Changing Your Name With Doctors . . .

[Gina Taylor]

I was at my GP yesterday for a check up on some blood work I had recently done, and I got thinking that what is going to happen after the New Year if I have to see him again. How do I explain the change in name and appearance without any forewarning.   Or should I go and see him in my male mode just to keep everything good? Fortunately I don't see him much, but I just want to do what is right.

[ukftminneed]

doesnt your gp know you want to transition ?

[Jerri]

My GP was one of my first to know as I needed his help for monitoring blood and a referal to an endo, without his help I would be looking at an 80 mile drive each way to see a doctor, whiched turned out very well, and was well worth being up front with him, plus I had a really pink sweater that was dying to show off so I wore into his office as Jerri for my appt. lol
Plus you will be better off with your GP helping later on than not.
best wishes
Jerri

[Gina Taylor]

doesnt your gp know you want to transition ?

Well . . . because I'm a non-op, I figured that my GP didn't need to know since I wasn't requiring any meds to transition. The blood work I had done was for a past liver problem, which has turned out to be no problem.  He found no other problems from my blood work, so he was quite happy with everything. And since I will not be taking hormones, then there is no need to get a referal for an endo.

[LordKAT]

It doesn't matter if he knows your trans status, for a name change simply take in your paperwork to the billing or records people and the name gets changed. It is easy and has no hassle on your care. The name change may make your doctor figure out you are trans but that is all.

[Gina Taylor]

It doesn't matter if he knows your trans status, for a name change simply take in your paperwork to the billing or records people and the name gets changed. It is easy and has no hassle on your care. The name change may make your doctor figure out you are trans but that is all.

Thanks LordKat. I thought there'd be problems with changing my name, but you make it sound so easy.

[Arch]

I changed my name long before transitioning, and everyone seemed to take it in stride. Then again, I was not very feminine.

I did have a weird experience when I went back to my old doctor after I had used student health services for six years. For reasons that I cannot fathom, the nurse called my name in a very peculiar way, combining an incorrect version of my given birth name with a correct version of my "new" surname, which is ultra-common. She wound up with the name of a famous actress of days gone by, and I never suspected that she was calling me. I just thought, "Imagine going through life with a name like that."

I think they thought that the male given name was my husband's, but I have no idea how or why they mangled my old first name. I was quite, um, passionate in correcting her, and nobody ever made that mistake again.

[Gina Taylor]

I have to see my Dr. again next week for some more blood work, apparently he missed some things with the first bllod work, so I'll take the paper work in as suggested by LordKat and I'll get my name changed. 

[Cindy]

Depends where you are but here my name was changed when I changed my insurance name, otherwise they don't get paid! I didn't seem to be a problem when they would lose out on the fee!

[Gina Taylor]

Depends where you are but here my name was changed when I changed my insurance name, otherwise they don't get paid! I didn't seem to be a problem when they would lose out on the fee!

Ah, very good point there Cindy, and thanks for bringing it to my attention. I think I may hold off on changing my name with my Dr, until I've gotten things cleared up first with my insurance, because here in Florida, everything is expensive.