A friend of mine was told she can't have SRS because she has sickle-cell disease that makes the surgery too risky. I wanted to know if anyone is aware of whether her medical team might be full of shit.

I'm not real great at med research. I haven't turned up anything.

@cute_weeds sounds full of shit to me as well, sickle cell would make surgery more risky sure, but far from impossible IMO

@cute_weeds my only experience with this issue before is a friend who was having trouble finding a doctor who would put her on HRT with sickle cell, though she also wasn’t getting enough medical care to begin with

@packetcharmer I realize that estradiol comes with some risk of blood clots, which you have to be extra careful about with sickle cell, but denying HRT on those grounds sounds incredibly callous and dismissive of a doctor. 😞

@cute_weeds I completely agree. So many doctors don’t seem to understand how important transition is to us. One of my partners has a heart condition and a pacemaker and she’s been having trouble getting the doctor to raise her above 2mg/day because they keep citing the heart condition even though her levels aren’t where they should be.

@cute_weeds I got on the phone with her to try to get through to them and they act like they’re fucking doing her a favor by giving her that much. “Are you a doctor?” they asked me as I protested. Later I realized I should’ve retorted “Are you transgender?” Another interesting thing is my partner and I are pretty sure she’s intersex which is something that’s not even on their radar.