PretzelGirl
04-12-2014, 09:00 AM
So yesterday I went to my first appointment with my choice of doctors. She probably has the largest transgender patient base in Utah and is an OB/Gyn. My wife went with me. She was a very engaging person and as I asked questions, she referenced WPath and having attended the latest WPath conference in Bangkok. That is a good start for building confidence.
She told me what she like to prescribe and the dosages and escalation of dosages. I then pulled out my labs from the last two years which includes some excessively high Testosterone levels. She took quite an interest in that and mentioned her concern of that level a few times while we talked. I ended up with a dosage in the middle of her escalation plan instead of the start. It does make me wonder if there is a difference of feeling on someone going from midrange to female levels and someone going from above normal-high to female levels. I am pretty antsy and am doing things like constantly shaking my feet and I wonder if that will calm down. Anyway, back to the story....
What was nice is that I assume that my wife has heard everything before this appointment. But she got to hear the doctor say some of it and then I had to sign a sheet with a list of what the drugs do and the possible side effects, so I went through them one at a time with her. Now I know she has heard it. In the end, my wife asked the doctor if she was taking new patients. Now my wife and I have the same OB/Gyn. Never thought I would be saying that.
Everyone was telling me that getting Estrogen would make you cry more. I wasn't sure of the effects until I was driving away from the doctor's office.... Oh, you mean it is suppose to be in my system first?
She told me what she like to prescribe and the dosages and escalation of dosages. I then pulled out my labs from the last two years which includes some excessively high Testosterone levels. She took quite an interest in that and mentioned her concern of that level a few times while we talked. I ended up with a dosage in the middle of her escalation plan instead of the start. It does make me wonder if there is a difference of feeling on someone going from midrange to female levels and someone going from above normal-high to female levels. I am pretty antsy and am doing things like constantly shaking my feet and I wonder if that will calm down. Anyway, back to the story....
What was nice is that I assume that my wife has heard everything before this appointment. But she got to hear the doctor say some of it and then I had to sign a sheet with a list of what the drugs do and the possible side effects, so I went through them one at a time with her. Now I know she has heard it. In the end, my wife asked the doctor if she was taking new patients. Now my wife and I have the same OB/Gyn. Never thought I would be saying that.
Everyone was telling me that getting Estrogen would make you cry more. I wasn't sure of the effects until I was driving away from the doctor's office.... Oh, you mean it is suppose to be in my system first?