18-08-2011, 06:45 AM
Dear Chrissie,
I don't think those are lies. Professor Louis Gooren and Jos Megens are pioneers, who have treated more TSs than anyone else.
When I was still very active in the transgendered community of Amsterdam, we saw it happening all around us. We thought the culprit was the medical centre and the methods they used. Too much cyproterone acetate, we thought. But the article concludes hormones have nothing to do with it.
My therapist wonders if the mortality among post ops is also higher than in a group of single elderly men. There is also talk in the Netherlands that suicide is high among pre ops too.
I agree that working on your support system, the people of Conwy, is a good bet. Charing Cross are pretty good too: you can ask them what they can do about it. There is also talk (talk, not proof) that post ops are so happy initially that they decline continued therapy. Ask Charing Cross for a follow up programme.
I know this doesn't sound right to you now. TSs I know were all very happy when they got the green light. They were suddenly in a hurry too. But paradise after SRS lasts only a year. Six months, for some. Please prepare for your life after that.
I don't think those are lies. Professor Louis Gooren and Jos Megens are pioneers, who have treated more TSs than anyone else.
When I was still very active in the transgendered community of Amsterdam, we saw it happening all around us. We thought the culprit was the medical centre and the methods they used. Too much cyproterone acetate, we thought. But the article concludes hormones have nothing to do with it.
My therapist wonders if the mortality among post ops is also higher than in a group of single elderly men. There is also talk in the Netherlands that suicide is high among pre ops too.
I agree that working on your support system, the people of Conwy, is a good bet. Charing Cross are pretty good too: you can ask them what they can do about it. There is also talk (talk, not proof) that post ops are so happy initially that they decline continued therapy. Ask Charing Cross for a follow up programme.
I know this doesn't sound right to you now. TSs I know were all very happy when they got the green light. They were suddenly in a hurry too. But paradise after SRS lasts only a year. Six months, for some. Please prepare for your life after that.