u/HelpfullySatan

Hello, so I have had a consult appointment and scheduled a pre-op, surgery date, and post-op in June + July. I am required to provide 2 letters of rec for insurance reasons, and I am planning on asking my therapist and the nurse practitioner at the gender clinic. The gender person probably knows how to do it, but my therapist does not know what needs to be said in the letter, and the surgery scheduling and front desk people say they don't know either. The surgeon has yet to answer me on that as well (it's been over a month). Does anyone have a kind of template for what my therapist needs to say, or like basic points she needs to cover? Thanks!

Hi, I have recently discovered what R-CPD is, and feel I really fit the symptoms. I've never burped, bloat really bad after eating anything, my stomach and chest hurt and make sounds for hours after a meal. I'm always gassy, and I'm deathly afraid of throwing up because it hurts so bad and gets like stuck. I'm genuinely in so much pain from bloating all the time and I'm scared to be around people after meals from the gurgling sounds. I also have an ED, which is tied to how disgusting I feel and look after eating when I bloat.

I've found a specialist near me that even has a page specifically on R-CPD and how he treats it, so I am really hopeful that if I made an appointment with him I could finally not feel so crummy. The problem is, I am under my parents' insurance and they would be paying for this treatment. They would 100% be up for it as long as I am able to convince them that I really might have this disorder. As this is a new-ish treatment and diagnosis, I am scared they will think it's not a real thing or no big deal as I have been living with this for my whole life and not really spoken up about how hard it is before. Idk how to tell them besides being all "I found this random condition on the internet nobody's ever heard of that I'm self-diagnosing myself with and wanting to get expensive treatment for"

If anyone here has told someone else about their experiences and has advice on how to bring this condition up without sounding crazy and overly dramatic and not a real issue, please let me know.