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theoddz · 10-03-2012, 05:56 PM

Wow, Toughy, that sounds like it was quite a presentation. I'd have loved to have attended, just to hear what was said. Thank you so much for sharing that with us!!!

I'm so happy that the VA is having these presenters and these kinds of presentations. I think that the time is quickly approaching when the VA system and other private insurance carriers will have to provide surgical services and coverage to transgendered and transsexual patients. That would certainly be great. If they do get into this in a full scale way, I'm sure it will go a long way into advancing the reasearch and subsequent quality of genital reconstructive surgery for FTMs, too. I've heard several plastic/reconstructive surgeons say that FTM genital surgery (namely, phalloplasty) is much more difficult that MTF genital reconstruction, simply because "it is easier to take away than it is to add".

Thanks again, Toughy, for sharing that.

~Theo~

10-03-2012, 05:56 PM	#21
theoddz Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Cranky Old Poop Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. Beast Relationship Status: Married to a beautiful babe whom I don't deserve. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,163 Thanked 9,939 Times in 2,516 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Wow, Toughy, that sounds like it was quite a presentation. I'd have loved to have attended, just to hear what was said. Thank you so much for sharing that with us!!! I'm so happy that the VA is having these presenters and these kinds of presentations. I think that the time is quickly approaching when the VA system and other private insurance carriers will have to provide surgical services and coverage to transgendered and transsexual patients. That would certainly be great. If they do get into this in a full scale way, I'm sure it will go a long way into advancing the reasearch and subsequent quality of genital reconstructive surgery for FTMs, too. I've heard several plastic/reconstructive surgeons say that FTM genital surgery (namely, phalloplasty) is much more difficult that MTF genital reconstruction, simply because "it is easier to take away than it is to add". Thanks again, Toughy, for sharing that. *~Theo~* __________________ *"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."* -- J. R. R. Tolkien

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