So my family doctor referred me to an endocrinologist in ON who also looks after another trans patient but I got a call today that he refuses to take me for one reason or another. I'm really not sure what to do. I can't wait 3 years for camh. I'm thinking of calling every Endocrinologist I know of to ask if they take trans patients and get my family doctor to refer me to one? My GP won't do anything personally.... Kinda wanna puke right now. Finally getting on HRT has been the only thing on my mind for the past year.
Would this help you ?
DR. JAMES MARTIN, SOUTHERN ONTARIO FERTILITY TECHNOLOGIES
555 Southdale Rd, East, Suite 107 London, ON, N6E 1A2
Phone: (519) 685-5559 Fax: (519) 685-5519 E-mail: info@soft-infertility.com http://www.soft-infertility.com/
DR. LOUIE CHAN,
East Mississauga Community Health Centre, 2555 Dixie Rd. Mississauga, ON L4Y 4C4, (905) 602-4082
Quote from: eli77 on November 11, 2013, 04:05:42 PM
The best-known and most highly regarded informed consent clinic is Sherbourne in Toronto. Their waiting list is abysmal though (but they could potential offer other suggestions as well; they are the best organized and the best connected people for trans care in Ontario). You also have to be 18 to access any informed consent clinic, fyi.
Sherbourne Health Centre
333 Sherbourne Street
Toronto, Ontario M5A 2S5
E-mail: info@sherbourne.on.ca
416-324-4103
http://www.sherbourne.on.ca/index.html
Depending on where you live, a gender therapist might be a quicker option. Though it's invariably more expensive because you have to pay the therapist.
Alternatively, if you already have a good relationship with a family doctor, they can prescribe you HRT directly using Sherbourne's guidelines, if they are willing to take that on. HRT doesn't really require a specialist, and Sherbourne has been trying to devolve more of the responsibility for HRT monitoring to the wider medical community in Ontario. (The guidelines are freely available on Sherbourne's website.)