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HRT and NHS

March 4, 2005 on 10:25 pm | In Trans |

I had a bit of an odd set of experiences with my HRT today. I was running a bit low on Premarin and wasn’t going to be back home in time to get it filled at our regular surgery, so I registered as a new, temporary patient in the surgery near Bristol and made an appointment.

The doctor was nice enough, slightly better than my regular one. I gave him the medicines that I am on and he asked how much Premarin I am taking daily. After I told him my current dosage (three 1.25 mg tablets per day), a confused look crossed his face. “Oh, right, I am a pre-op MTF transexual.” After a BP check and a few more questions, he sent me on my way with scripts in paw.

All going well, happy as a clam, I head off to the pharmacy, drop off my scripts and wait for them to be filled. After a few minutes, the pharmacist calls me over and asks, “What dosage have you been on for the Premarin?” I repeated the dosage, agreed that it was a “high” dosage, and, apparently satisfied, he filled it and sent me on my way.

The really nice part of it all was that I got both my scripts on the NHS, rather than having to pay for the Premarin privately. My regular doctor wouldn’t give me the HRT “because of why I was taking it.” My Pyoor friend is of the opinion that making me pay extra for the HRT just because I am trans is illegal; I am inclined to agree and if Auntie and I were planning on staying here any time at all and I had a supply of Premarin I could depend on, I would be much more vocal in my opposition. At the moment, though, I simply plot his doom.