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Okay so I really need to schedule a doctor's and/or gyno visit. It has been five years. Since just before I figured out I was trans.

I was wondering i if anyone has some recommendations of a good doctor in southern coastal NC? I've found some leads in the Raleigh area but any suggestions for anybody a little further south would be amazing.

My insurance is BCBS.

T-Vox info

May. 17th, 2012 11:00 am
[identity profile] ftmichael.livejournal.com
Many of you may have noticed that some pages on http://t-vox.org/ are giving database errors and not letting you see the content. The T-Vox admins are aware of the database issue and are working on it; it's proven to be a particularly obnoxious problem but they're doing their best to get it resolved ASAP. Anyone who's good with php and Mediawiki should please get in touch to help!

In the meantime, on any page that gives a database error, just click the little View Source tab to see the raw contents of the page. There's very little markup code so it should be readable, and you can use Ctrl+F to search it for whatever you're looking for. (If you have a T-Vox account and are logged in, the Edit tab will do the same thing.) Many of the pages do not have an error, fortunately, and can be accessed as normal.

The pages, including the ones with database errors, are still editable, so please do continue to contribute!

A few popular pages that are linked to from the Resources page, which people may now have trouble finding:

* Online Support
* Support groups
* FTM passing tips
* MTF passing tips
* FTM reading list
* General reading list
* Physicians by region
* Therapists by region
* List of transfeminine people
* List of transmasculine people

You can also go to All Pages to find what you're looking for.

Two of the most popular pages that folks may have issues with:

Therapists in the United States - this page links to more specific geographic areas in the US. If you can't figure out how to get to the page you need, here are the links:

Northeast
* New England - CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
* Mid-Atlantic - NJ, NY, PA

Midwest
* East North Central - IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
* West North Central - IA, KS, MO, MN, ND, NE, SD

South
* South Atlantic - DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV
* East South Central - AL, KY, MS, TN
* West South Central - AR, LA, OK, TX

West
* Mountain - AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY
* Pacific - AK, CA, HI, OR, WA


Support groups in the United States - same format as the therapists page. If you can't figure out how to get to the page you need, here are the links:

* New England
* Mid-Atlantic
* East North Central
* West North Central
* South Atlantic
* East South Central
* West South Central
* Mountain
* Pacific
[identity profile] jackcantdie.livejournal.com
Hello,

I'm cross posting this to a few communities.  I have just received an email from my PCP in Boston stating that she will need to
refer me to a different doctor because she feels that money grows on trees and therefore, I should go in to see her at least once a year.  Additionally, I am a broke AND unemployed college student living in south eastern Massachusetts and Providence isn't very close so I have not considered taking the train to Boston from there.  To be more clear, traveling to Providence would be easy but dishing out an additional price for a train ticket (and subway/taxi fares/bus tickets) would be problematic.  I was doing some research to see if I could find a physician for hormones in Rhode Island that I could just drive to, simply a way to get from A to B, without having to take various different modes of transportation to get to where I want to go. 

Understandably, I could just drive to Boston, but that is almost 2 hours away and equally expensive than train/subway/bus/taxi, as far as the price of gas goes. 

Tvox did not show any physicians in Rhode Island or near southeastern MA.

My next step was to come on here and see if, by any chance, I would have more luck asking this community if anyone has any suggestions or experience with providers in Rhode Island or closer to southeastern Massachusetts.  I strongly do believe that there are lots of other providers out there that Tvox has not added to their site.

J
[identity profile] creme-fraiche.livejournal.com
Hi all. Can anyone recommend trans friendly doctor in or near Portland, Oregon who does sliding scale or low cost care for uninsured patients?

I recently moved to PDX and am out of T, overdue for bloodwork, not currently working and won't have insurance again until September. I've checked various resource lists (T-vox, the Q center resource guide, etc.) but I'm more looking for personal recommendations.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[identity profile] charlie-ihsan.livejournal.com
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Nick Gorton Medical Therapy etc for transgender men book.

It's accessible to a general audience, but it's also VERY useful to doctors.

Is there ANYTHING like this available for MtF Medical professionals? I'm seeing a new NP on the 9th and if I can give her both then it'd be great. She supposedly already sees trans patients, but I'm going to try and get them to start doing hormone replacement therapy for trans folks.
[identity profile] forged-life.livejournal.com
 My fiancée and I recently moved to Portland.  I am helping him look for a transgender friendly doctor in the Portland area.  If anyone could point us in the right direction that would be very helpful.  Thank you in advance!
[identity profile] thaddeusdagan.livejournal.com
Hey, all! I've never posted here before, but I feel like I've finally got something to say. A quick intro: I'm Tad. I'm 33 years old, assigned female at birth, and I've been repressing my trans issues most of my life. It was only in about March of this year that I realised that my gender dysphoria was worsening rather than getting better and that I was going to have to confront it. A lot of soul-searching and research - and negotions with my straight husband - later, I finally had to admit that I was really male and that I needed to transition. And today, I got my prescription for T. I have an appointment on Thursday to get my first injection and be taught how to do it so that I can do the rest on my own. Three months. It's crazy.

Resources and question behind the cut )

Thanks, everyone. And mods, if there are any issues with the contents (or tags) of my post, let me know and I'll happily make any necessary changes.

x-posted to [livejournal.com profile] ftm
[identity profile] thedapperdan.livejournal.com
Like 48 million other Americans, I have no medical insurance. Like 9.4% of Americans, I am unemployed. I lost both my job and my medical insurance about a month and a half ago... I was laid off. I had been receiving medical care from Kaiser Permanente, and I am pretty sure the next time I get to see any kind of doctor it won't be with them. I am afriad that upon making to switch (probably to MediCare or MediCal) I will have to completely restart my transition from the beginning, starting with therapy, being evaluated, diagnosed, then screened for eligibilty and readiness, walking through the Real Life Test again... I'm worried that my medical records will not carry through, or somehow won't any longer be considered valid, and that I will have to walk into that doctor's office as if I had just come out for the first time.

So I have a few questions...

Has anyone switched providers during a crucial time in their transition? I'm at 6 months on testosterone. Has anyone stopped testosterone for a period of time, and got back on it? What happened? What kind of progress did you lose and how long did it take for things to get back to normal? Here's one of the biggest thoughts on my mind: I know some guys buy T, "illegally" off the internet. I am actually starting to consider this, because really the only thing stopping me from getting T right now is having a prescription because I can't afford to see a doctor...

I'm mostly wondering how to handle this situation, and if it has happened to anyone else...
[identity profile] qualdy.livejournal.com
I went to see a general doctor today whom i have gone to in the past for illness, anxiety, etc.

Today I went in to see if she would monitor my hormone levels for me or at least give me a referral and she declined stating that she does not have knowledge of transgender patients and that she is unable to help and she would not even measure my estrogen/androgen levels. She did however check everything (liver, prolactin, etc...)

Im not posting negatively about her, but thought id let everyone in the Florida area know that she probably isnt the doctor to see for Transgender related issues.

Dr. Deborah Greaves

Back to square one :(

have a great week

xoxo
moni

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