GRS Wales Blog

I can’t believe that it will be two weeks on saturday that I had my surgery, amazing how time shoots by so quickly.

Everything is ok at the moment, with the dilating getting that bit easier every day. It won’t be long and I’ll be going back to see Mr Terry for my six week check up.

It’s not long now and it will be my big day, I’ve had a few sleepless nights lately, I wouldn’t say I’m worried about the surgery, just excited really that the day is nearly here that I’ve been waiting for, for such a long time.

I always thought that my day would never come round, especially in the way that the Health Commission Wales would not agree to funding my surgery as they class it as “having no clinical need” and a waste of resources.

So after years of fighting for the right to funding, I have had to go down the road that many others in Wales may have to go, the private road, which is very expensive, around £8000, but funny enough if you have surgery done on the National Health it costs almost double strange that really.

Anywho as I will be away having my surgery soon, then I will not be able to post to this little blog of mine, but, I will be taking notes while in the hospital with dates of what is going on, then when I get back I will posting my notes with the dates, just for you.

I’ve got my confirmation through for my surgery, it’s going to be in April so not that long to go now.

Eight weeks and four weeks before surgery I will have to have a injection of Zoladex (goserelin) and then finally the surgery I’ve been waiting for.

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.