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italian guy

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Hello everyone, i'm a 22y.o. student from italy, wanting to apply to the one year study program through the confucius institute. I read about the physical examination and it appears that ultrasound might be required. All my documents say "male" (passport included), been taking testosterone for almost 3 years (have beard etc), had top surgery so my chest is masculine, but i haven't got a hysterectomy as of now so i still have my reproductive organs, which would show in the ultrasound. My question is, what would entail? I already asked the confucius institute through which i'll apply for the scholarship, but i wanted to know if anyone had any actual experience on this (not hypothesis but lived experiences, whether personal or of people you know of). P.s. i'm perfectly healthy otherwise, and easily live as a man in my daily life with no problems

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I just had my health check done and there's definitely a box that says 男 or 女.   They did the ultrasound and noticed I had had an operation that changed my insides. Nothing big, it's in my medical history so they just noted it on the health check and I still passed.  It's worth it to note that a buddy of mine had the annual health check and they never noticed he had a big cyst on his liver which hospitalized him soon after. He  was angry they didn't detect it and tell him. 

I don't know what they would do in your case as I don't think it's ever come up before.  I don't know if you'd be able to get testosterone prescribed. I was thinking about getting it but I got my T level  tested and they said it's within the range for my age. Also I got the AMA guidelines printed out and always carry them with me when checking blood test results. Once they told me one result was out of range and I needed a medication for it but I checked and it was normal for adult white males. FWIW I can grow a beard but stay clean-shaven because a beard makes me look old. 

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