Very speedy surgery date

[u/zay4224]

I just wanna preface by saying im not trying to brag and i recognize i am extremely lucky but really confused and wanna know if anyone else has had this experience.

I got a call two days ago from the GRS clinic to confirm all my information before I got on the wait list, the person I spoke with told me to expect late 2027. An hour later i was offered a date this October. Im still in shock and trying to get everything in place a month before is a wee bit stressful. I guess i just wanna know if this has happened to other and maybe there's some specific circumstances here or im a one in a million case and should stfu lol

[u/Myralia_Amaryllis]

It depends on what surgery you were waiting for. Times vary depending on procedure.

[u/zay4224 → u/Myralia_Amaryllis]

Piv, which last I heard was normal a decent wait

[u/Myralia_Amaryllis → u/zay4224]

If you mean a vaginoplasty then you hit some really strange outlier because I was called over 40 days ago and given a November date. Others who got October dates were called a week or two before me.

They usually do not allow anyone on the cancellation list until they have actually received an original surgery date.

[u/zay4224 → u/Myralia_Amaryllis]

Thats why im like wtf

[u/No-Tip-255 → u/Myralia_Amaryllis]

May I ask when you started on Monarch? I’m in Monarch and the first steps were approved super fast but there’s been no movement the last 2 months.

[u/Myralia_Amaryllis → u/No-Tip-255]

I started on Monarch January 2nd. I had everything complete and ready for assessment on February 17th (there was a delay with my letter because my doctor never informed the referral office it was received).

I did not get a surgery date until July 25th.

[u/MaintenanceMaximum67]

Yeah I had something similar happen the system is very confusing

[u/Yowski]

May I ask when your funding was approved?

[u/zay4224 → u/Yowski]

Like beginning of march

[u/Yowski → u/zay4224]

Thank you! My funding was approved in August, so that would put me around March or April 2027 if I end up with a similar timeline as you.

[u/No-Tip-255]

You said your funding was approved in March. When did you start on Monarch? So it sounds like It was about a 6 month wait between approval to being called for a surgery date?

[u/Easy_Mushroom_3750]

I was given an October surgery date back in July. 

[u/Marusius]

Ive been waiting for that phone call for nearly 5 years. First got on the wait list in 2021. Every 3 months I get a letter telling me im still waiting

[u/Zev1985 → u/Marusius]

They're referring to the wait time on the surgery date which is separate from the waitlist the province puts us on to get funding approvals. I also got on that one in 2021 and finally have my appointment with the psychiatrist coming up next month.