Impatience

[eskay]

I guess it's just the incessant feeling that I'm putting my life on hold and wasting my life waiting for someone else to arrive, but I really am feeling impatient waiting to be okayed for hormone therapy. I'm certain that's exactly how everyone else felt when they're as early in their transition as I am, but I really have to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. About how long were you seeing someone before you were able to get hormone therapy?

[girl_ashley]

Just be patient.  You WILL get there.  We've all had to wait our own time to get what we want.  Eventually you'll look back on this time and think of how quickly it went.

[wannalivethetruth]

Yes, just be patient. I had to wait two years to start hrt, but thats because im in Alabama. The therapist i was seeing first, didnt know to much about transgendered people. She wrote me the hrt letter though, but there were  not any  doctors around alabama who worked with transgenders. I had to find another therapist. Im here today almost 3 weeks on hrt. My friend started hrt in about 2 months. YMMV with this also.

[ativan]

A little over two months. UofM (MN). A little over three months in now. It is worth the wait, it is worth the wait....

[regan]

I chose to wait the three months before ever mentioning HRT to my therapist.  He had me complete an assessment on my feelings towards HRT related issues and if everything go according to (my) plan, I'm going to ask for his approval to start AAs after our next session.  That was the plan we agreed to the last time, with full HRT in a couple months.  Funny thing is, I don't think he would have made me wait the three months had I asked about HRT sooner.

As other people have said, forget timelines.  The important thing is for you to understand the process of HRT as fully as you can, and demonstrate that you're prepared to handle the changes it will bring.  I keep thinking of it like trying to defuse a bomb.  If you know what you're doing, its relatively safe.  If you're not prepared to handle it, it will blow up on you.

[eskay]

Well, at least I'm not alone in my eagerness. I have done a lot of study into it already, and I have a good knowledge of what it can and cannot do, what changes are permanent, and so on. I guess it's just difficult knowing inside how you already feel and having to convince someone else that yes, you have already thought this through.

@Rabbit: I have not heard of these 'informed consent' shenanigans. What exactly is it?

[Hurtfulsplash]

YES the waiting for HRT is a killer, I'm oked for T, just waiting on the damn docs now, it's been a year and might be another before I start T. I know what you mean about feeling like time is wasting and life is on hold. Arrgh