'); Aoife Martin: 'There are few people as expert in their own healthcare as trans people are - we have to be' Our new columnist writes about the importance of listening to trans people when it comes to healthcare, sparked by a recent visit to the doctor’s. By Aoife Martin Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 7:00 AM Dec 31st 2020, 7:00 AM 11,894 Views 0 Comments Aoife Martin I HAD OCCASION to visit my GP just before Christmas, something I had avoided doing in these Covid-19 times, not wanting to burden my doctor unnecessarily. I had been suffering for a number of months with intermittent pain in my lower left abdomen. Doctor Google had diagnosed me as having diverticulitis, a kidney stone and with not sitting correctly at my desk.