(Sorry for the wall, this is both a question and a rant. Skip to the last paragraph to get to the question)

For the past 7 years I've been on T, I've been seeing the same doctor about an hour away (not sure if I can post names or whatever since I've been having a hell of a time finding any on here). She is not my family doctor because my family doctor is not "comfortable" prescribing my T. Within the past couple months, I think, this doctor has gone on a leave of absence (I'm not sure why, found out second hand). A nurse practitioner took over some of her duties, for as long as it takes I guess.

Last Saturday (not this past Saturday) I had the last shot out of my vial, (which was just a half dose, I might add), and went to go what I usually do, which is to get the the pharmacy to contact the doctor/whoever to get a refill. A vial is supposed to last me 10 weeks, no more, no less, so it's a pretty tight time schedule pretty much every time. Well of course, this time, I get a call from the NP saying that I can't get a refill unless I have bloodwork, since I hadn't had it in a couple years (because neither my family doctor nor this clinic, in any of this time, had told me that it was required at a certain interval). So out of the blue, when I'm completely out of T, I have to get bloodwork done. Okay, so I do the bloodwork, ordered by my family doctor, last week just on time to be able to get a refill for Monday. But I get another call saying that I have to make an appointment and come in for some stupid reason. So, both the bloodwork and the appointment could have been mentioned to me in the 1.5 months between my last refill and running out, but for some reason they are completely necessary for this vial. I could always just make an appointment, right? But of course they're booking into October. I'm not going at least two weeks without my medically necessary prescription.

In the meantime, I have booked an appointment at the health centre at my school. But will they actually give me a T prescription? Who knows. If they don't, I'm quite screwed since I'm already feeling like ->-bleeped-<- mentally and physically. Either way, I will need someone long term, and if my usual clinic is going to pull this ->-bleeped-<-, I need someone more reliable. I don't know when/if my regular doctor will come back.

My question is, does anyone know of any doctors in the west GTA (Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, etc.) that WILL prescribe T that I can either self refer to or get my family doctor to refer me to? Or at least can someone point me to some resource where I can find someone? Even if the doctor at my college prescribes the T, it will not be long term since I cannot see them anymore once I graduate. I will definitely ask at my appointment on Thursday, but I'm learning the hard way it's probably best to have a backup plan. Thanks in advance

I'm not in Canada, so I can't help you that way.

Is there some clinic you can go to to get your T?  I'd take any and all appointments, but in the meantime, work towards finding someone that can help you as well.  You said there was someone willing to get you T, I'd take that appointment.

Good luck!

Ryuichi

i'm surprised you're having so much issues tbh. i go to an endo in toronto who prescribes my T for me. what i do is, every 6 months, i go see him. i get my blood work done before i see him (like a week before my appointment) and he checks my levels, etc. and prescribes me my T for 6 months (3 - 4 vials, give or take). when i run out, i just go to the pharmacy he sent my prescription to (the one by my house) and they fill it for me and i can usually pick it up same day or next day. the cycle continues the same in 6 months after that. i have my own family doctor and at the beginning he was helping me do my shots and keep an eye on my changes, etc. in between appointments with my endo but now i do my shots myself and he just is my normal doctor now. so the only time i really have an issue with seeing my endo is if he's on vacation but then i just either make an appointment at a different date or see the other doctor he works with.

i've also heard colleges are good at prescribing T etc. i live in the east end of the GTA (durham) so the college here actually has no issues providing hormone therapy for people whether they are a student or not.

PM me and i'll give you the name of my endo that your doctor can refer you to if you don't mind making the journey to toronto every few months (i think when he first prescribed me, it was every 3 months, then went to every 6)