I am so tired of waiting! When I started out this past summer I was optimistic, considering 'informed consent', that I could at least get things started reasonably quickly. Sadly much of that optimism has evaporated. My GP flatly refused to prescribe anything and suggested I go to a mental health clinic. It's not so easy to get a family doctor here at the moment so that left me no real choice, which sucks because I'd really like to get a new (non-ignorant) GP. It took two-and-a-half months to get an appointment (at the mental health clinic) and another four to get my letter(on Dec 3) and a referral to the single, solitary endocrinologist out of who knows how many (at least 6, probably more considering the hospitals we have) who is willing to take trans* patients. After waiting almost three weeks without hearing anything (that kind of inconsideration pisses me off!) I finally called to find out if they had even gotten my referral. At that point both the endo and the person who does scheduling were both off for the holidays until Jan 3rd, the person I spoke to did tell me though that my referral had been received but that with the wait list being so long it would be at least six months before I could probably get an appointment.
My major worry at the moment is hair, I'm 38 and my hair, (which I used to keep long) has been thinning for quite a few years now in the front. Between my hair, my impatience and my dysphoria I'm not sure I can make it another six months. What really pisses me off though is that with the hospitals we have here (I'm in my provinces capital), I'm a fairly short distance from three (QEII, VG and Dartmouth General) you'd think there would be more than one endo willing to take trans* patients! My moronic GP is annoying too but to a somewhat lesser degree.
Anyway, rant over, hopefully my future posts (if I make any, I tend to be rather asocial) will be more positive.
-Triss
