Friday 29 July 2011

First appointment with GP

After discovering that there's a Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) in Exeter, I decided to give the NHS route a go. To start hormones from the NHS, I first need to get a referral from a GP. So that's why I went to the hospital today.

Last week, I went to a local hospital to make an appointment since I found out that the Student Health Centre will not register me until September. I thought I heard the receptionist saythat my appointment time was "twenty to five" but as I was walking home, I began to think I had misheard her for "twenty to four". I decided to be cautious and go ASAP after class.

So today was the day of the appointment. When my class ended at 3:00, I rushed back to my room to get some documents that I might need. But, of course, the fire alarm was ringing and I couldn't go in to the building! The fire alarm rings so often. It's annoying. 
Anyway, we all waited outside until it stopped. 15 minutes had passed. I packed my stuff and set off. It took 28 minutes to get to the hospital.

I asked the receptionist what the time of my appointment was. It was 4:40. I had 55 minutes to wait. I waited. It felt like 30 minutes.
The doctor was very nice but this was the first time he deals with someone who wants a referral to a GIC. He told me that there are 3-4 people who has had/is going through a sex change. That was nice to hear. He told me he will get in touch with me after he finds out what he has to do. I hope he will call me during next week...

4 comments:

  1. Good plan, Stan! Go through the NHS. I think you will be fine and you will save money for other things. Hope he gets back to you quickly.

    Yesterday, I made a fake news article about A-sensei who is now in England for the Cambridge program. I had told his students that he was in England attending the International Disco Dance Championship as a competitor in the senior division. Many students believed my crazy story and to add realism to it I copied a Daily Telegraph and pasted the fake story about A-sensei in it. I gave it to the Tokushin teachers and they totally freaked out! It looked and sounded very convincing and created quite a panic. They are still trying to figure out if it is true even today!

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  2. lol you're really creative... Good thing it's not true. The english teachers from Japan to "study how to teach English" are really embarassing.

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  3. Thanks! Now I actually look forward to seeing how the students in his homeroom actually react to it.

    What have the Japanese teachers done? I can think of a multitude of stupidity that they might be involved in.

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  4. They haven't done anyting wrong. They just don't look like High school engilsh teachers. More like high school students. I'm embarassed that they call themselves teachers.

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