I just got word today that I'll have my hormone letter next week, at my next therapy appointment.  I had thought this point would be at least a few months and several hundreds of dollars away, but the way has been cleared, unexpectedly.  It seems to me almost miraculous.  I am stunned with relief and happiness and the pure joy of affirmation.

It's!  Here!  Now!   

My fifty-second birthday is coming up next month.  This is the best birthday present EVER.







 

cool.

lucky you...

congratulations!

Well done rob congratulations Hun   

congratulations!

Congrats Rob, that's great news.

Dennis

congrats man!

Thanks everyone. 

My next hurdle--and suddenly much more immediate and pressing since I expect to be actually starting on T very soon--is coming out at work, and I plan to do it in the next day or two, just deciding now how to best approach it.  I have one coworker/friend who knows already, and she is a senior full-time employee (I'm considered part-time temporary, but I've been there for over a year and so I have daily contact and interaction with all the regular staff) so I've asked for her input on how best to approach it.

There are no bathroom issues, since it's a small workplace and the employee bathroom is unisex and single use.  My workplace is a small branch of a larger organization (city/county) and I don't really see a need to involve HR at this point, except to possibly get a new id card/photo at some point.  Initially, though, I simply need to let all the people I work with know what's happening, so that my RLE will be 100%.  Work is the last place left that it isn't already.