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- Feb 25, 2021
This is another example of trans privilege that they always forget to mention.He's loopy as heck, and can't reliably make doctor's appointments or drive himself to get groceries or meds. If they approve him for a thing that requires years of painful dilation... there's gotta be a way this can turn into malpractice.
There are other lifesaving, or QoL-saving operations that don't get performed if the patient has a pattern of noncompliance. Organ transplants aren't purposefully biased to economic status, but the agency looks for the best use of an organ. Will you (or your insurance) be able to afford labs and anti-rejection drugs for the life of the organ? Are you engaging in the behavior that killed your natal organ? Do you have a documented habit of no-shows and failing to refill medications?
It's like they're a breed-specific dog rescue making sure their kidney is going to a house with a big enough yard and money for vet bills.
This is like hip replacements on severely demented patients who won't be able to comprehend rehab, except those are at least on the word of the patients' kids who pinky-promise they'll help post op they won't. A huge groin operation that will affect mobility and urination forever--nope, asking pre-op questions is gatekeeping. Even the clinics that require homeless patients to have a plan for housing during the recovery period get badmouthed. That's a load-bearing suicide threat, and somehow it no longer applies to a post-vaginoplasty patient who's in pain because they can't get to follow-ups and keep up their PT.
Clinics can't give you any information, but you can still give them information. It's a very long shot, but you might try writing with your concerns about *female name* being able to make appointments or fill prescriptions, and warn in writing that he needs extra handholding and needs to have his comprehension and retention checked at all stages. All in *her* best interest, of course, but maybe your helpful heads-up will get him scrutinized a little more as an appropriate patient.