Medical transition protocols

[Mingma]

I have new medical insurance this year. Which means that as a transsexual patient  I'm being "evaluated".  Today they had me go downtown for a speech language pathology visit. So I go down there, sign in, and find an old magazine to read.  Eventually my name was called and I walked to a comfortable office to meet with Dr. Rebecca  Von During.  She put  an iPad in front of me with  frequency meter app on it and chatted for about a half hour.   Then she had me sing scales up and down.  It was fun!

Then she had me clear my throat, cough, and read some poetry and prose. Also fun, I Ike therapy I guess.  Then she advised me that I was watched when  I  was in the waiting room.  Okay this is the result.  

Turns out I look like, move like, use space like, and speak like a woman.  It is official and I have documentation.   Somewhere deep in the bowels of Group Health,  all relevant  data about me are being reviewed, evaluated, and analyzed.   I wonder what they will determine?  I can check on line tomorrow to find out my future.

I  hope it is the Group W Bench.            It worked for Arlo...

Ming

[Ativan Prescribed]

Seems kinda creepy that they watched you in the waiting room.
I can think of a few what ifs situations.
It would have been more fair to put you in a room other than the uncomfortable waiting room if they needed to watch you.
What if someone else in the waiting room was affecting your actions?

Nice that you passed the test just the same!

[Trinity]

If that was a litmus test for the op i dont think they are up to soc v7..

My insurance requires full time full ot she and is written to dq nonbinary bottom surgery.

Which may not be legal in nyc...

But congrats i know living full time she you must be thrilled.

Trinity

[Mingma]

Mar 11, 2016 7:29:09 GMT 8 Trinity said:

If that was a litmus test for the op i dont think they are up to soc v7..

My insurance requires full time full ot she and is written to dq nonbinary bottom surgery.

Which may not be legal in nyc...

But congrats i know living full time she you must be thrilled.

Trinity

Oh I have already been approved for surgery,  I think they are just building a profile to cover their ass if something goes wrong.  Due diligence or some such.  I've been full time for almost two years.  That hurdle was passed some time ago.

M

[Trinity]

You'd eat em alive if they ever screwed with you rights...

[Mingma]

Mar 11, 2016 7:24:34 GMT 8 Ativan Prescribed said:

Seems kinda creepy that they watched you in the waiting room.
I can think of a few what ifs situations.
It would have been more fair to put you in a room other than the uncomfortable waiting room if they needed to watch you.
What if someone else in the waiting room was affecting your actions?

Nice that you passed the test just the same!

Thank you, the surveillance wasn't through one way glass or anything.  She just stood at the counter and watched how I talked to people, moved, and generally conducted myself in a setting other than a therapeutic one.  Actually I had a good time and the practitioner was charming.  I just was amused that they are going to all this trouble to ensure I'm sincere or some other such BS.  I'm sure there is a lawyer behind this somewhere.  

All the people I've dealt with have been supportive and quite wonderful.  I guess it is good to know that there is no pathology evident in my throat and that I sing and talk naturally and without strain at an average frequency of 178 Hz with a conversational range to 235 Hz.  I'm an alto or sub-alto I guess.

What if someone else in the waiting room was affecting your actions?  This is what she was looking for in fact, I wonder if it was some sort of test?

M

[Mingma]

Mar 11, 2016 7:37:25 GMT 8 Trinity said:

You'd eat em alive if they ever screwed with you rights...

I wouldn't, but Melissa sure would.  

[Shan]

Glad you have such a positive attitude, probably helps the outcome of their assessment anyway. I also think it's kind of creepy being told that you had been watched in the waiting room too, but lets face it, if they had told you beforehand it would really have affected how you acted, so I get their point.

[Ayla]

Ming

So very pleased for you. Gatekeepers always make me feel uneasy and insurance companies are always looking for a way to reduce costs etc

[EchelonHunt]

Hurrah for official documentation!

Now you can roll it up and smack it over bigoted people's heads for extra measure!


^{(Not actually serious. Not all bigots are old men, this is the only manga panel I could find on its own using harisen.)}