I have seen a total of four therapists in my life – two after my dad died, one after my mom died, and one who I went to for something else, but who, through a series of very weird coincidences, ended up being my “gender therapist” (I’ll tell you the story someday). I also saw [...]
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Very Bad (and Very Good) Things Therapists Have Said to Me
Posted in Observations, tagged gender identity, health, transition, transsexual on July 26, 2010 | 44 Comments »
Medical Care for Trans People: Mammograms and Self-Exams
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged being trans, health, health care, hormones, trans men, trans women on July 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My mother died as a result of breast cancer in 1985 at the age of 56. One of my best friends, Barb, died as a result of breast cancer in 1988 around the age of 42. Now another friend – not as close, but a friend, nonetheless – has died as a result of breast [...]
Flibanserin: Is a ‘Female-Desire’ Drug a Bad Thing?
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, tagged health, hormones, relationships, sex, testosterone on June 29, 2010 | 35 Comments »
A “female-desire” drug, flibanserin, has just been rejected by the FDA, and it’s back to the drawing board (or the headboard) for big pharma. As someone who has experienced the impact of testosterone on the sex drive after years of experiencing the impact of estrogen on the sex drive, I personally don’t have a problem [...]
Testicular Self-Exam? I Don’t Have the Balls!
Posted in Observations, tagged bodies, coming out, health, health care, trans men on June 23, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Last week, I went to my doctor for an annual physical. I’ve seen this doc for 13 years — she’s the one who prescribes and monitors my hormones. She knows every gory detail and every intimate inch of my anatomy. But her new nurse did not. My internal gaydar started jumping like the needle on [...]
Change Your Calendar, Change Your Life
Posted in Advice, Observations, tagged being trans, health on April 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Have you ever had somewhere to go — some party or event or function that you absolutely had to go to — and then you decided at the last minute not to go? Unless it was your mother’s funeral or your inauguration as President of the United States, once you made the decision not to [...]
(Going) Crazy for Health Care
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged health, health care, insurance, transition on March 22, 2010 | 30 Comments »
I take my politics very seriously — sometimes too much so. I realized this when, yesterday, I happened to be driving near the state Capitol building (in Denver) and saw a huge mob of people protesting. Instead of turning on the next street to get away from the congestion, I decided to drive by and [...]
Hangovers, Hormones, and Trans Health
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged change, health, hormones, testosterone on March 18, 2010 | 9 Comments »
As I’m writing this in the early a.m. the day after my birthday, I’m remembering why I don’t drink — because I did drink yesterday and now I have a hangover, even though, by many people’s standards, one margarita in the afternoon and one in the evening does not even come close to drinking. Alcohol [...]
Sex and the Insurance Company
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, tagged bodies, gender, health, health care, insurance, transition, transsexual on February 4, 2010 | 5 Comments »
My insurance company doesn’t know what I am. It seems to decide my sex based on what it doesn’t want to pay for. If I make a claim for something male-related, like testosterone or Finasteride (okay, it’s for prostate cancer, but it’s supposed to prevent male-pattern baldness), my insurance company says I’m female and denies [...]
‘Trans Medical Care’ vs. ‘Medical Care for Trans People’
Posted in Commentary, tagged being trans, bodies, health, health care, insurance, transition on December 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For the past couple of days, I have felt a little sick — achy, chills, fatigue, and bordering on a fever that never really materializes. It’s probably some kind of flu. Or maybe I’m just overtired. The one thing I do know is that it has nothing to do with the fact that I’m trans. [...]
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Ask Matt Monday: Will Health Care Reform Cover Transition?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Information, tagged health, health care, legal, surgery, transition on November 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am wondering how the health care reform bill affects trans people. If we must carry our own health insurance, and insurance companies are no longer allowed to deny preexisting conditions, does that mean they now have to cover medically related surgeries?” I don’t know everything about the new health care reform [...]
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