Made appointment @ Planned Parenthood for HRT?

[woahshutitdown]

So i just made an appointment at Planned Parenthood because i read online that they actually provide services for trans folk, including hormone replacement therapy, which i cant believe i never knew this before. So i gave them a call to kind of see what the steps would be, the woman said that the first appointment is a 90 minute intake/consultation type of thing, and after that the 2nd appointment would be health tests, etc followed by deciding what dosage of T to order for me (yea they said order), and that after that it would just be going in to start my shots.

She made it sound so simple and the qualifications were so simple i guess its blowing my mind. I've been struggling with trying to find a way to get my dang hormone replacement process started for the past 7 years, and everytime id take a step i'd end up falling right back to square one because of money reasons, and because i did not have health insurance so the cost of everything was much more than i was making. i even saw a therapist for about 6 months for the sole reason of getting him to write me my hormone therapy "approval letter" or whatever, because my primary care doc was trying to help me out but said she needed the letter. Turns out i missed 3 silly therapy payments and this guy pretty much refused to see me anymore and didnt want to write the letter cuz he knew once i got it i wasnt going to be paying him for therapy visits any longer (so theres the problem with small business private therapists ha)

So my main reason for this forum post is to see if any of you have gone to planned parenthood for hormone therapy or know anyone that has, and what to expect. is it really going to be as simple as theyve made it sound?

hope to get some responses, thanks for reading

[Charlize]

I think it sounds wonderful and if no one else posts that they have been there please share your experiences. I know several folks for whom this could be very positive.

By the way welcome to Laura's. Hopefully you will hang around and get to know some of us. You might want to also post in the introduction forum just to say 'hi'.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest Kayla Grace]

This sounds like Arch Clinic for me. All I had to do was "self refer myself". I had a consultation with the coordinator, then the next appointment about a month later I seen the Endocrinologist and was prescribed Testosterone blockers. Then the next appointment I was prescribed Estrogen

I think you can see where this is going. Isn't it great when things hormonally just fall into place?

[Guest Leigh]

never heard of this before... and there are no PP in my area, or I'd volunteer to go see if they do that here.......

keep us updated. that sounds really cool and hassle free... do you already have a letter from a therapist?

I'm curious about logistics.

[Guest Leigh]

So, after replying, I found this: http://queertips.org/post/107259834157/does-planned-parenthood-offer-hormone-replacement
which outlines which states in the US PP has trans services in... unfortunately mine is not on the list.
I hope some other people here can use this information, though!

[woahshutitdown]

ill deffinetly keep ya'll informed after the 1st appointment, i feel like alot of people dont know about PP doing this sort of thing. :]

[Imaginary Spiders]

Thanks for sharing this bit of information. I'm going to look into this option. I've been trying to find a gender therapist, but the nearest one is 60 miles away. So maybe they can help me with that. I'm also seriously considering HRT now. This bit of information is especially helpful to me because I live about 10 miles from a planned parenthood.