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I guess it can be used to diagnose CSF leak?

It can also cause one. And it does so quite often in hypermobile individuals and younger AFAB patients (particularly but not exclusively those with a lower BMI).

Which is a risk that they, uh, don’t always mention when suggesting a lumbar puncture, even if you have the exact Venn diagram of high-leak-risk characteristics.

I’m sure it has nothing to do with the female predominance or the tendency to ignore symptoms in young women who “look healthy” or “are in great shape” ie they’re thin bc acknowledging them would require admitting that weight is not the sole determinant of health

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In incredible last-day-of-trans-visibility-week news:

f1nn5ter has successfully set up her trans healthcare non-profit Anne Health

It is already the highest rated trans healthcare provider in the country apparently

Here's the page on what they actually offer

For HRT it seems to largely be about shared care agreements with GPs (-> they provide the expert info needed but your GP provides the actual meds -> better than *AHEM* other people's subscription models bc this means you can actually get your privately-prescribed meds on the NHS (how I got mine back in the day), but the downside is your GP has to be cool and not a transphobic dickhead about it (which I would generally recommend as a trait to look for in your GP))

*They can do surgical referrals but you need to check with your surgery provider if they accept them (correction bc I had not checked the FAQ properly!)

It includes trans youth!!! At least for therapy and advice around puberty blockers (again they do not provide any meds themselves)

Co-founders are former CEO of mermaids (THE trans kids charity in the UK) and founder of Think2Speak (peer support organisation)

It's a non-profit, so any money made outside of what is used on operational costs goes back into a pot to fund/subsidise people's care who can't afford it

even if you don't want to use the service itself, they also have a FAQ/resource page for general useful info

you can donate to it!!!! (there's a big donate button on the top of the page)