The T-MALE Announces:

SPICP

Surgical Patient In-Home Care Program

Please check with listed person to make sure their ad is current

Cities Listed with Volunteers: (click to be taken there)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

San Francisco, California

Updated August 11, 2006

What is this about?

It's common practice for guys to travel to other states for various reassignment surgery procedures. Not every community has a surgeon who performs SRS FTM surgeries in it or even in a neighboring town. That means the guys who have to travel have to spend extra money getting a hotel or motel room near the surgeons office. Of course, the exception to this is the GRS Centre in Montreal, Canada. They have an on-site living/recuperation area which is included in the cost of the surgery.

The Surgical Patient In-Home Care Program was developed to form a private data base of volunteers from all over the USA who would be willing to give a patient a safe, clean place to stay until they are well enough to go home.

The full names, physical address and email address of any volunteer will not listed on the T-MALE site, just the first name, city and narrative about their home or service offered. Privacy is very important. The full names and contact information of volunteers will be held off site.

How this works:

A prospective patient will come to the site and look for a city of a surgeon who performs FTM SRS listed on this page. If there is a  city listed there will be a number beneath it. That signifies how many volunteers are in that city.

For example:

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• 1 volunteer

This means 1 person in Oklahoma City have offered their home as a place for a post-op patient to stay at. Under that number will be listed all pertinent information needed.

Interested pre-surgical patients will then use the email address for this program to contact Nick. He will contact the volunteer and arrange for the two people to exchange email and work out the details between themselves.

Interested prospective volunteers will also use the email address for this program to contact Nick, submitting their names for the database.

There are conditions for prospective volunteers and prospective temporary live-in recovering patients. (check back for additions)

• The prospective volunteer must provide a safe, clean, inviting environment.
• The prospective volunteer must be an FTM or a current or former significant other of an FTM. People not associated with an FTM in some form may be considered but must pass a rigid screening process.
• The prospective volunteer must be willing to provide personal references.
• The prospective volunteer must be willing to provide transportation to the patient from the airport, if the patient did not drive, and to the airport when they leave.
• The prospective volunteer must be willing to provide transportation to the patient to and from post-op follow-up's with his surgeon even if they did drive to your city. The surgeon will decide when it's safe for them to drive. If this is not possible, the patient must be advised of this before hand, so he can budget for taxi service. It is advised that the prospective volunteer call a reputable taxi service to find out the cost of a trip to and from the surgeons office for the person who might be staying with them.
• The prospective volunteer must obtain all emergency numbers for the surgeon, the ambulance service and local hospital the surgeons practices out of and have them in an easily accessible place.
• The prospective volunteer must posses the ability to recognize and respond to a medical emergency efficiently. For instance: shivering and slow response to questions indicates a high fever and possible infection. The volunteer would be required to take immediate action such as taking the patients temperature, documenting any changes in the patient such as skin tone, lucidity, level of consciousness, response time to questions, speech patterns, emotional status, wound appearance, changes in the wound and the like, then calling the surgeon's office or pager for immediate assistance. Complications are rare but do occur.
• The prospective volunteer should have some form of CPR training or have someone close who does. Not that this is a real threat of occurring but it's just a good idea all the way around.
• The prospective volunteer must not expect compensation from the patient for time in their home. That is voluntary on the patient's part or it must be arranged before hand and agreed to by the two parties.
• Prospective volunteers are not to be taken advantage of by the prospective live-in recovering patient.

Prospective live-in recovering patient guidelines

• The prospective live-in recovering patients must provide or offer compensation for food consumed or bring their own.
• The prospective live-in recovering patient must be willing to provide their volunteer with emergency contact numbers for his spouse and or relative/close friend who can be alerted to any difficulties and who can make medical decision for him should he be unable to before he is admitted for surgery. It is requested that the prospective live-in recovering patient alert any person back home that their number will be given out to the volunteer and be prepared for any subsequent calls.
• The prospective live-in recovering patient must be willing to alert their volunteer of any special requirements prior to coming into their home.
• The prospective live-in recovering patient must be willing to alert the surgeon where he is staying and supply the surgeon with the information.

Both parties who meet through this service release the provider, The T-MALE and or Nick Edward from any responsibility for any occurrence arising from the two parties meeting and setting up a temporary live-in recovery arrangement. Both parties are solely responsible for further actions.

To submit your name, please use the email address below. To be connected to a prospective volunteer in a city you will be traveling to, please check the list below and contact Nick.

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City Listings who have Volunteers

Oklahoma City

• 1

Nick has opened his home to surgical patients who use Dr. David Foerester and Dr. James Magnusson. Nick lives about 6 miles from David Foerester's Office and 15 miles from Dr. Magnusson's office.

Conditions:

1. Must be receptive to cats. He has 2. If allergic, allergies must be under control through medication. His cats are very affectionate with everyone.

2. Nick has medical issues, so cab fare should be brought, just in case.

3. It is suggested to go with Nick to the local store to pick out foods and beverages you would like to eat while healing.

4. Nick's home is a smoke-free, drug free (exception pain meds) and alcohol free environment.

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