I am absolutely furious and wanted to post this here just so I might help others avoid this thing. I'm 21, from the UK, and on NHS, but this can happen under any other circumstances:
I was supposed to be given my fourth injection yesterday, right after a blood test. The nurse misunderstood something and refused to give me the injection, telling me she will not do it until the Gender Clinic confirms that she doesnt have to wait for the test results.
Today I called the Gender Clinic (after the 10th try, I managed to be put through), told them what happened; they asked me to call my GP (General Practician) surgery and ask them to send the a request by fax.
I called my GP surgery (took me 20 minutes, it was busy), told them, and they asked me to call back tomorrow because that's when the nurse will be in.
There was no place for misunderstanding, the letter on my treatment specified the following:
After 3 injections, carry out a blood test for this and that, and 1 week after the next injection.
So if I get a blood test before 4th injection, right before the injection, and I'm supposed to get a blood test a week after the 4th injection, why does she think she needs to wait for the results??
I'm furious. They could have told me to have this confirmed a month ago or any other time, they knew about this, now my injection might get delayed by weeks...
So here's my advice: when you see your doctors in whatever country, about these kind of things, ask everything twice and triple check, otherwise they will ->-bleeped-<- you over and delay your progress.