A transsexual builder who had a £60,000 sex change is suing health bosses after they refused her a breast enlargement operation on the NHS. Cathy Daniels - born Keith Daniels - wants taxpayers to fund the £5,000 procedure but her GP will not refer her. The 53-year-old father-of-three, who had gender realignment surgery two years ago, wants the surgery to fully complete her sex change.
She plans to take legal action because without breasts she feels 'half man, half woman'.
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When they can refuse genuine women breast augmentation surgery - even if they have a genuine reason, then they can refuse to do it in our case Rose. Unfortunately there is only a certain amount of money that the NHS has available to it - and I personally would much prefer this to be spent on life saving treatments than on cosmetic surgery.
Yes, I confess I had my SRS on the NHS and they do continue to fund my hormone treatments, but other surgeries which I considered less vital, I self funded by working hard and saving for them - as most of us have.
If we want society to be more accepting of us, then we all have to contribute something back into society, rather than take, take take all the time, shouting that "it's our right", stories like these only serve to reduce our standing in the eyes of ordinary hard working people. If we want acceptance, let us earn it.
and how much did the SRS cost...? We pay ~$6.00/gallon here, have far greater distances to drive, and our "Public Transit" is almost non-existent. My point was...does EVERYTHING have to be provided by the Government? From what I see, the UK (and the EU) are staggering under economic pressures...much of that caused by "Social Payments" and Bureaucrats. A famous US President once stated.."ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country." And I am not even an American...