Edit: Seeing

Seriously: Where the hell do people get HRT in like 3 months or so? Here it takes around 10-12 months waiting on a list to get HRT.

    • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      8·
      23 hours ago

      I made a call to planned parenthood.

      Within two weeks I had an appointment.

      I spoke with an endo for like 20 minutes about how I was feeling about my gender, and then I walked out with a prescription I was able to pick up from my pharmacy like 3-4 hours later.

      Most of the wait is just normal wait time for a doctors office appointment.

      Actually if anything, my dentist is usually way more backed up than that.

    • Taalnazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      22 hours ago

      In some countries (the UK for example) it can even take 5 to 10 years! Took 3.5 for me, though that’s a better country. I know people who got it in 2 months tho.

        • Taalnazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          21 hours ago

          Oh, it’s okay now, but still, better late than never I guess.

          I considered DIY but it sounded scary.

          But apparently, DIY is really just “get HRT w/o prescription”. It doesn’t substantially differ. If you have a GP you trust and aren’t in a transphobic country, then contacting them, and having blood jabs every now and then in the first year may be good to check on levels.

    • Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      Assuming 18 years old: You go to doctor (hopefully), they pull out a questionnaire and you talk about gender for a few minutes, warn you about the side effects of medicine, give you starting dose prescription which should give you psychological effects but not too many physical effects, tell you to get blood work before next appointment in a few months.

      Next appointment they review if the medicine had an effect in your blood, ask if you’ve noticed any changes, double ask if you have any concerns about the changes, then hopefully they start getting serious about getting your blood results to where they should be.

      As @magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone states, other doctors will be more backed up and most of the wait time should be in the waiting room.