GRS Wales Blog

Hi all, here’s my little update to the blog on how it all went at Nuffield Hospital. I wrote this out in the hospital on the back of an evelope ready for the blog.

Friday 13th

Arrived at Nuffield Hospital for my 10am appointment for the routine blood test and to take a powerful laxative to make sure my bowls are totally empty

Saturday 14th

Went into surgery about 9:15am with Mr Terry, woke about 2pm with my wonderful supportive mother by my side. Read the rest of this entry »

Have a rough date for my surgery it should be March/April 2007, just waiting for a confirmation letter now with the exact date of the surgery.

Had my confirmation letter from Mr Terry and Dr Khoosal, confirming that I may have surgery, now it’s just a case of arranging for an appointment for the surgery.

After nearly two years of fighting for funding from the Health Commission Wales I have decided to take the Private road and have had an appointment today with Mr Tim Terry leading Gender Reassignment Surgeon at Leicester Nuffield Hospital, also had an appointment with Dr Khoosal for my required second opinion, now just waiting for a letter of confirmation.

Mr Terry exlpained everything to me, regarding scrotal inversion vaginoplasty and problems with upward directorion of stream, urinary spraying and swelling of the uretha which are issues which may be a problem and in particular meatal stenosis may be seen in up to 15% of patients.

But the fight still goes on to help those living in Wales to get help with funding from the Health Commission Wales.

On the 13th December 2004 funding was applied for to the Health Commission Wales for help with funding for Gender Reassignment Surgery and was blatently turned down.

It certainly seems that the Health Commission Wales have no intention whatsoever to help those living in Wales with gender dysphoria and regard the funding for surgery as a complete waste of their resources.

Finally after several visits to the Clinical Psychologist, about once every eight weeks, I was prescribed Premarin ( in June 2003) & Androcur (in July 2004)