On Getting a Letter of Support

[CW for discussions of surgery (general, no details), medical gatekeeping, imposter syndrome, and dysphoria.]

Sometimes, if you’re a very strange person, you schedule meetings with a licensed social worker to get a letter of support for gender confirmation surgery on your birthday. Look, I knew I would be off work, which is 9/10ths of the battle most of the time. It did mean, however, that I spent a few hours vibrating out of my skin as part of the general birthday festivities.

But now I’ve got a letter that seems to tick all the boxes that the insurance (and by extension, the surgeon) will expect to see. I technically had a letter before, but it was much less formal and did not come from someone with the sorts of letters after their name that the insurance will expect. So this is round two on that front. (Please, please, please, let this be the last round.)

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Lake Lewisia on holiday

As is traditional, Lewisia will be on holiday for the month of February. Posts will resume on Friday, March 1st, on their usual schedule.

As is also traditional, the new year of Lewisia will bring a few new surprises. Something is cooking around Lake Lewisia, but will it be delicious or disastrous? I hope you look forward to it either way. In the meantime, remember to be the strangeness you want to see in the universe.