Anniversaries
Three Anniversaries in fact
1. This blog,
2. 'Going Full Time' ,
3. The ending of the Ban of LGBTQ+ personnel in Her Majesty's Armed Forces,
1. This Blog
The first posts on this blog were posted on the 6th Jan 2019.
so what's happened since then ?
- Over a year of effective Testosterone suppression ( first Decapeptyl injection was December 2018 - prescribed by my NHS GP on the recommendation of my Private Endocrinologist ( whose day job is with a GIC)
- Second NHS diagnostic appointment in November and official NHS diagnosis ... 26 months referral to diagnosis, which is about the quickest i'm aware of and something that is not likely to be achieved by someone referred to Sheffield GIC now
NB: Diagnosis not treatment if i hadn't been able to afford private Assessment and my NHS GP wasn;t willing to work with Private Consultants I'd still be awaiting hormones at this point... Some people claim private treatment means people 'jump the queue' in the NHS service , the only 'queue jumping' I might possibly get to do is that I will be able to count time on hormones from when i saw the Endocrinologist privately - I've still had to have 2 NHS diagnostic appointments, I'll have to have the NHS appointment to take over the hormonal regime and then after that we might be able to get down to the referrals for Gender Confirming Surgery
-Dance wise, I've performed, 'Capitalised the I' and got an actual real professional quality Tutu.
2. Going Full time - I took the various steps that are classed as 'Social Transition' in January 2018 posts : Here, Here, Here, Here
3. The end of the ban on LGBTQ+ personnel in HM armed Forces
In 2000 when the ban was lifted, I was still ignorant of the fact that what i felt and experienced was Gender Dysphoria, however i was serving reservist
1. This blog,
2. 'Going Full Time' ,
3. The ending of the Ban of LGBTQ+ personnel in Her Majesty's Armed Forces,
1. This Blog
The first posts on this blog were posted on the 6th Jan 2019.
so what's happened since then ?
- Over a year of effective Testosterone suppression ( first Decapeptyl injection was December 2018 - prescribed by my NHS GP on the recommendation of my Private Endocrinologist ( whose day job is with a GIC)
- Second NHS diagnostic appointment in November and official NHS diagnosis ... 26 months referral to diagnosis, which is about the quickest i'm aware of and something that is not likely to be achieved by someone referred to Sheffield GIC now
NB: Diagnosis not treatment if i hadn't been able to afford private Assessment and my NHS GP wasn;t willing to work with Private Consultants I'd still be awaiting hormones at this point... Some people claim private treatment means people 'jump the queue' in the NHS service , the only 'queue jumping' I might possibly get to do is that I will be able to count time on hormones from when i saw the Endocrinologist privately - I've still had to have 2 NHS diagnostic appointments, I'll have to have the NHS appointment to take over the hormonal regime and then after that we might be able to get down to the referrals for Gender Confirming Surgery
-Dance wise, I've performed, 'Capitalised the I' and got an actual real professional quality Tutu.
2. Going Full time - I took the various steps that are classed as 'Social Transition' in January 2018 posts : Here, Here, Here, Here
3. The end of the ban on LGBTQ+ personnel in HM armed Forces
In 2000 when the ban was lifted, I was still ignorant of the fact that what i felt and experienced was Gender Dysphoria, however i was serving reservist
Here's to making many more anniversaries.
ReplyDeleteThey are a great way to see how far you have come rather than how far to go. (and yes I know I keep saying that phrase!)