getting so sick of waiting, can’t deal with this anymore, does anyone have any experience pursuing lower surgery in other countries ?
The wait time for surgery is terrible, especially as the bottom surgery list is so much longer than top surgery.
The positive is that Chelsea and Westminster are really getting through the Meta list, so this is bringing the waiting list down for those wanting meta. They are also apparently training to do phallo, but it is unsure when they will be ready to do those.
There is also another hospital team training for bottom surgery, so this will also have a positive impact on the waiting lists.
Mr C’s team is also training a new surgeon. But it is also unsure when he will be operating and on who or whether he has a contract with the NHS yet.
Bottom surgery abroad is a difficult one in terms of finding information. You’d need to Google phalloplasty surgeons in Europe and study the results to see if you were happy with these, as they can be different to what the UK results are like. Just be aware that phalloplasty doesn’t always mean FTM phalloplasty, so if you are contacting surgeons you’d need to make sure they have experience operating on transmen.
You would also likely have to fund these surgeries yourself as no-one I know of has been successful in getting the NHS to fund bottom surgeries abroad.
I know of someone who paid for their bottom surgery abroad and are very happy with their results, he had this done by Miro Djordjevic. This is the same surgeon who is now operating in a Chelsea and Westminster.
The important thing is doing your own research. Make contact with surgeons. Look at surgeons results. Don’t just chose whoever is cheapest. Results must be your number one reason for picking a surgeon.
It may also be worth contacting the GDNRSS to see where you are on the NHS waiting list as obviously going private for bottom surgery is a very very expensive option wherever you go.
Can any of our followers offer their experience going abroad for bottom surgery?