I need help in Tokyo

[username11111]

For the past 6 months maybe I've known that I REALLY need an adjustment with my hormones, but I am afraid to go to a doctor for anything since I am trans. I don't even know if my doctor who prescribes me my hormones now knows I am trans (I asked for a doctor who wouldn't ask questions who would continue my prescription from America here). At first I was like 'oh they will just screw up or screw me over if I try to get help,' but I am to a point where I NEED help with it. I THINK I am having signs of hypothyroidism, my body has been so out of whack with its hormones, I need help but I don't know where to go to here. =/ Can someone help refer me from personal experience? I really need someone who has personally gone somewhere and can vouch for them being 100% able to do this. Like, I've seen online some resources that are like, "Yeah these places PROBABLY are cool with trans people maybe," but I don't want to risk that you know? Sorry for the long rant, I just don't know what to do. I was having pains down there for awhile and I am 99% it is hormone related too which sucks, and I had to stop hormones for like a month so that the pain could subside.

[Laura_7]

Saitama Medical College (Tokyo, Japan; not a standard clinic, but has formed gender clinic committees to help people transition; http://www.jinjapan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj981128.html)


http://rassaku.net/trans/me/questions.htm
If you're in Tokyo, My City Shinjuku Clinic is great, cheap, and the doctor speaks very good English.


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[username11111]

Sorry, thank you for the links but the first one doesn't link to a working site and I couldn't find information about the Shinjuku clinic (maybe it isn't open anymore).

[zirconia]

I've no personal experience with either, but here are the URLs of the clinics mentioned above

Saitama Medical University Gender Clinic:
http://www.saitama-med.ac.jp/kc/link3/3.html
(The page says they're not taking new patients at the moment, but if you're in trouble it may be worth a try.)

Shinjuku Mycity Clinic:
http://www.mycity-clinic.com

There are also other clinics that list gender-related services—e.g. http://www.nagumo.or.jp/tokyo/gid.php
While the home pages are almost always in Japanese, most doctors here do speak English.

[zirconia]

Ugh, I'm sorry—I now realize that according to the terms of service I shouldn't have posted those clinic links. My sincerest apologies to everyone.

Kind and gentle Moderators, please remove the above post.

username11111, if there's a way for you to contact me, I'll send you the URLs of the clinics mentioned above privately.
If not, with the moderators' permission, perhaps I can post a search string (in Japanese) with which you can hopefully find the sites using a search engine.

[stephaniec]

well, from my point of view I'd not risk my health and potential life by being worried about seeing a doctor and being honest about what your doing.

[Dena]

Welcome to Susan's Place zirconia. We tend to have a little give in the rules and as the links are intended to be helpful. I will leave them. The rule mostly exist because I have remove some pretty off color and off topic links and time on the site will give you a feel for what is appropriate.  As this is your first and second post, I am assuming that things are pretty well under control for the moment but let me know if there is anything I can help you with. I am leaving you with a copy of the links so you are aware of all of them as some are helpful.

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[username11111]

Thank you for the links! I might contact the Shinjuku people, but if anyone else has personal experience let me know.