choosing a doctor

[arcticturtle.livejournal.com]

Hey, everybody - does anybody have any suggestions about choosing a doctor? I've had estradiol and spiro prescriptions for years, but I'm leaving one medical system and need those prescriptions renewed in another. I'm not trying to change any dosages or anything so it should be really simple. I'm starting from scratch - I don't even have a general practitioner yet.

Should I look for an endocrinologist or a gynecologist? If so, how do I find one who has dealt with TG prescriptions before? (I think there are a lot of endos who don't do much with sex hormones at all.) Or should I just ask my GP? If so, how do I choose one who will cooperate? Choose one off the list at random?

I have emotional feeling that it will go better with a woman doctor, but I hate to discriminate and that may be inaccurate anyway... there are plenty of women out there who polish their Gender Police badges daily.

Just wondering how the rest of you selected doctors.

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[new-princess.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone. It's sort of scary to be doing this but I'm going to trudge forward and do it anyway. I wanted to introduce myself.

My Name's Lori, of course that isn't what my relatives and such call me. I'm 25 years old and I've had trouble finishing college mostly due to the depression that identifying as Transsexual has caused me. It isn't so much the GID itself as much as it is the reaction of other people to it. I've been very good at hiding my emotions and needs from myself to create a strange bubble that I could exist in, within myself. This has allowed me to act in the male world and not really have to feel anything. But it wears thin pretending to be something I'm sure I am not. So I've started to explore these feelings I left sitting in that darkened bubble deep inside. It's a scary journey, sometimes I want to turn back and just stop feeling again. I figured that by taking this step and meeting some people who understand I could sort of connect my experiences to theirs. As I have kept a limited base of friends through my life I find that I want to start reaching out and meet new people as I start this journey.

Anyway, Hello everyone.