Quote from: Alainaluvsu on June 06, 2012, 10:45:05 PM
When I got my letter, first I took the advice of my therapist who recommended me to an endocrinologist who has been known to deal with transgender patients. When that doctor didn't call back, I googled endocrinologists in my area and went down the list until I found one that would take me. I have been seeing this doctor for about 7 months now and she is the only doctor I have ever had to see about this at all. She's ordered my tests, prescribed me drugs, wrote up my lab work that needed to be done, and that's all I've ever needed. I didn't need any recommendations from a GP or anything.
Cool! Thats kind of what I thought but i wasn't sure. That was how I had planned to spend my friday off, but I thought I would give planned parenthood a shot, but I am certain that will take a long time just to be seen. Thank you all for your replies.
@Michelle-I believe you are correct, all you need is informed concent, the letter was more of a personal thing to me and to get an official second opinion other then my own. I think I am also going to use it as sort of a "visual aid" for coming out to family, which is a whole other can of worms.
@Ms. Obrien- The only "Clinic" i have been able to find is Planned Parenthood, which is where i will probably spend this friday at, although i will be there right when they open soo * fingers crossed* on that one.
@Jamie D- I have a friend of mine who used to be a, well i dont know what her job was exactly but she handled allt he paper work/insurance stuff for a medical clinic downtown, went through my insurance plan for me and bascially said I can probably only get the actual perscriptions covered. My PCP that I called to make an appointment with initially is apparently prejeduce or something because they said they don't accept transgender patients. But on the plus side I can change my plan to a PPO the 1st of November and then one of my friends who is a docter (Stanford Med grad DR.) can be my PCP, at the moment she can't be my PCP because of my HMO. So basically I just need to get the first 6 months started and she can take over.
I do have another question though, I know this is a highly subjective question, but is the quality of care of a clinic up to par of a private Endo? Like, say a complication were to arise, would Planned Parenthood be able to deal with it or would they just end up refering me to an Endo? Cost is an issue, however, I don't want to endanger myself at the cost of what would ultimately just be the price of a good pair of shoes or something.
Again, Thank you for your responses they are more valuable than you realise!
<3 Liv
On a side note, I just want to personally thank you Jamie D. On everyone of my threads I am sure to receive valuable advise from you and for that I can't thank you enough!
On another side note, Alaina congrats on the name change! I've been following your transition on these forums and your insight and transformation is inspiring! I'm sorry for the job situation, unfortunitially I have a feeling I will end up taking a similar route with my job as well. But like I said, I will probably take a page out of your book and take that opportunity to change all the legal stuff over and go full time
