Date: 2011-12-17 20:19 Security: Public Mood: drained xpost http://soph.livejournal.com/226986.html Tags: dr james barrett, gender identity, gender identity clinic, gender identity: hormones Subject: (no subject)

I know I haven't posted for a while, and I know a lot of people are probably wondering if I'm okay and what happened with my GIC appointment on the 5th. I'm sorry for not posting!

I'm okay, and the GIC appointment went okay. They're going to ask my GP to prescribe me hormones and LHRH analogues, which is great. :)

You might be wondering why it only went "okay". That's because the person I spoke with, Dr James Barrett, at one point reduced me to tears because I thought he wasn't going to do this based on what he said. I get the impression that he believes hormones are probably not the right choice for me, but that he's going to prescribe them anyway so I can see this for myself.

He didn't say it in those words, obviously, and who knows, he may even be right. (I try to be open-minded to what people say, even though I personally feel wholeheartedly that I do need this.) But, dude. I did *not* need that. :(

I haven't yet heard from my GP or the GIC as to what to do next, so come Monday I'm going to try to make some calls, I think.

As for why I haven't been posting, I've been feeling rather low on energy lately and haven't been wanting to speak to people. I tried making an entry a few days ago but couldn't finish it, and I felt like it wasn't fair to make an entry without letting you guys know what happened on the 5th, so I didn't post anything. I'm sorry.