I know you're (mostly) not doctors, but . . .

Atacom
Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:08:45 +0000

I had genital reconstruction surgery



Well, genital reconstruction surgery is not what you had if you are transgender. You had gender reassignment surgery. So it is no wonder your doctor asked you if you still menstruate and other follow up questions. You listed a different operation than the one you had.

Genital reconstruction surgery is the term used for surgeries to repair genital trauma, for instance a military person who has their legs blown off by an IED and it damages their genitals, or to repair a congenital genital anatomical or functional abnormality, for instance, a female child with an abnormally large clitoris caused by an adrenal gland disorder or hypospadias in a male child.

When your genitals are not abnormal, but you are transgender and want to change your genitals to that of the opposite gender, that is properly termed gender reassignment surgery, not genital reconstruction surgery. So you can’t fault the medical personnel if they don’t get it if you don’t list the correct name of your surgery.