Yippee!!! Hooray!!! My doctor referred me for hormones!!!

I just got back from my doctor's appt today &, after explaining everything to my doctor about what understood were the risks & benefits & what I understood about hormone replacement therapy, as well as the endocrinologists I wanted to work with & the clinic they work out of, he took their names & said he would fax the referral down to them! Yay! Im going to get to start on HRT soon! Now all I have to do is wait for the endo to call so I can make an appt with them. Im really hoping that I can get an appt & start before the new year! I am so over-the-moon, crazy happy right now!

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I wasnt sure if this was the right forum to post, but Im pretty sure it is!

 

Thanks everybody! Im still on a high from today! I plan to post pics in an album called My Transition, so anyone who's interested can keep track of my progress!

 

I am so looking forward to being an Estrogen Sister! I did a bit of reading on how they do this & this is from the ACC site:

In London the Medical, Psychiatric, Social Work professionals work together with the community to provide a complete health care team driven by the family physician and the patient. Alphabet Community Centre trains, advocates and assists the specialists and medical teams in the understanding of Trans Health needs as well informing the patient of the options available to them. ACC helps with referrals and where to get resources and care in a competent manner.

Our health care teams have developed new hormone products and techniques that aid in faster more complete medical hormonal transition. Only developed in London these techniques have been in place since 2007 providing medical transition in 8-15months on average instead of the 3 years on former methods of hormone replacement. Fundamental to the HRT process here is the nasal spray which virtually stops the body from producing any natural hormones. This is used in both the M-F and F-M spectrums of transition. At this point the body is a clean hormonal slate where traditional Testosterone or Estrogen/Progesterone can be introduced without competing hormones.


I sooo cant wait to finally just be myself on the outside finally. Im excited about the process they have, but I plan to ask a lot of questions too...