Coming to the UK - My Story
Hi all,
My name is Justine-Paula Robilliard, or rather that will be my name when I arrive in the UK at the very end of May 2010. I land at Heathrow early on Saturday 29 May 2010.
I am arriving from south africa (spelled with lower case, author's choice). I am 34 years today, I will be 35, yay, when I arrive, having turned 35 the day before I leave my flight to London.
I need bucket loads of advice on all things TS, I have a few friends helping me, and this is great... I have plenty to contribute. As regards hormones, I have been a bad girl, self medding and not sticking to a regular pattern of dose, changing hormones and messing around with doses.
I am not ready mentally for the move to the UK, this is a move born out of desperation, rather than a planned move, due to the horrendous cost of transition in the colony here... there is no help from the state, and the private route is so expensive, 3 years here pays for SRS in London, 5 years and you can SRS in Thailand.
The medications and blood tests are way too expensive, and forget doctors, they have no clue, and if you can find an endocrinologst that even knows of the endocrine system, good luck.
It seems that diabetes has become the goldmine of medical practice now, everyone is moving into diabetes control.. with the diets we have, very soon everyone here will be seeing a diabetes specialist (endocrinologist).
As for transhealth, good luck, self med is the only option, no one even cares, not a single GP even knows of Transhealth.
I hope this is a good intro into me. I have a lot more to say, and it will not be all moonbeans and pretty butterflies and red ladybirds!
Transition is brutal to body, mind, spirit, identity...
I love you all!
Justine-Paula Robilliard
My name is Justine-Paula Robilliard, or rather that will be my name when I arrive in the UK at the very end of May 2010. I land at Heathrow early on Saturday 29 May 2010.
I am arriving from south africa (spelled with lower case, author's choice). I am 34 years today, I will be 35, yay, when I arrive, having turned 35 the day before I leave my flight to London.
I need bucket loads of advice on all things TS, I have a few friends helping me, and this is great... I have plenty to contribute. As regards hormones, I have been a bad girl, self medding and not sticking to a regular pattern of dose, changing hormones and messing around with doses.
I am not ready mentally for the move to the UK, this is a move born out of desperation, rather than a planned move, due to the horrendous cost of transition in the colony here... there is no help from the state, and the private route is so expensive, 3 years here pays for SRS in London, 5 years and you can SRS in Thailand.
The medications and blood tests are way too expensive, and forget doctors, they have no clue, and if you can find an endocrinologst that even knows of the endocrine system, good luck.
It seems that diabetes has become the goldmine of medical practice now, everyone is moving into diabetes control.. with the diets we have, very soon everyone here will be seeing a diabetes specialist (endocrinologist).
As for transhealth, good luck, self med is the only option, no one even cares, not a single GP even knows of Transhealth.
I hope this is a good intro into me. I have a lot more to say, and it will not be all moonbeans and pretty butterflies and red ladybirds!
Transition is brutal to body, mind, spirit, identity...
I love you all!
Justine-Paula Robilliard
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