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Imago or GenderGP? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 day ago by Lim_Lim@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/mtf
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I'm about to begin HRT and since I am not able to get that through my country's public healthcare, it'll have to be either DIY, or something like GenderGP or Imago.

I'm uncomfortable with Imago being a US company, but if it otherwise makes much more sense than GenderGP, that might not be an unsurmountable issue.
There has been talk that neither of those give as much support, or as good quality support, as they once maybe did. For example somebody actually reading the laboratory results and possibly recommending changing a substance or dose if so required would be would be a nice thing. Being middle-aged and having had relatives die at around my age because of blood clots, I know that at least I should choose some other ways than injections for taking the estradiol. An ability to talk with a specialist about this kind of stuff would be appreciated.

So, what's the practical difference between Imago and GenderGP? Also, is there also a third one?

The most important service would of course be the ability to get an EU prescription through them so that I can go to a local pharmacy and buy the hormones and blockers there.

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[-] Lim_Lim@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

About the list of options: those would require me to live in UK or at least physically travel there to use those services, right?

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Ah, I think so for most of them yeah, I didn't realise GenderGP was international so I thought yeah

But there might be private options in your country too, which is that?

[-] Lim_Lim@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

There are, but I am not aware of one that would prescribe anything without a trans diagnosis from the public healthcare. And because I got diagnosed with psychosis for being transgender, it will take a couple of years for them to agree to give me a trans diagnosis. Now they see me as fake trans who just "has psychosis that will eventually pass and he will be male again". Once the "psychosis" is "dealt with", they'll probably give me the diagnosis.

Those private ones are useful if you have plenty of money and want to skip the queues that can be 1½ years long, but first you need to get the public healthcare to cooperate. And in my case it won't, for the time being.

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