So where I last left off I had contacted a doctors office over in California. If everything goes according to plan in the coming years, that's where I'll be going for the actual surgery. But anyways, I got an email back from one of the doctor's assistants. She gave me a link to a site of therapists in Indiana and suggested I ask them for physicians and such. So I went through the list and found one doctor right here in Valparaiso. Well no email address was listed, just a phone number and an address but I don't know where that is, suppose I could look it up. But anyways, I looked up the doctor on Facebook and sent her a message there. You may be asking "how do I know if it's the right person?" Well I typed in her name in the search on facebook and there's was only one of her, and she was a psychiatrist. Everything looked in order. So I sent her the message, though not sure she'll ever get it. And what was odd was it said she now lives in Chicago. So I think the site the doctor's assistant sent me was old or needs an update. I don't know if I'll hear from her anytime soon. So I went to another therapist.
This therapist works in Indianapolis, a city I love. But what was more important is she has her own website and an email address. So I emailed her yesterday and got a response from her a couple hours later. She told me she actually works with a doctor that prescribes hormone treatments, and she is an actual gender therapist. The therapist I'm seeing now, not sure if she's totally a gender therapist, but she has experience in it so that's good enough for me! Back to the story here, she asked you know if I wanted to see her instead because she's an actual gender therapist and wished me well. So I emailed her back saying thanks, and that I would love to have her as a therapist. Especially since she works alongside a doctor that does hormone therapy. But thing is, the doctor in Cali. actually requires 2 letters of recommendation before the surgery can actually take place. So it works because I can see the therapist I'm seeing now, and the one in Indy. What's even cooler is she does Skype sessions. Though I hate the sound of my voice and talking through a cam. But I think that would be super so I don't have to go to Indy every time. But I emailed her back saying, as much as I'd love to have her as a therapist, I can't afford it right now. But hopefully some day in the future I can.
Lastly, the doctor's assistant I spoke to in Cali. actually told me that before any surgery can happen, I have to be on hormones for at least a year, and live as a female for a year. Which really works perfectly for me. Again, assuming everything goes without a hitch. But some people told me it takes about 6 months before you can really get started on hormones. So if that's the case, that would put me around September for starting hormones. And then I can graduate college next May, and start living as a female for another year. So by the time I'll be officially ready to become a female I'll be 24 years old. I really like the sound of that. And at worst, I'll be 25. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to this now!! My next therapy appt. is April 9th, and I'm excited I will have actual information I can relay to her. Now I just have to get through school :)
One last thing here I discovered that irked me. Did you know that if you want to send a message to someone on Facebook who you aren't friends with, you have to pay them a dollar? What kind of a scam is that! Otherwise you can send it to their 'Other' folder which is probably like junk mail. But then again, what isn't junk mail these days lol. Anyways, thanks so much everybody. Hopefully I'll have more to report next week! And have a Happy Easter!!
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