First Local Gender Clinic Visit
Nov. 18th, 2024 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogOn the day after my birthday, I went out to my appointment at the gender clinic here in Hamilton and, I dunno, I just thought I looked kind of nice?
The doctor I saw was fabulous. As I thought, the clinic here doesn't offer family doctor services. She wasn't sure if the one in Milton does: if not, I'll just keep going to the Hamilton one and wait for a family doctor to open up. If the Milton clinic *does* offer family doctor services, I'm going to get set up there.
So I have an appointment in Milton on the 22nd to do a meet and greet and find out what's up. I also have a follow up appointment in Hamilton in 2 weeks to talk about bottom surgery and try to figure out how changing provinces affects that, and to and see how my bloodwork looks.
She also refilled my prescriptions, switched me to micronized progesterone (she was really surprised that SK makes you start on the other stuff!), and got me an STI screening so I didn't have to make another appointment for that. And I got the blood draw done before leaving. It was a really nice visit!
The waiting room staff who called me for my blood draw used my deadname, and I actually corrected her, so go me 🙂
I parked in a public parking lot. When I tried to pay on the way out, it would not accept a debit card or cash, and I don't have a credit card. I had to use the help call button, and the person there let me out for free. The sign just had the Mastercard and Visa logos. I had an issue in Toronto where I couldn't park with a debit card too, but at least I didn't get stuck in the lot. I may have to try and get a credit card *just so I can park my car* which is really annoying.
Image below is of a woman with light skin from the knees up. She is wearing a black skirt and a pink knit turtleneck top with long sleeves. She is wearing a pink N95 respirator and pink cat eye glasses. Her hair is dark, but pulled back behind her head. She is carrying a pink purse or satchel with the characters é”法少女 (mahou shoujo - magical girl) on it. On the purse strap is a lesbian flag patch, and on the purse itself are heart shaped enamel pins in lesbian and transgender colors.
The doctor I saw was fabulous. As I thought, the clinic here doesn't offer family doctor services. She wasn't sure if the one in Milton does: if not, I'll just keep going to the Hamilton one and wait for a family doctor to open up. If the Milton clinic *does* offer family doctor services, I'm going to get set up there.
So I have an appointment in Milton on the 22nd to do a meet and greet and find out what's up. I also have a follow up appointment in Hamilton in 2 weeks to talk about bottom surgery and try to figure out how changing provinces affects that, and to and see how my bloodwork looks.
She also refilled my prescriptions, switched me to micronized progesterone (she was really surprised that SK makes you start on the other stuff!), and got me an STI screening so I didn't have to make another appointment for that. And I got the blood draw done before leaving. It was a really nice visit!
The waiting room staff who called me for my blood draw used my deadname, and I actually corrected her, so go me 🙂
I parked in a public parking lot. When I tried to pay on the way out, it would not accept a debit card or cash, and I don't have a credit card. I had to use the help call button, and the person there let me out for free. The sign just had the Mastercard and Visa logos. I had an issue in Toronto where I couldn't park with a debit card too, but at least I didn't get stuck in the lot. I may have to try and get a credit card *just so I can park my car* which is really annoying.
Image below is of a woman with light skin from the knees up. She is wearing a black skirt and a pink knit turtleneck top with long sleeves. She is wearing a pink N95 respirator and pink cat eye glasses. Her hair is dark, but pulled back behind her head. She is carrying a pink purse or satchel with the characters é”法少女 (mahou shoujo - magical girl) on it. On the purse strap is a lesbian flag patch, and on the purse itself are heart shaped enamel pins in lesbian and transgender colors.
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Date: 2024-11-18 09:18 pm (UTC)I was lucky to be started on oestrogen from day one as the pshrink thought it a good diagnostic tool- like if you turned up to the second visit with a big grin he knew.......... :o)
All systems here accept credit or debit cards.I don't own a credit card.
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Date: 2024-11-24 07:20 pm (UTC)The doctor in Saskatchewan who was managing my HRT was wonderful. At my first appointment, she basically said "HRT? You probably know how this works better than I do. Have some hormones!" Not because she wasn't familiar with the HRT regimen, but because she understands that trans folks do a lot of studying and reading and self-advocacy because we have to, and she starts with the assumption that we are valid agents and should be part of creating our own plan of care.
She is a provincial treasure, and I have told her so.
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Date: 2024-11-18 10:14 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2024-11-24 07:23 pm (UTC)The still Coviding community has done a lot of testing of various suppliers and products. I ordered mine from Bonafide Masks, who are a legit distributor of non-counterfeit products. The mask I have on there is by Powecom: here's the Bonafide Masks page with the color options!
https://bonafidemasks.com/powecom-kn95-colors/
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Date: 2024-11-24 07:22 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm pretty damn fem these days. It's really weird to think that I ever thought I was a boy or agender. I am pretty much a binary, and rather fem, woman, and everything feels right in ways that it never did before.