Dear Billy and Friends,

Blame it on my poor searching style... but frantic searching seem to come to the conclusion that I may need to be on 12-months of hormone treatment before I get any consideration for surgery. Is this really the case?

Monash Gender Clinic was quite appealing but the 1 year ...

Typing with a resolve that I am not going to back off.

This consultation was with my Psychiatrist. Being public setup there was also the Clinician(Psychologist).

- I briefed her about my consultation with the specialist Psychiatrist that he gave options of chemical castration & surgery. And that ...

A bit down after the meeting.Not the best outcome. Will update...sigh

Billy, you did once again with a lot of great info - thanks a lot my friend.

Yes, I am keeping up a notepad this time. I may stutter but at least considering my sleepless anxious nights, I am going to unashamedly ask the queries from the notepad :)

Looking back at the last 10 months, each visit to ...

Dear Billy,

You are a thoughtful soul indeed, especially when you sensed some of my issues without even me writing them.

I have been having a rough time indeed for more than 5 years with work and family and everything. But the last 10 months were really tested me and I thought of just ending ...

Dear Billy,

Quite a thoughtful mail, thank you once again my friend. I am still reading and thinking about some of the points

It was last July I had a mental breakdown. Till then I never knew I had mental illness and yes it has humbled me... yay!. 'They' say I have OCD and generalized anxiety ...

Dear Billy, Sorry I was a bit late in responding, depression got hold of me in the morning.

Thanks a ton my friend. That's a lot of info to chew in. Yes, I have had multiple visits to the Psychiatrist's. But the mistake I did this far, was that I was more focusing on my mental health like OCD ...

Hello folks,

Today was my appointment with a new GP. He was my doctor a few years ago.

The upshot-

I now need a referral to a surgeon.

The question is whether my psychologist is qualified to make such a referral. If not, my doctor gave me a list of some who are qualified, and a one session ...

Hi WheelyCurious

Thanks heaps.

Early this year, I consulted a Urologist and he wanted confirmation that I was suffering from Psychiatric illness before he could proceed with surgery. That's when my exhausting journey started with almost five Psychiatrist's (public and private). They certainly ...

Dear Friends,

After some frantic searching, I mailed the following clinics for orchiectomy

- www.srsatlanta.com

- www.davisplasticsurgery.com

Kindly let me know if there are similar ones in the US, especially ones that have it listed as elective surgery

Kind Regards, raj