{"id":18074,"date":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/trans-woman-new-life\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:19:11","slug":"trans-woman-new-life","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/trans-woman-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A cirurgia de afirma\u00e7\u00e3o de g\u00e9nero deu uma nova vida a uma mulher trans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designada como homem \u00e0 nascen\u00e7a, sofreu de disforia de g\u00e9nero que se tornou t\u00e3o grave que, \u00e0 medida que foi crescendo, mal conseguia olhar-se ao espelho. A disforia de g\u00e9nero ocorre quando h\u00e1 uma incompatibilidade entre o sexo biol\u00f3gico e a identidade de g\u00e9nero de uma pessoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Odiava o que via ao espelho\", conta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni, agora com 65 anos, cresceu numa \u00e9poca em que a palavra \"transg\u00e9nero\" era raramente utilizada e a cirurgia de afirma\u00e7\u00e3o do g\u00e9nero n\u00e3o era uma op\u00e7\u00e3o. \"Cresci e vivi uma boa parte da minha vida sabendo que algo n\u00e3o estava bem\", disse ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivendo como homem, passou seis anos num submarino nuclear e depois vestiu o uniforme da pol\u00edcia durante 23 anos, reformando-se como sargento. S\u00f3 dois anos antes da reforma \u00e9 que Toni decidiu agir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomou hormonas para desenvolver carater\u00edsticas mais femininas, mas n\u00e3o contou aos seus colegas oficiais. Escondia os seios em desenvolvimento debaixo do colete \u00e0 prova de bala e chegava ao trabalho de uniforme, evitando os balne\u00e1rios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quando Toni decidiu fazer uma cirurgia de afirma\u00e7\u00e3o de g\u00e9nero como parte da sua transi\u00e7\u00e3o, descobriu Dra. Caroline Plamondon<\/a>, uma cirurgi\u00e3 pl\u00e1stica da Southcoast Health cujos pacientes incluem membros da comunidade LGBTQ+. Tamb\u00e9m foi oradora e conferencista em eventos do Orgulho LGBTQ+ e \u00e9 um membro ativo da Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Profissional Mundial para a Sa\u00fade dos Transg\u00e9neros<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni ficou t\u00e3o impressionada com as qualifica\u00e7\u00f5es da Dra. Plamondon e com a sua abordagem pessoal e compassiva que viajou 90 minutos desde a sua casa em Connecticut para ver a cirurgi\u00e3 em Dartmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Dra. Plamondon e a sua equipa t\u00eam o cuidado de utilizar os pronomes preferidos dos doentes, disse Toni, e compreendem que as cirurgias s\u00e3o medicamente necess\u00e1rias para muitos doentes transg\u00e9nero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ela compreende n\u00e3o s\u00f3 a est\u00e9tica, mas tamb\u00e9m a disforia de g\u00e9nero\", diz Toni. \"Por exemplo, todo o racioc\u00ednio para a cirurgia de topo \u00e9 diferente para uma pessoa trans do que para uma mulher cis que tem cancro da mama.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antes de efetuar a cirurgia de aumento do peito da Toni, o Dr. Plamondon utilizou imagens VECTRA 3-D para simular o aspeto que a Toni teria com implantes de v\u00e1rios tamanhos e explicou as op\u00e7\u00f5es de cirurgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni queria um aspeto natural, pelo que optou por implantes por baixo do m\u00fasculo. O Dr. Plamondon tamb\u00e9m efectuou uma abdominoplastia, ou abdominoplastia, para tornar a figura de Toni mais feminina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Em vez de um ret\u00e2ngulo, agora tenho uma figura\", disse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Toni ajuda a p\u00f4r os pacientes em contacto com op\u00e7\u00f5es de cirurgia de afirma\u00e7\u00e3o do g\u00e9nero no seu trabalho como l\u00edder de navega\u00e7\u00e3o de pacientes num centro de sa\u00fade em Rhode Island. Devido \u00e0s suas experi\u00eancias pessoais, ela recomenda agora o Dr. Plamondon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O Dr. Plamondon \u00e9 um grande defensor das pessoas trans e um \u00f3timo prestador de servi\u00e7os\", disse ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toni est\u00e1 entusiasmada com as mudan\u00e7as na sua vida. As pessoas que lhe s\u00e3o mais pr\u00f3ximas, a mulher e a filha, apoiam-na e ela encontra um grande significado no seu trabalho com a comunidade trans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recentemente, Toni perguntou \u00e0 sua mulher, Rita, qual era a sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de ser l\u00e9sbica. Ela respondeu atirando-lhe uma almofada. \"Eu deleito-me com a minha feminilidade\", disse Toni. \"\u00c9 uma express\u00e3o de quem eu sou. Ter isso \u00e9 ser capaz de viver como uma pessoa completa.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre a Southcoast Health Plastic Surgery and Cosmetics, visite Cirurgia Pl\u00e1stica | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18075,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18074","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGender-Affirming Surgery Gave a Trans Woman New Life - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Toni was so impressed with Dr. Plamondon\u2019s qualifications and her personal, compassionate approach that she traveled 90 minutes from her home in Connecticut to see the surgeon in Dartmouth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/trans-woman-new-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gender-Affirming Surgery Gave a Trans Woman New Life - 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