I figured it was time to update you all and let you know I start electrolysis Nov 15 2007 @ 10:30am (2 hours a day, one day a week, every week – that”s all she could manage for now). I have waited for this for a couple months now and it is finally starting. I have been been reading someone”s transition diary here lately and thinking about my goals. I have not even truly started transition yet, and I still have doubts and worries. These are good things to have as it makes you really think everything through and makes you take your time. It is also a time to set small goals and work to achieve them. My first goal was to get started with electrolysis and now that will be achieved soon. The next goal is to obtain a wardrobe again since I threw away everything I had before. I threw it all away about 9 months ago, in one of my depressed days.
Now I plan on getting some things and starting to put my life together again. That is my next goal before anything else. I told my regular MD (medical doctor) about my situation, as I mentioned in my previous post, and he decided to send me to WVU Hospital instead of all the way to John Hopkins. This will make it a lot easier for me as it”s not nearly as far. Plus it means my dad will be able to go with me since he can”t really handle long drives that well. My doctor is wanting me to have a complete checkup due to my other health problems, then they will also see if my health will be an issue for HRT later on. It”s good that he is thinking ahead enough to make sure my health will be fine, I really like my doctor.
Once I get back from WVU, it will be time to visit my psychiatrist again. He wants blood work done, I guess to see if I am taking my medication for the Bipolar. Which I am not taking, it makes me feel like a zombie and i hate that. If he gets mad at me for not taking it, so be it. I have told him many times how it made me feel and he didn”t seem to care or just kept telling me it would be alright after a couple weeks. I took them for 2 months, still the same way. Not to mention it makes me sleep all the time, which I can”t have as I am the only one that can drive and do the errands around here.
I will post updates when I get a chance so it may be a little while between posts.
