On another system, a MTF whom I barely know emailed me a few days ago indicating that they intended to do SRS on themselves live on the internet a couple of weeks from now. Looking around, I see they had been cleared for SRS a decade ago but had been unable to afford it and unable to find any financial assistance. I gather they went ahead and made the attempt the very night after they sent out the email.
By the time I noticed the message and read it tonight, the incident was about a week past. It appears the medical services reached them before they bled out. The person has posted a few times since, including an update with a promise not to do it again. They appear to be sane but not able to find any way to proceed with what they need.
A hoax? No, there is too much fine-grained consistency for me to think so. For privacy reasons I will not be posting quotes from what they wrote or posting name or URLs or other identifying reasons. As much as I don't like posting important matters without giving verifying information, this kind of information is too personal to post in a public area. I will say that this incident was not in Canada or USA -- though I would think it likely that similar things have happened in both those countries in the past and will probably happen again in the future. :sad:
I'm just sitting here and shuddering, with a lump in my chest, thinking of the tragedy of the situation and the despondency that led this woman to make the attempt. Life is not fair at all.