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tuesday_morning) wrote2024-04-05 11:16 am
tuesday_morning) wrote2024-04-05 11:16 am
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Gender Things (April Edition)
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.
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how is plume? i'm curious about how that went. they have some various trans healthcare online, i think i used one before, but i didn't like it. right now i'm using a free service for texans which has been working really well for me.
trying to track down T can be a real pain in the ass. definitely use GoodRx, because T is super expensive. it's so annoying that it's a controlled substance though. i blame those dumbass dudebro bodybuilders.
next is top surgery, right? unless you're not planning on getting top surgery haha
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As for Plume, I would definitely recommend it if you can't get a proper referral or if you don't have insurance, provided that you can pay for the membership to receive those services. Thankfully they take my insurance, so I was able to get a big discount on my membership price for Plume. They saw me pretty soon after I signed up with them and they were very professional when it comes to listening to me and helping to figure out the exact formulation of T and the dosage I should be on. My provider sent my prescription to the pharmacy, and when the pharmacy was giving me a little bit of a hard time with regards to having it in stock and needing prior authorization, Plume helped me a lot! They quickly transferred the prescription to a different pharmacy at my request and they also submitted a prior authorization request to my insurance. Pretty quickly, the authorization was approved and instead of having to pay an arm and a leg for the T, I only had to pay $5 for it where before I was looking at paying closer to $55 for it.
Again, would absolutely recommend Plume! But if you're going through a free program, maybe just stay with that since it's free. :)
EDIT: Also yes, I am pursuing top surgery. I'd have it done ASAP if I could, but I have to finish school first. By late 2024 at the earliest, I should be able to get it done. I just need to wait for open enrollment period to happen again for health insurance so I can switch to a plan that the only local top surgeon in my area will accept. Otherwise, I'm paying out of pocket which is not gonna happen.