I was approved for T this week, much to my surprise. I figured I'd need more letters of support from various docs, etc, given my medical history. Since figuring out I'm trans, I've been reading and learning a lot, and exploring what being trans means to me. I figured I'd get approval later in the summer or fall, so this is a happy surprise. I did do a lot of leg work last year, so maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.   But it's been a year with a lot of changes already.

I did my preliminary blood work yesterday and have an info package to read and sign off, and then my GP will give me T.

This was all moved up due to problems with the female plumbing that is making life hard for me (in the ultrasound thread). Birth control was proposed, but that really made me feel dysphoric, and I suggested T. The doc agreed.

Now the question is timing. I'm halfway through a six-month probation period at work and possibly going on a trip to Europe this June for a wedding, but I may also see my dad who is mostly estranged from me (haven't seen him in 17 years), and it would be the last time I see him. He's anti-LGBTQ. My immediate family otherwise are reasonably supportive. Anyway, I'll know about the trip in the next week or so, if that's going ahead.

Lots to think about!

Fantastic news; really happy for you

Congrats on the approval and good luck with the rest. You gotta think of yourself first.

Dude, congratulations! I'm happy to hear it's happening for you sooner than you thought.

Heeeeey, that's awesome! Im glad youre finally getting it done :] Funny what a year of life can do with change if you decide to go ahead and change it.

Hopefully you work out something with that trip, six months is a very long time to pause on it or wait on transition, are you not going to take anything while abroad, or take the T while youre there? I probably would find a way to do it in those six months if it were me, maybe your doctor can arrange something. As for your father perhaps it's best to just be yourself, genderless, you're still his kid regardless of what it is you are so I wouldnt be trying to come out if it's just a short meeting to say hi and stuff.

Anyways Im just rambling but I hope that whole situation turns out well, good luck!

Cheers guys! I'm glad I took a year to think this through and explore, and I'm about ready to start with more permanent changes with T and name change.

I'll likely decide over this weekend whether the trip overseas is happening, when I make a budget and get a couple more details. If I do this, it'll be from mid-June for a couple of weeks. I'm a bit nervous about what it's like traveling with T. I'm also nervous if I do have some early success with T in the first couple of months, and how that would be perceived by my traditional family abroad, particularly my Dad. Actually, one of the other things I've wondered about, but not done a lot of research on, is that I'm a dual national, and I wonder what I would have to do to also switch over all that ID. More of a PITA than in Canada, for sure.

My work probation period will be over by early July, but there are protections here for trans people in legislation and at the office. I did apply for a more senior role but I haven't heard back yet if I've made the shortlist.

Anyway, the debate is more or less starting in late April/May vs July.

Quote from: WolfNightV4X1 on April 06, 2017, 07:43:39 AM
Heeeeey, that's awesome! Im glad youre finally getting it done :] Funny what a year of life can do with change if you decide to go ahead and change it.

Hopefully you work out something with that trip, six months is a very long time to pause on it or wait on transition, are you not going to take anything while abroad, or take the T while youre there? I probably would find a way to do it in those six months if it were me, maybe your doctor can arrange something. As for your father perhaps it's best to just be yourself, genderless, you're still his kid regardless of what it is you are so I wouldnt be trying to come out if it's just a short meeting to say hi and stuff.

Anyways Im just rambling but I hope that whole situation turns out well, good luck!

I wouldn't try to come out to my Dad, just worried if I've got a low voice or sprouting hair everywhere lol. I don't know how much of this is just anxiety and how much is legit worry. He did threaten to kill my sister many years ago if she was a lesbian. He's now quite elderly and frail, so I'm not too worried about that. And we'd be meeting in public with other people around. Otherwise, he's not in my life and he lives on the other side of the planet. If I see him, it will likely be the last time I see him, since he is so old and hasn't taken care of himself too much. He's been lucky in the genetics department that he's still going, really.