How weeks fly by, to think that this time last week we were in London...
Everything is so positive but unfortunately I need to have a moan!!
Not one person , well, family member has asked how we went on with the appointment. I had told my family the week before we had this appointment and explained it was all about the next stage of surgery etc, my sis who I don't see that often reads my blog.
I have spoken to my sister's over the phone but they never asked how it went and I chose not to mention it. Even worse my brother rang me as we were leaving London. W took the call but he acted as if it was the norm me taking a day off work to spend it in London, when I called him back he never asked why I had been there.
Thank goodness for my friends and work colleagues, I received lots of encouraging and supportive text messages and phone calls.
Rant over!
Life is a parallel universe I don't think that it will ever be any different.
Friday, 7 December 2012
Sunday, 2 December 2012
(68) Now in the NHS loop...
Appointment at Charing cross gender clinic...
Very easy to find straight off the underground at Hammersmith and a 5 minute walk.
The clinic was discreetly located above Sainsbury's.
We were a little early but that gave us a chance to chill after the long journey.
There were more FTM's at this clinic, I have only met MTF's on previous visits to Richard Curtis's clinic.
W was called in for his appointment more or less bang on time which is very good for the NHS!
I went in with him, the psychiatrist Sharmini Rajenthran, double checked with W and said it would become personal at times, W agreed that he wanted me in with him.
One hour 15 minutes later, we had totally repeated his life story. We have done this for the third time now...Dr Makala, Richard Curtis and now Sharmini Rajenthran ... don't these professionals share W's notes?
So surprise, surprise W has to go back at the end of March to once again tell his life story too another gender professional. This appointment is with James Barrett.
A blood test has to be done too, this is to check hormone levels and liver, kidney function.
Afterwards a decision will be made to see if W fits the criteria for surgery and then we have the battle of applying for the funding.
I am so glad that W was able to fund his hormones and top surgery, to think that you have years on the NHS before anything is done and having to live in a body you despise.
I don't know where W would have been mentally if he was still binding and his voice hadn't deepened.
So here we are on the next part of this wonderful journey!!
Very easy to find straight off the underground at Hammersmith and a 5 minute walk.
The clinic was discreetly located above Sainsbury's.
We were a little early but that gave us a chance to chill after the long journey.
There were more FTM's at this clinic, I have only met MTF's on previous visits to Richard Curtis's clinic.
W was called in for his appointment more or less bang on time which is very good for the NHS!
I went in with him, the psychiatrist Sharmini Rajenthran, double checked with W and said it would become personal at times, W agreed that he wanted me in with him.
One hour 15 minutes later, we had totally repeated his life story. We have done this for the third time now...Dr Makala, Richard Curtis and now Sharmini Rajenthran ... don't these professionals share W's notes?
So surprise, surprise W has to go back at the end of March to once again tell his life story too another gender professional. This appointment is with James Barrett.
A blood test has to be done too, this is to check hormone levels and liver, kidney function.
Afterwards a decision will be made to see if W fits the criteria for surgery and then we have the battle of applying for the funding.
I am so glad that W was able to fund his hormones and top surgery, to think that you have years on the NHS before anything is done and having to live in a body you despise.
I don't know where W would have been mentally if he was still binding and his voice hadn't deepened.
So here we are on the next part of this wonderful journey!!
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