Gender Things (April Edition)

[tuesday_morning]

 

You know... it feels really good to exist now that I'm no longer trying to force myself to be someone that I'm not. I wish I had done this sooner; affirming who I am, that is. But everything happens in its own time, so I'm not punishing myself over it.

This week, I had an appointment with a medical professional through "Plume" in order to get my testosterone prescription. Normally I would have went through a regular endocrinologist, but unfortunately the referral process has been less than stellar with my insurance, so I decided I would simply use my insurance with Plume in order to obtain my hormones. I got my prescription the same day of my appointment, and now I'm just waiting for the pharmacy to fill the prescription. They're apparently out of stock at my regular pharmacy, so the prescriber needs to send the script to another pharmacy that has it in stock. Furthermore, my insurance is wanting prior authorization in order to cover any part of the script. It's really annoying, but thankfully the pharmacy has coupons I can use to make the price reasonable. GoodRx is another resource I can use to bump down the price, but in any case, getting the testosterone with the coupon(s) makes it affordable, so I might just have prior authorization for the next batch of vials, but for this one I'll just use the coupons.

In other news, I'm submerging myself into supportive spaces both online and in person. It's nice to be yourself and be accepted in different spaces like this. I'm happy and privileged to be living in a liberal area and state where expressing myself like this isn't something that I should be scared of. I wish hope and happiness to anyone else who is trans or gender non-conforming. We all deserve to live happy and free.