Well I saw my new doc today
It WAS kinda weird going to the OB/GYN clinic with a bunch of pregnant women and annoying little kids running around all over the place
I was cool though and not one kid even gave me the slightest funny look
I had no trouble there at all, hell I must be doing something right because I just get treated like a woman now everywhere I go
Hard even for me to believe its only been 4 months on HRT....
I had to get two new tires put on my van before I went to the doc and it was HARD to try to play dumb girl about tires LOL... I know ALL about that, I guess Im still a master mechanic in my mind at least
I did though and while it was kinda weird it also felt great... I did just fine
So anyway I had to sit in this busy waiting room for an hour before they finally called me
Then the nurse took my weight and blood pressure and we made small talk about the Sturgis motorcycle rally.... Strange I was 120/80, it was 112/84 last time and Ive upped my spiro from 200-300mg since last time...
Then anther 1/2 hour wait in the exam room, at this point Im really getting annoyed
Finally the doc shows up (VERY CUTE BTW) with another younger male med student and asks if he can sit in.... Im like sure.... Im just happy to finally see someone after an hour and a half wait He gives me some BS excuse and we get down to business...
First he asks how long on HRT??? 4 months... Then how long have you felt this way??? For as long as I can remember Blah Blah Blah Do you want to have SRS??? Yes but I want more time to feminize and get real life experience as a woman first.... Are you seeing a shrink and do you have a surgeon in mind??? No but while I do have a shrink and a surgeon in mind I want to get my HRT optimized and taken care of first... Then a bunch of other questions I didnt really think he needed to know about including, financial stuff and if I had a BF.... Of course I told him I just broke up with my BF but I still have a GF
I tell him about how I like the transdermal E a lot better than the pills but its expensive and messy and just an all around pain and Im tired of having to get my meds from overseas online.... I mention I want better lab work too... Then I tell him Id really like to get IM injections weekly
He starts talking about how he's new to TS patients but he has been trying to learn... Then he reviews all the options for E he can do and says he likes the transdermal E too... I say why mess with all that mess Why not IM injections weekly 15 mg to start and lets drop the spiro down to 100mg or lower He says his "guidelines" say 10mg weekly is the max... I tell him Im already taking what has to be about the max with the patches, gel and oral Im on... He agrees and says he can do labs and start me on 10mg weekly IM next week
He also said we could keep everything else the same to start, just change the E first and get that right then adjust the spiro... I mention that with the IM injected E in the right dose I might not even need the spiro at all So I ask him if Id be able to just come in once a week and get my shot??? Im fine with that I say but I dont want to have to pay a co pay every week.... I guess Id be OK doing them myself but Id need to be trained in how to do that... He says "we'll figure it out"
He is a very highly regarded OB/GYN here in this somewhat small town and from what Ive read researching him a bit of a pro abortion activist in SD.... While Im personally against that in most cases thats his right I figure...
Anyway I told him about my BS with the DMV and the vagueness of the SD law.... I told him about the state department and SSA administrations policies and how Im a female with them.... I mentioned how Ive been writing the ACLU looking for clarity on this but I havent heard back from them
He seems impressed with that and says he knows people with the ACLU in New York He says he will look into it and if theres anything he can do to help with the DMV he will
SO I really think Im gonna like this guy Hope the labs come out OK next week and I can get enough IM E prescribed
It WAS kinda weird going to the OB/GYN clinic with a bunch of pregnant women and annoying little kids running around all over the place
I was cool though and not one kid even gave me the slightest funny lookI had no trouble there at all, hell I must be doing something right because I just get treated like a woman now everywhere I go
Hard even for me to believe its only been 4 months on HRT....
I had to get two new tires put on my van before I went to the doc and it was HARD to try to play dumb girl about tires LOL... I know ALL about that, I guess Im still a master mechanic in my mind at least
I did though and while it was kinda weird it also felt great... I did just fine
So anyway I had to sit in this busy waiting room for an hour before they finally called me
Then the nurse took my weight and blood pressure and we made small talk about the Sturgis motorcycle rally.... Strange I was 120/80, it was 112/84 last time and Ive upped my spiro from 200-300mg since last time... Then anther 1/2 hour wait in the exam room, at this point Im really getting annoyed
Finally the doc shows up (VERY CUTE BTW) with another younger male med student and asks if he can sit in.... Im like sure.... Im just happy to finally see someone after an hour and a half wait
He gives me some BS excuse and we get down to business... First he asks how long on HRT??? 4 months... Then how long have you felt this way??? For as long as I can remember Blah Blah Blah
Do you want to have SRS??? Yes but I want more time to feminize and get real life experience as a woman first.... Are you seeing a shrink and do you have a surgeon in mind??? No but while I do have a shrink and a surgeon in mind I want to get my HRT optimized and taken care of first... Then a bunch of other questions I didnt really think he needed to know about including, financial stuff and if I had a BF.... Of course I told him I just broke up with my BF but I still have a GF I tell him about how I like the transdermal E a lot better than the pills but its expensive and messy and just an all around pain and Im tired of having to get my meds from overseas online.... I mention I want better lab work too... Then I tell him Id really like to get IM injections weekly
He starts talking about how he's new to TS patients but he has been trying to learn... Then he reviews all the options for E he can do and says he likes the transdermal E too... I say why mess with all that mess
Why not IM injections weekly 15 mg to start and lets drop the spiro down to 100mg or lower He says his "guidelines" say 10mg weekly is the max... I tell him Im already taking what has to be about the max with the patches, gel and oral Im on... He agrees and says he can do labs and start me on 10mg weekly IM next week He also said we could keep everything else the same to start, just change the E first and get that right then adjust the spiro... I mention that with the IM injected E in the right dose I might not even need the spiro at all
So I ask him if Id be able to just come in once a week and get my shot??? Im fine with that I say but I dont want to have to pay a co pay every week.... I guess Id be OK doing them myself but Id need to be trained in how to do that... He says "we'll figure it out" He is a very highly regarded OB/GYN here in this somewhat small town and from what Ive read researching him a bit of a pro abortion activist in SD.... While Im personally against that in most cases thats his right I figure...
Anyway I told him about my BS with the DMV and the vagueness of the SD law.... I told him about the state department and SSA administrations policies and how Im a female with them.... I mentioned how Ive been writing the ACLU looking for clarity on this but I havent heard back from them
He seems impressed with that and says he knows people with the ACLU in New York
He says he will look into it and if theres anything he can do to help with the DMV he willSO I really think Im gonna like this guy
Hope the labs come out OK next week and I can get enough IM E prescribed