Be picking up prescription for hormone patches next Monday after two year wait to be seen by gender clinic. Been self prescribing for last three months so be great having them under prescription under doctor's care plus a lot safer.
Be picking up prescription for hormone patches next Monday after two year wait to be seen by gender clinic. Been self prescribing for last three months so be great having them under prescription under doctor's care plus a lot safer.
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I continue to be amazed at what you Brits put up with from your NHS! A two year wait to be seen at the gender clinic??? As the Canadian supreme court has said, access to a waiting list is NOT access to healthcare, free or not......
Yay! Good for you Bunny! I hope your long wait is rewarded by a measure of peace and serenity that you've only imagined possible. A patch and a cuppa should fix you right up!Ann
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Congratulations Zoe that is definitely exciting news! I bet you are excited to be on that path.
Zoe, That is wonderful news. I know you've got to be excited and relieved. Wishing you much peace on your journey.
But I am amazed at how long it takes in GB. I started with a gender therapist maybe 3 months ago and last week asked if she would give me a letter to start hrt and she said she would.
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Imagine that you are a girl with only a minimum wage job, in a state that restricts Medicaid and you'll never have enough money to see an endocrinologist or pay for the HRT prescription that your State's Medicaid program won't pay for.But I am amazed at how long it takes in GB.
A two year wait may seem to be an eternity, but just imagine not be able to afford the health care. Just imagine - that the Affordable Healthcare Act removes most of these issues, except you may still have a wait.
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I can echo what Miki is saying. Every insurance program at the companies I worked for specifically excluded any coverage for gender issues. To the insurance company being TS was in a way elective proceedure. Everything about it was your own expense. I guess they still don't realize it's a real condition that can't be cured with a regular pill like an anti-depressant. No wonder so many self medicate.
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Got prescription from my doctor Monday and on evorel patches twice a week. Never been so happy to get the prescription in my hand and then when got patches in my hand i was jumping for joy.
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So glad for you, that's a long wait. Sounds like NHS needs an update, as forcing a TS to wait that long could have disasterous consequences, like self medicating, and self injury.
I glad I'm in Canada. Regular Dr. referred me to endo, and I saw him seven days later. He refered me to a therapist, who I saw four days later. One week later the endo saw me again to discuss HRT options. Total cost so far-$90 for the therapist. Right now Ontario sees transexualism as a disability, and Ontario Drug Benefit will pick up the tab for hormones, but I'm warned that may soom stop. I had to pay for first three month scrip at walmart. Even without drug plan it was very affordable, so if benefits quit, not really a problem.
Right now, from what I hear from American, and British girls, Canada leads the way for speed, and cost of transition.(surgery excluded).
that is amazing Celeste how quickly the medical system works for you in Canada. The endo where I'm at is taking apts for October right now where I'm at. and the first apt is simply drawing labs... and I have to pay a lot more than $90 out of pocket because insurance doesn't provide coverage.
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No-one is being forced to do anything, we are fortunate that we have a system where TSs can receive core treatment at no cost, with the exception of paying for the HRT if you do not qualify for free prescriptions, heck even the cost of getting to the GIC is paid for if you qualify. I had to wait, from entering the care pathway, about 5 months before being referred to the endo for consideration of being prescribed HRT. That time was taken with counseling and assessment. The time taken is still dependent on the individual, I had been living a full female lifestyle for 3 years before even considering seeing the NHS for help on medical intervention. That time set me up to be "fast tracked" as I could prove RLE whilst still being counseled and assessed.Originally Posted by tgirlceleste
The NHS has a route to follow, the time on that route is very much dependent on the individual and those who want to circumvent the safety of that route will do so. I can't comment on the private practice route, but I would hazard a guess that it will be faster to get certain treatments, but AFAIK, no surgeon in the UK will consider SRS without the written assessment of at least two specialist psychiatrists.
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Sounds like nhs is lot faster than here in uk plus there only cover hrt and grs. Had to cover cost of hair removal out of own pocket and cost of that over two & half years has not been cheap.
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The NHS will cover the Core treatments, that would include BA and if your GIC stated it was necessary to your well being hair removal, indeed my surgeon has asked for hair to be removed from the scrotum and that is covered as it is essential to the whole treatment.
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Applied for funding for hair removal but was turned down so been funding it myself. Wanted adams apple shaved but told funding for it is hard to get. So more or less fund hrt and grs and that's it.
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Yup that will sound right, but did you go through GIC for funding or apply direct. Facial hair removal and apple shave are considered cosmetic, which is not NHS funded. IF, and its a big IF, the psychiatrist believed that without these treatments your quality of life would be so poor as to cause you more problems, then funding could be applied for. The problem we have now though is that it is local GPs who now set priorities for funding, that would mean that if the group funding your treatment do not have a clue, then you are in a no win situation.
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Perhaps that is it for you personally. BBC2 has been running a documentary series called "Keeping Britain Alive" and they showed one of my friends having a trache shave done on the NHS because (as Nigella said) her GIC psychologist felt it was necessary for her quality of life.
They also showed the group voice therapy run at and on behalf of my GIC and funded by the NHS.
Both of those things go beyond your "that's it".
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Leeds GIC also do group voice therapy, but at 120 mile round trip, for me its a little too much. Having said that I may go for it at a later date
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