surgery

Update on Me

Submitted by Granma on Sat, 01/01/2022 - 8:17pm

I had a scheduled surgery on my lower back on December 7. Everything went well and I was home but resting mostly because it was a major surgery. Then abruptly problems. I had a 2nd surgery on the 20th. That went well. Everything looked great. I went home. And was back in the hospital the next day. Surgeon did a bedside procedure in my hospital room. And I stayed there, flat through Christmas, 5 days.

New surgical technique

Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 09/12/2017 - 1:55pm

Hayley Anthony is a transgender woman who helped design a new surgical technique for male to female gender affirmation surgery.

Dr. Jess Ting is director of surgery at the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery at Mount Sinai in New York City.

New research

Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 05/07/2017 - 3:43pm

New research has been performed at the Boston Medical Center which reveals that most trans patients do not elect to undergo gender affirming surgeries.

The study followed 99 transgender patients who were undergoing hormone therapy at BMC, the majority of whom were transgender women.

Healthy New Year advice: avoid the first operation

Submitted by Alligator Ed on Mon, 01/02/2017 - 12:41am

What many New Years greeting cards often say is "wishing a healthy and happy New Year.

Happiness is a state of mind, which no one can bestow upon you. The great Abraham Lincoln said: "You are as happy as you make up your mind to be". This is true. This essay will not dwell upon the initial part of a New Year's wish.

Instead: to your health.