Yay !
Sorry I haven't posted in a while; it was depressing to wait so long; Vermont doesn't
do informed consent, and it was a 2 month wait to see one of the 2 doctors who will actually do a complete physical _and_ write a script for hormones, _and_ do the follow-up care.
Waited from March through the end of May to see Dr. Julie Nichole, but at that time she moved to California, and then the wait began to get an appointment with Vermont's remaining doctor (who does trans care).
From June through end of August I backslid; stress from my wife's hostility, then throwing myself into work because it's all I have...gained back the weight that I had lost... general depression. Alone a lot, crying in my room... unable to sleep nights so I got into internet role-playing in Second Life.... more on that in a later thread.
The therapist was going nowhere for months, no hormone letter in sight. Finally found a therapist over the internet who did skype... we immediately clicked and understood each other. The long-awaited physical exam and blood work happened this week.... dashed to the pharmacy and picked up a two month supply of estradiol patches and spironolactone pills... ran out, tore open the bag, slapped the patch to my hip.... aaaaaaaahhhhh
O life-giving patch 
And then had a happy cry.
To all those who were so nice to me back in March through May, before i seemingly poofed... thanks for making me feel welcome. Smiles and hugs. I'm back.
