• KitEnglish
    84·
    2 days ago

    For my transguy homies, you absolutely should never reduce your T dosage in the week leading up to your blood tests with your doctor. Because if you do, your doctor may prescribe more T than you actually need, and then you may have too much on hand that stays fresh when stored properly. This would probably be illegal because T is a controlled substance, and may become banned under the Trump administration.

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          23·
          2 days ago

          Ah man I hadn’t heard that

          He was on a Greyhound bus traveling through Altoona on Monday morning, sources said, when he got off and walked into a McDonald’s where a witness recognized him from the images of the suspect circulated by police.

          Mangione was sitting and eating when a McDonald’s employee reported him…

          I guess the McDonald’s employees didn’t get the memo going around that if you see something, no you didn’t.

      • iheartneopets@lemm.eeEnglish
        40·
        2 days ago

        I mean, it is historically how we solved all our other problems. Its not even particularly American, as much as I wish we could claim it. Lots of movements have been aided by gun violence.

        • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 days ago

          as much as I wish we could claim it.

          You really wish you could claim that shit? 🤨

          • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            30·
            2 days ago

            Look, okay, we need some sort of identity. This is how people become American gun nuts in the first place, is searching for an identity. If modern American identity is going to become “yeah we were getting fucked over by corporate leeches so I shot one of em in the face” - I mean, it’s not my first choice, but I can think of worse things.

              • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                10·
                2 days ago

                Solidarity against oligarchs like that would be pretty massive. You have no idea the stone wall we would become. Try to move us, we are the mountain.

                • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  Huh? I’m not sure what you’re saying, sorry. I’d like to understand though. I’m just too knackered because I’ve been alone with the kids all day and speed cubing all night. 💩🧠💩 What do you mean, with more words please? 😂🙏😭

  • hope@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    2 days ago

    I actually figured that the coverage for gender affirming care is one of the least awful things about UHC. That said I guess I’m not surprised about it initially not being covered.

    Edit: actually hold on, my benefits guide definitely used to say something about them paying for travel to a safe state for care and even some hotel nights being covered, but I don’t see that anymore…

    • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      20 hours ago

      Testosterone is also prescribed for actual medical conditions - such as someone losing a testicle from cancer and thus requiring a testosterone boost to maintain regular hormone levels.

      Edit: leaving the original text but clarifying: I should have used the words physiological conditions instead of medical conditions. There are physiological reasons why someone would need testosterone, as I mentioned in a reply: testicular cancer resulting in the loss of a testicle, hormonal imbalances resulting in reduced production in testosterone, and more.

      • TwigletSparkleEnglish
        1·
        22 hours ago

        Testosterone is also prescribed for actual other medical conditions - such as someone losing a testicle from cancer and thus requiring a testosterone boost to maintain regular hormone levels.

        FTFY

        • jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          28·
          2 days ago

          I mean as far as the body not working correctly - not to downplay elective gender treatments.

          Low testosterone in anybody is not a fun time.

          • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eeEnglish
            12·
            2 days ago

            I won’t offer my personal opinion as I’m not trans and it isn’t really my place to weigh in but there is an ongoing discussion in the trans community for/against the medicalization of trans identities. Philosophy Tube made a great video that touches on it a while ago

        • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          I just read conditions with scare quotes — pretty sure not anti-gender-affirming, if you’re being serious.

      • BorgerEnglish
        22·
        2 days ago

        Not to detract from your point, but gender dysphoria is a medical condition. The brain undergoes sex differentiation in utero, and the rest of the body usually but doesn’t always match this.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      I actually figured that the coverage for gender affirming care is one of the least awful things about UHC.

      Only if they actually cover it. If they send you through a pinball machine of denials and rejections, its just a new way of tormenting trans people.

      Edit: actually hold on, my benefits guide definitely used to say something about them paying for travel to a safe state for care and even some hotel nights being covered, but I don’t see that anymore…

      Red States have been tightening the noose on pregnant women, both explicitly and implicitly. So its likely the UHC folks chickened out and pulled the language for fear of provoking a state AG in Texas, Missouri, or Florida.

    • ilinamorato@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      If I recall correctly, some companies can also add additional benefits that are paid for by the employer but administered through the insurance company. I don’t know if that might be what happened here.