I have a close friend who is also a transguy and he's been on T for 10 months now. He was able to get his insurance to cover gels, so he has been on androgel this whole time. He recently switched insurances, and at first his new company covered most of the gel, but they just realised he is listed as female and are refusing to cover any more of his T. He's only got like one week of T left and since we're in college, he isn't able to get back to his endo right now to get a new prescription or learn to inject. I could theoretically teach him but I wouldn't be comfortable doing that since I'm not a medical professional. He's also really anxious about needles and really does not want to be on the shots. He's also been having issues with changes not really happening, his levels are extremely low, and chances are his dose will go up. His T is already at $430 for a 20 day supply, and if his dose goes up then that quickly turns into $800 a month, and he can't even do the $400.
I've been in a similar place, having a very sudden realization that I can't get the gel, I must to injections because insurance won't cover it. I hate needles and I get more and more anxious about needles every single shot I do. I know I can't be doing injections for my whole life, but I have to put up with it right now and hope that insurance laws are put in place to cover my T for me. When I was having a hard time with the fact that I was forced into injections, I talked to him about it. But I can't seem to get him to talk to me, I found out all of this info through a blog post and another friend. He's been in a really bad place about it, and I want to help him, but he won't open up. He said something weird to my friend about how transguys don't talk to transguys because it's awkward, but that isn't true at all, transguys are the ones who can understand the most. He complains that my friend doesn't understand but he won't come to me or anyone else who DOES understand. How can I help him?
