We arrived in London around lunch time. Appointment with Dr Curtis at 4.30 then an appointment with the counsellor, Sharon at 5.30. As we had to go to the University College London Hospital for our 5-30 appointment with Sharon, we had time to do a dummy run. Really easy to find so now we could relax a little.
Mmm relax in London on the run up to Christmas, there were literally hundreds of people dashing from shop to shop, we just linked each other so we wouldn't get swallowed up in the crowd.
Decided then to have a McDonalds, not a chance every one had a queue outside of the door, opted for BHS.
We had a couple of hours to do what we wanted so next stop had to be Carnaby St. All in all a good bit of shopping, mostly window shopping of course!! Excellent quality time too.
We arrived at Dr Curtis's clinic with 15mins to spare, chance for a coffee and time to psych myself up.
At exactly 4.30 we are inside his room.
Dr Curtis asked how things were and if anything had changed since the last appointment, nothing to tell him as the private route was still our only option in order for the family Dr to know what to prescribe. Our family Dr will prescribe on the NHS once he has had details off Dr Curtis.
All hormone choices were discussed, positives and negatives...It was happening, this was it.
The Christmas break was going to delay the paperwork and following prescription so Rach asked if he would prescribe the initial one. Within 5 minutes I had left the room whilst Rach had her first hormone shot.
I was very calm and had no strong emotions towards this, I feel now that I want it all sorted so we can get on with our lives, the past year has worn me out.
I now knew that this was the time to call her Will.
Next stop to see Sharon. What a lovely lady, lots of knowledge and experience and had no doubt that Rach fitted the transsexual criteria. Sharon summed the session up and I felt very proud sat there as she said positive things about Rach. Rach is no fool and knows exactly what she has to do.
Lots of chatting on the way home, biggest discussion about her name. I told her I now had to call her Will.
Received a couple of txt messages on the way home, one from my close friend Michele and the other from Mark, I really appreciate this support and concern.
We arrived home close to midnight.
Different emotions now, new beginnings!
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