I spoke with my reconstructive surgeon’s office yesterday and they are going to work with me on out-of-pocket expenses since they were in-network with my insurance when I chose them (they recently went out-of-network with my insurance plan). This didn’t just happen out of nowhere, it was because I called the office and advocated for myself and also because I carefully chose a reconstructive surgeon who is caring and has a wonderful staff. As Shangela from RuPaul’s Drag Race would say: