Quote from: Shantel on April 05, 2014, 10:58:43 AM
This too will pass....(((Hugs)))

Thanks. I hope it does quickly.

Quote from: Malachite on April 05, 2014, 09:06:01 AM
I'm going to some yardsales with my father and he told me to get my permit....

I have a very strong feeling that this is going to be a bad day filled with him yelling at me and making me feel suicidal....  He had me write down the addresses of 3 main yardsales he wanted to attend, but I put down more just in case.  Now I just only want to attend those three....perhaps even less.

Gosh I hate driving....

I don't even want to go now.

I didn't do too bad, but since this is thee unhappy thread, I must say that I didn't turn into a proper "island" while turning once so that could have put my in a bad position if there was heavy traffic or a cop nearby.  Thank God it wasn't....for now.

This is a post about what's happened over the past couple of months.

In January I was evicted. My Family and myself were effectively homeless. They went and stayed with my Brother-in-Law while I remained to continue working. I stayed with a wonderful friend and I am truly grateful for that. Then, a couple of weeks ago y Minivan which had been left parked on a public road was broken into and then stolen, then returned to me. My ex landlord had sold it off. The stupid *@@#@#!!#$@ thought he actually had the right to sell it! And, during this last bunch of storms we discovered that the roof of the trailer we moved into leaks just in front of the fridge.

Oh and the 4 wheel drive went out on my Blazer.

How I manage to keep smiling when I have the worst luck is beyond me. -_-

Quote from: Rainbow Brite on April 05, 2014, 10:36:10 PM
This is a post about what's happened over the past couple of months.

In January I was evicted. My Family and myself were effectively homeless. They went and stayed with my Brother-in-Law while I remained to continue working. I stayed with a wonderful friend and I am truly grateful for that. Then, a couple of weeks ago y Minivan which had been left parked on a public road was broken into and then stolen, then returned to me. My ex landlord had sold it off. The stupid *@@#@#!!#$@ thought he actually had the right to sell it! And, during this last bunch of storms we discovered that the roof of the trailer we moved into leaks just in front of the fridge.

Oh and the 4 wheel drive went out on my Blazer.

How I manage to keep smiling when I have the worst luck is beyond me. -_-

(((Hugs))) Hope it changes for you soon!

Rash under one of my breast.  :/

My brother's bird is just flipping out. God I hate that thing. I wish I had murderous bones in my body.

Quote from: birkin on April 07, 2014, 06:23:49 PM
My brother's bird is just flipping out. God I hate that thing. I wish I had murderous bones in my body.

You gonna twist it's little head off? 

Quote from: birkin on April 07, 2014, 06:23:49 PM
My brother's bird is just flipping out. God I hate that thing. I wish I had murderous bones in my body.

Remember, if you go all Ozzy on it and bite it's head off... You have to swallow 

Quote from: V M on April 07, 2014, 06:32:20 PM
Remember, if you go all Ozzy on it and bite it's head off... You have to swallow 

Believe me, you have to spit the beak out, it can cause stomach problems, bon appetit!

Quote from: birkin on April 07, 2014, 06:23:49 PM
My brother's bird is just flipping out. God I hate that thing. I wish I had murderous bones in my body.

Give it the bird. 

Saw D today. I don't know if he and everyone were actually shutting me out or if it just seemed that way because of my mood.
I still have no idea how to remove the want for people.

Quote from: Shantel on April 07, 2014, 06:27:06 PM
You gonna twist it's little head off? 

I wish I could!

Quote from: V M on April 07, 2014, 06:32:20 PM
Remember, if you go all Ozzy on it and bite it's head off... You have to swallow 

Hahahaha. I'd love to do it in front of my brother.

Quote from: Djynne on April 07, 2014, 07:19:19 PM
Give it the bird. 

I have given it the bird many times lol. I hold up my finger and I'm like "F YOU F YOU F YOU SHUT THE F UP." When no one is around of course.

I've been outted to my work by my gender identity clinic. I can't even be happy about getting an appointment right now. I'm livid. Shaking. I don't know what to do.

Quote from: lxndr on April 08, 2014, 08:31:23 AM
I've been outted to my work by my gender identity clinic. I can't even be happy about getting an appointment right now. I'm livid. Shaking. I don't know what to do.

That's terrible. I'd lodge a complain.

Depending on the circumstances, you may even have grounds for a lawsuit.

Quote from: Djynne on April 08, 2014, 08:36:59 AM
That's terrible. I'd lodge a complain.

Depending on the circumstances, you may even have grounds for a lawsuit.

The situation's complicated, it's a mix of my GP and GICs fault I think. I don't know. When I can think clearer I'll be complaining to someone. A lot.

Quote from: lxndr on April 08, 2014, 08:42:22 AM
The situation's complicated, it's a mix of my GP and GICs fault I think. I don't know. When I can think clearer I'll be complaining to someone. A lot.

Whoah, whoah, whoah. You're in England, right? In which case, this sounds wrong on several counts. IANAL, but I can think of several areas where they've messed up:

Firstly, no medical professional can disclose your private medical information to any third party without your consent, except in cases where it's in the public interest to do so (such as if you have a highly infectious disease) or somebody's life is in danger (such as notifying the police if they think you're likely to harm someone). Other than those strict exceptions, they must keep your information completely confidential, and if you didn't give them your consent to disclose to your employers they are in breach of NHS policy... and may even have committed an offence under the Data Protection Act.

Secondly, under the Gender Recognition Act it's against the law for anyone to disclose your trans* status without your consent. OK, so you probably don't have a GRC yet... but your GIC should be working within the boundaries of the Act as they ought to have a reasonable expectation that their patients may want to apply for a GRC at the appropriate stage.

Thirdly, in disclosing your status to your employer without your consent, the GIC (or whoever did this) may have committed an offence under the Equality Act 2010, on the grounds that their unwanted behaviour violates your dignity.

I'm so sorry this has happened to you. I'd be spitting bullets if they'd done it to me.

Once your head is clear, I recommend establishing exactly who has contacted your employer and exactly what has been said; get copies of any correspondence if appropriate. Ring up the organisation that outed you and get the name and job title of the person in charge, then send them a written complaint along with photocopies of any evidence (keep the originals for yourself if possible). State in your letter that you're giving them 14 days to respond so they'll take it seriously. You could also lodge a complaint with NHS England: here's how.

If the person who did this is a doctor or other medical health professional, you could also lodge a complaint with their regulatory body.

Good luck.

Quote from: FTMDiaries on April 08, 2014, 10:57:48 AM
Whoah, whoah, whoah. You're in England, right? In which case, this sounds wrong on several counts. IANAL, but I can think of several areas where they've messed up:

Firstly, no medical professional can disclose your private medical information to any third party without your consent, except in cases where it's in the public interest to do so (such as if you have a highly infectious disease) or somebody's life is in danger (such as notifying the police if they think you're likely to harm someone). Other than those strict exceptions, they must keep your information completely confidential, and if you didn't give them your consent to disclose to your employers they are in breach of NHS policy... and may even have committed an offence under the Data Protection Act.

Secondly, under the Gender Recognition Act it's against the law for anyone to disclose your trans* status without your consent. OK, so you probably don't have a GRC yet... but your GIC should be working within the boundaries of the Act as they ought to have a reasonable expectation that their patients may want to apply for a GRC at the appropriate stage.

Thirdly, in disclosing your status to your employer without your consent, the GIC (or whoever did this) may have committed an offence under the Equality Act 2010, on the grounds that their unwanted behaviour violates your dignity.

I'm so sorry this has happened to you. I'd be spitting bullets if they'd done it to me.

Once your head is clear, I recommend establishing exactly who has contacted your employer and exactly what has been said; get copies of any correspondence if appropriate. Ring up the organisation that outed you and get the name and job title of the person in charge, then send them a written complaint along with photocopies of any evidence (keep the originals for yourself if possible). State in your letter that you're giving them 14 days to respond so they'll take it seriously. You could also lodge a complaint with NHS England: here's how.

If the person who did this is a doctor or other medical health professional, you could also lodge a complaint with their regulatory body.

Good luck.

Its not quite as serious as all that, but people are still going to get a very angry me on to them. To keep it short, all my post goes through my workplace as I live there. Its sorted by admin and then put into pigeon holes. My normal NHS post is addressed "my name, c/o random HR woman", for some bizarre reason. I anticipated that it could cause a problem so spoke to my GP who was clueless as to why it was happening, and then to the receptionist at the surgery and changed the address there too just to make sure. Then I got a letter from the GIC addressed the same way, but I let it slide as it had my name on and got to me unopened. Today I got an internally addressed envelope and opened it to find the envelope from the GIC only addressed to "c/o random HR woman" and a snooty post-it saying they'd had to open it as it wasn't addressed to anyone.

I can see how the GIC could have made an honest mistake about it, but it just can't happen again.

Money is quickly disappearing. Down to $10.92 in the bank and $1.06 in cash. I don't even have enough cash to get to my therapist next week, I need 14 cents more. I'll need $5 to pick up my Spiro sometime next week too, and that'll need $1.20 for the bus to get that. I can chain that with the $5.30 for makeup, at least, as I'm almost out of that too.
I severely regret all the frivolous purchases I've made over my life now.

Quote from: Lauren5 on April 08, 2014, 04:26:58 PM
I severely regret all the frivolous purchases I've made over my life now.

I feel this on a daily basis lol. I'm like "omg if I hadn't spent $700 on a laptop 5 years ago I'd have that money now." Or the worst "...I've literally spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on food over my life."

Quote from: birkin on April 08, 2014, 04:31:01 PM
I feel this on a daily basis lol. I'm like "omg if I hadn't spent $700 on a laptop 5 years ago I'd have that money now." Or the worst "...I've literally spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on food over my life."

I could have had $800 if I had bought a cheaper laptop. Or a few hundred dollars if over the last 4 years I hadn't bought so many drinks to fuel my caffeine addiction.

And now it doesn't look like I can get to my therapist before her next client, I had issues with insurance not wanting to cover this round of patches because it was too early, but my patches have been falling off so I don't really have a choice. It got worked out,  but took extra time, so I ended up leaving Me her 20 minutes later than planned, and the bus couldn't be any slower. I've for sure missed my connection, and the only bus that operates more than every 40 minutes is this one, so I'd have to walk the rest of the way. Don't think it's going to be fast enough. This is very quite infuriating. Today has just been a wash.