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Started by JessicaRy, January 08, 2025, 02:23:12 PM

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ChrissyRyan

#20
January 15, 2025, 03:29:05 PM
One year seems like a long time.  My wait was not that long but it was much longer than I would have liked.  Yet it has all worked out in the end. 

We all have different providers. Wait times may differ for each provider and also by country.
It is very important to have all of your medicines, including herbals and supplements, to be disclosed to and managed by your physicians.

I hope your wait is not long and if it is that you have a lot of patience.  I can relate to your anticipation of starting. 

Chrissy
Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 

tgirlamg

#21
January 15, 2025, 03:36:45 PM
Quote from: JessicaRy on January 15, 2025, 02:54:38 PMI just checked and it's freaking 1 year!!! Right in their site it indicates they recommend the primary care provider support thier patient and initiate HRT because the wait time is so long.... UGH!!

I'm going to make an appointment for the bloodwork and exam and show her that... I'm also going to print off the informed consent forms from Klinic's site and more or less beg her to reconsider... I do NOT want to have to wait a year just to get in and then another 3/4 months to get the script.

Jessica!

Yikes! Craziness! 🤯 If they are throwing it back in your primary caregivers lap like that, I would imagine you'll have some success with convincing her... I would make the one year out appointment to demonstrate you are doing all you can and take any and all paperwork etc that might be pertinent to your primary to make it as easy as you can for her... keep us posted... sending good thoughts and wishes your way sister!

Hugs!

Ashley 💕
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" ... Ralph Waldo Emerson 🌸

"The individual has always had to struggle from being overwhelmed by the tribe... But, no price is too high for the privilege of owning yourself" ... Rudyard Kipling 🌸

Let go of the things that no longer serve you... Let go of the pretense of the false persona, it is not you... Let go of the armor that you have worn for a lifetime, to serve the expectations of others and, to protect the woman inside... She needs protection no longer.... She is tired of hiding and more courageous than you know... Let her prove that to you....Let her step out of the dark and feel the light upon her face.... amg🌸

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Brynn

#22
January 17, 2025, 09:41:43 PM
Hi Jess!

It does get easier the more you talk. I have been greatly helped by the women who are on this thread and am so thankful. I even came out to one of my oldest colleagues at work today and it was such a great experience as he opened up to me about his own family sadness. To paraphrase Ashely, until you drop the armour and be your true self, you don't connect meaningfully with others. It is so true and you will find that the shame dissipates over time as you come to accept your true self.

I don't know where you are in Canada but one year is indeed a long time to have to wait. When I came out to my GP in Ontario he also deferred to the "experts" rather than starting me on a feminising hormone regime. He was very supportive but said that he had no experience. Thankfully, I was into the "expert" system after a three month wait but I now know that if I had pushed him to read the Sherbourne protocols he would have realized that it isn't actually brain surgery, it is just helping our trans-wired brain receive the hormones for which it has been patiently waiting and coded to receive! If it is helpful, you could perhaps print and give, or email, it to your GP:

https://sherbourne.on.ca/primary-and-family-health-care/2slgbtq-health/trans-health-care/

I am so happy for you over the progress that you have made this week Jess! Please keep us posted and never hesitate to ask about anything as our uber-experienced big sisters are so helpful to us baby trans girls!

Brynn

Lori Dee

#23
January 17, 2025, 10:46:49 PM
Your GP may already have access to the WPATH Guidelines that are available here:

https://wpath.org/publications/soc8/

Sometimes providers lack experience because they avoid treating the gender-diverse. I am not accusing them of discrimination. I am saying it is easier to fall back on what you learned in Medical School than to pick up a book and learn a whole new specialty. Some are not interested.

In some clinics, such as here at the Veterans Healthcare System, our Primary physicians can treat us but are instructed to refer us to an Endocrinologist or Gynecologist. When a GP tries to do the treating themselves, they get told to "stay in their lane". I was referred to a Gynecologist in our new Women's Heath Center at the VA. It has been wonderful too.
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ChrissyRyan

#24
January 20, 2025, 08:04:48 AM
Quote from: JessicaRy on January 15, 2025, 02:54:38 PMI just checked and it's freaking 1 year!!! Right in their site it indicates they recommend the primary care provider support thier patient and initiate HRT because the wait time is so long.... UGH!!

I'm going to make an appointment for the bloodwork and exam and show her that... I'm also going to print off the informed consent forms from Klinic's site and more or less beg her to reconsider... I do NOT want to have to wait a year just to get in and then another 3/4 months to get the script.



How has it been going for you Jessica, and did you make that appointment?

Chrissy
Always stay cheerful, be polite, kind, and understanding. Accepting yourself as the woman you are is very liberating.  Never underestimate the appreciation and respect of authenticity.  Help connect a person to someone that may be able to help that person.  Be brave, be strong.  A TRUE friend is a treasure.  Relationships are very important, people are important, and the sooner we all realize that the better off the world will be.  Try a little kindness.  Be generous with your time, energy, wisdom, and resources.   Inconvenience yourself to help someone.   I am a brown eyed, brown haired woman. 
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Brynn

#25
January 25, 2025, 09:32:23 PM
Hi Jessica - I hope you are doing okay and have had some success in moving forward!

If you have a moment, please let us know if you are okay and if there is anything we can do to help you.

I hope you know how much all of us care about you.

Brynn
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