Last friday I went for a consultation for electrolysis, it was a long journey (1/2 hr on train, 1/2 hr on the bus followed by a very long walk). When I got off the bus I started following my directions taken from google maps but as the place was in the middle of the countryside hardly any roads had road signs.
After walking for about 20min I asked someone for directions, he said I was going the wrong way so I did a U turn & followed his directions (big mistake), after asking directions from several people I ended up back where I first asked for directions & found out I was 5 minutes walk away from my destination.
The appointment went well, the woman was very understanding & the test patch she did was fine, i've heard many people say that electrolosys can be painfull but it's not a patch on the pain of my excema when it's in full swing, I occassionaly felt a slight burning but this was very brief. I've had no reaction to the treatment since then so my only hurdle is the eye watering cost.
When I reached the train station I phoned a friend & popped round for a coffee, she had a friend round visiting but she was very understanding about what i'm going through & we all chatted for an hour or so, even though I was in boy mode I really felt like one of the girls having a natter over a coffee.
Then when I got home I had a letter from the Gender Identity Clinic in London, it contained my first appointment for late March next year, it may be a long wait but I don't care, the important thing is that I now have an appointment & things are moving forward.
This 5 month wait I have gives me time to rebuild my life & give my mum time to learn to accept whats happening in my life.
All in all it was a very good day for me.
