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Transsexualism really getting to me...

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  • #52
    Micro1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Micro1


    Mate, it doesnt look like your never gonna make a bigger decision in your life than this, so take it slowly and do it correctly. Dont rush into anything, go see a therapist/shrink and talk about the issues you face. You seem to know who you want to be, but are having problems realising that person. Dont worry about what the general public think, the responses to this post are surely an indication that there are people out there that will not judge you on anything but the person you are. I have no idea what your going through, but remember the person most important in this is yourself, so do what feel's right, but seek guidance from somebody that can help.


  • #53
    PhantomBeaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭PhantomBeaker


    Rozie wrote:
    I hear that here you can only get Premarin. I do NOT want to take that stuff. I'd rather go without hormones if I have to...

    Yeah, I'm on the horse-piss myself (For those who don't know, Premarin is made from Pregnant Mare's urine... while this in itself is not a bad thing, the animals are treated unethically according to animal rights groups). O'Shea actually does patches as well now. He actually prefers to prescribe them these days - less stress on the liver.

    The only reason I'm still taking premarin is that I can afford the 20 euro a month, and not much more.

    So, if that's what's holding you back... don't worry. You can get patches, and the ethinyl oestrodiol in the patches (I know I spelt it wrong, but I'm fairly sure that's the active chemical in those patches) is completely artificial - no animals were harmed in the making of this stuff.

    As for referral to him, that would be through James Kelly.

    To get in touch with him (although he may be on holiday at the moment) just ring him - you don't need a referral to James Kelly last time I checked. GCN used to carry his ad (and why the hell they included an ad for the Albany clinic in England as opposed to a competent psychologist that's actually in the country, and just 5 minutes from their offices, when they did that trans article recently is BEYOND ME!) but seeing as he works in an office over the House Of Astrology in Parliament Street in Dublin, you could ring there and get his number (I mean, they have a sign in the window) - you can get their contact number on: http://www.houseofastrology.net/id7.htm

    Take care,
    P.B.


  • #54
    Rozie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭Rozie


    Could I not get another oral alternative, like Estrofem? I'm not sure I want patches. That means I can *never* be totally naked.


  • #55
    PhantomBeaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭PhantomBeaker


    I don't think so. Or at least he's never offered one.

    As far as patches go, yeah that is a drawback, but you could still place them in places where people might not notice them so much.

    As for getting an alternative like Estrofem, I'd suggest that you do your research - and when I say do your research, I mean become a bloody amateur endocrinologist. Find all the alternatives, general prices for them, advantages and disadvantages. Check things like their average half-life (i.e. if you take a dose, it enters your blood-stream, the half-life is how long it would take to reduce that dosage to half... just like radioactive materials... except without the radioactivity :) ), because the longer that is, the more of an effect that one dose will have on the liver, because the longer it's in the system, the more time the liver will spend breaking down just that one dose.

    Find every single drawback to each one. Find every single selling point to each one.

    Then the next problem you'll have is convincing him that you know what you're talking about... and I see his point. First time I was in his office: I was a 19 year old sitting in front of him, and as far as he was concerned he was the expert and I knew nothing. He was vaguely right. He is the expert, and he doesn't want to just randomly prescribe a new drug to people just because they ask for it... he's taken a vow to do no harm, and he takes it seriously.

    But if you can argue in a rational manner that you think that a certain avenue is worth investigating, he might look into it and give you a yay or a nay at the next appointment.

    Take care,
    P.B.


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