top surgery. If you go anywhere else only the mastectomy part is covered, and you pay for the chest contouring (including all nipple treatments).
-Hysterectomy must be done in Ontario.
-The surgeon needs to be willing to work with Ministry reimbursement. If theyāre overseas or have never worked with CAMH before, it could take longer.
-Some surgeons are off the table due to high complication rates. Dr. Brown mentioned Serbia, though Iām not sure if she meant Dr. Djinovic, Dr. Djordjevic, or both.
Read the full update and follow ongoing policy changes on the CAMH website.
At two weeks post-op Iāve still yet to make an updated about my top surgery. All is well, but I want to wait before writing about it, for hindsight.
Reblogging for personal reference
Wasn’t too bad…
There was this part at the beginning where we were supposed to pair off into twos, get to know each other, then introduce our partner to the group… and I felt horrible because I couldn’t speak; it was just like being back at school, except these people were great and I really wish I could have participated more…
It was really nice to actually meet other trans* people though.
Going to “Gender Journeys” tomorrow
Er, it’s already after midnight, so technically it’s today.
Been waiting for this for months. Kind of scared though, because this is some kind of group thing, so there will be other people there. I’m not sure what to expect…
fleece no water u doin
This happens to me every time - I’m absolutely certain when tracing and cutting my pattern pieces out, thatĀ the angles are right so the nap will go where I want it to… just to sew it all together to find one side is wrong.
GDI… I check and re-check several times to avoid this, and it still happens every froggin’ time! WTF
Caught a mouse…
This one mouse has been all over the place; my oldest brother has been after it for weeks.
I just caught it in a flower pot and took it outside. Ugh, they’re too cute, I just can’t kill them D:
Caught a mouse in a bucket!
Actually, it caught itself. Don’t know how it fell in, but it kept jumping to get out.
My brother took it outside.
GOING TO KILL EVERYTHING
Take birthcontrol they said
Will stop period for 3 months they said
ONLY SMALL SPOTTING THEY SAID
WELL MY OVARIES JUST RESPONDED
WANNA KNOW WHAT -THEY- SAID?
āLET THE GAMES BEGINāI donāt understandā¦ I was prescribed birth control a long time ago to cause periods.
ā¦ I have PCOS; I had previously gone about ten years with only a handful of periods. Not that I was complaining :/
I KNOW THAT FEEL OMFG.
^ I know ;n;
I had to stop taking those pills after the first month because they caused severe depression. Iāve been on metformin ever since.
