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With my current situation I can not afford to start my therapy back right now .... that can really add up in a very short time ... hehe ! I was so close to getting my letter for HRT too!

So what I am wanting advice on is can your GP prescribe HRT to you ?

Right now I would even settle for a lower dose if he did not want to do the full dose right now.

What do you all think about going this route? I really would love to get back to my therapy sessions and will as soon as I can as they were a big help for me.

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Hey, April......

Well, Hon.....the whole problem here , I think, would be finding a doctor who would do it without your letter. See, the letter essentially tells the doctor that you are, in fact, ready to proceed with hormones. That covers the doctor's butt!

But if you are asking if a GP CAN prescribe for you...well, I go back to my doctor next Thursday and she is a GP and does my hormones and blood work (monitoring) ....It doesn't have to be an Endocrinologist! It's just that it is important that you are monitored throughout the process .....

I hope that clears it up a bit for you....

Feel free to PM me if you need to......OK?

HUGG

Donna Jean

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Guest April

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Hey, April......

Well, Hon.....the whole problem here , I think, would be finding a doctor who would do it without your letter. See, the letter essentially tells the doctor that you are, in fact, ready to proceed with hormones. That covers the doctor's butt!

But if you are asking if a GP CAN prescribe for you...well, I go back to my doctor next Thursday and she is a GP and does my hormones and blood work (monitoring) ....It doesn't have to be an Endocrinologist! It's just that it is important that you are monitored throughout the process .....

I hope that clears it up a bit for you....

Feel free to PM me if you need to......OK?

HUGG

Donna Jean

ok ... thanks ... so pretty much just an ask and see but most likely not going to happen. Well that kinda shoots down that idea somewhat .... hehe

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Guest Leah1026

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Right now I would even settle for a lower dose if he did not want to do the full dose right now.

What do you all think about going this route? I really would love to get back to my therapy sessions and will as soon as I can as they were a big help for me.

1. Walmart has Premarin on their $4 program. Nuff said.

2. Injectables from a compounding pharmacy are very cheap. A vial I pay less than $40 for lasts me 6 months. Again, nuff said.

HRT doesn't have to be expensive.

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April,

I am not sure where you are in Georgia and that can make a huge difference!

Big cities like Atlanta will have a GBLT Center and many of them supply reduced costs blood tests, free Doctor's visits and some even have free counciling.

Check around, contact the Atlanta GBLT center and see if they can put you in touch with one near you - I am dirt poor and have my therapist holding on to checks for my last four sessions, I am already on a reduced rate and she asked if going lower would help - I do not like not being able to pay but there is always a way - I am waiting for my dostor's appointment in July to start my hormones - I could have started last month if I could afford to pay for the Doctor visit - but I will start - I will transition and no one on the face of this Earthe is going to stop me.

The biggest part of a successful transition is determination - I have it how about you?

Get on the Internet and find affordable health care for your transition and then save up.

Love ya,

Sally

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LOL .... there is always a way!!!!!! Just have to find it sometimes. As far as my will on this .... hehe .... you asked for this!

I have always spent my life trying to be what everyone else expected me to be and act how they thought I should act (over 30 years of this). Now I have reached a point in my life where I am sick of living MY life the way they think it should be. The Feeling of the need to transition have been around since my early 20's, but was too scared of what people would think and say. (Don't mistake that for when all this mass confusion started, and in the mind of someone 5 to 6 years old that is exactly what it was to me.) It makes me feel like I have wasted the best years of my life, but I do not regret anything in my life. Not really sure when or where it happened but now THIS IS MY LIFE, NOT EVERYONE ELSE'S, and it is not about them but about me and my well being. There is no way I can continue living my life the way it was because it was killing me. I know without a doubt in my heart and mind that this is what I want. Where there is a will there is a way!!

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April,

I am not sure where you are in Georgia and that can make a huge difference!

Big cities like Atlanta will have a GBLT Center and many of them supply reduced costs blood tests, free Doctor's visits and some even have free counciling.

Check around, contact the Atlanta GBLT center and see if they can put you in touch with one near you - I am dirt poor and have my therapist holding on to checks for my last four sessions, I am already on a reduced rate and she asked if going lower would help - I do not like not being able to pay but there is always a way - I am waiting for my dostor's appointment in July to start my hormones - I could have started last month if I could afford to pay for the Doctor visit - but I will start - I will transition and no one on the face of this Earthe is going to stop me.

The biggest part of a successful transition is determination - I have it how about you?

Get on the Internet and find affordable health care for your transition and then save up.

Love ya,

Sally

Thanks had not thought about that idea ..... hehe

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In addition to Premarin on the $4.00 list at Walmart i get my Estradiol and Spiro at that price.

Paula

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