Finally Starting in the Next Few Months

[Reyes]

So this past Thursday I saw my therapist and at the end of the appointment she said if I felt I was ready, which I am, then she thinks I can start HRT finally!

So This week I have to call the Endocrinologist I found to make an appointment to find out exactly what she needs, letter wise, from my therapist. And then I guess like one or two more appointments with my therapist and that's it!

I mean I'm obviously still gonna see my therapist, I just mean that it's, I can finally start hrt.

Needless to say I am extremely happy about this, and I can't wait to start, best thing is I'll be starting before my birthday this year so that's pretty cool. :3

Only thing on the downside of all this is my dad who don't get me wrong, is okay with all of this, it's just he worries and is always reading me these things going on in the government right now, and how what if they start passing anti trans laws and I lose my insurance and it's honestly scaring the crap out of me.

So it's kinda an up and down type situation, one moment I'm ecstatic that I'll be starting soon, next I'll be terrified about what Trump might do.

[Dena]

The latest is the Republican are unable to agree on how to fix health care. That means that Obama care will continue as is until it collapses under it's own weight. I would think you might have a couple of years on insurance yet.

[Reyes]

I'm on medicare. Which is controlled by the government.

I can't imagine not starting, the thought of being forced to wait however many more years is honestly the worst thing I can imagine, it would be like years of my life just wasted. It scares me so much, and my father only makes that worse.

I should feel nothing but happiness over this, not also so much fear..

[Dena]

Medicare coverage is a part of the Obama care package. Maintaining the medicare expansion was one of the issues that kept the Republicans from agreeing on a new package so what I said above should still apply. Besides that, once you are started, HRT is not overly expensive. I have two doctor visits a year at $100 each and my medication is about $20 for 6 months. I suspect yours would 2-3 times that amount as you will be taking more and different medications.

Stop worrying and enjoy the ride. You are on your way.

[Reyes]

Are you sure you're not thinking of medicaid?

[Dena]

Might be but I still suspect things aren't going to change with insurance for a while. Medicare is even a bigger mess because it's been around so long and many of the changes have been made in both Republican and Democrat administrations so it's even more stable than medicaid. In any case, if you are worried about it, you have plenty of time to explore other options because even after a law is passed it can take months before it takes effect. They have to train everybody  on the new law and put the resources required for the law in place. A law passed now may not take effect until next year. One year I was delayed in filing out my taxes because a change in the law caused a form to change and I had to wait for the new form to become available.

[Sluggy]

Sam's Club and Costco offer the standard HRT prescriptions really cheap generic brand too (relatively speaking)

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[JeanetteLW]

Hi Reyes,

   I can see you are excited about getting your HRT started. It IS exciting! Enjoy the rush.

I too am concerned with the uncertainty of health care in America, But like Dena says it will be awhile yet before they can make changes. I am probably looking to medicare if I decide to have any surgeries done. I am still only at that awkward newbie stage when I am only thinking about what I may want done.
  Of more immediate concern to me with the government is this announced office of American Innovation where they want to bring "business" practices into the government operations.  First target - the VA. Want to guess where I get my medical care? It worries me.  That is where I'll have to leave it, lest I get carried away.
   Anyway things will not be changing fast. So take heart and take your HRT!

Hugs,
    Jeanette

[Reyes]

Oi, I'm trying to look forward to this so much, but it's so hard at the same time.

Now Trumps recended the bill regarding discrimination in the workplace, and there's talk of Trump saying he plans on resigning, which would make Pence president who is even worse for us.

And then there's my dad saying "this is why I said you should wait" everytime we read another article on this stuff...

But I can'r wait four years, it would be four years of my like just wasted..

I want to be looking forward to this like you said, but I am just an extremely anxiety filled person and I'm getting more scared every day. But I still want to do this, but I'm just so scared and my sister was probably right when she said I'd be to scared to do anything....  </3

[Sluggy]

I was scared and still am, but realized this was so important to me that I'd find a way.

Think about what's important to you and decide from there.

It's okay to be scared, just don't let the fear win of become you.

[Dena]

I transitioned without any of the protections of today. "Today the medical help is better, the cost of many of the treatments is relatively less and treatment is far more available. As long as you keep pushing forward, what you need will be available. You may have to save every cent you make like I did but it can be done.

Also you should be very careful about listing to roomers. Does it make any sense after all the work Trump went through to be elected that he is just going to leave the office for somebody else to take over? The only president in my life time that did that was Nixon and that was only because he made a deal to avoid impeachment.

It will be far less stressful if you don't believe anything until you verify the facts.

[Reyes]

Sadly handling stress is something I have never been any good at.
And with all this Russia stuff going on Trump could be impeached and supposedly Trump is going to retire if Pence pardons him.
And it's not so much the health insurance that scares me, it's the thought of a man who believes in funding conversion therapy becoming president.

I really hate so much that the year I've come out and am moving to transition is so messed up like this.

[Dena]

To impeach means to bring charges. It is not a determination of guilt or innocence. A second consideration is that you need over half the house to impeach the president and two thirds of the senate to find the president guilty. I don't think it will happen.

[AshleyP]

I really hate so much that the year I've come out and am moving to transition is so messed up like this.

You might feel better about it if you watched Fox New or Fox Business News more often. Mike Pence isn't gonna be elevated to President, and Trump, to the Republican's dismay, won't support anti-LGBT agendas. He literally said, "I don't care which bathroom you want to use..."

All the best,
--AshleyP