This is not a photo of my doctor. Only when I started living full time as Marian and moving towards a medical transition, would I switch to a female doctor. (As long as I have my original equipment, I'd feel a little uncomfortable with a doctor who doesn't have my "plumbing configuration." With that being said, this is not a discussion about doctors for transgender people. We need to choose doctors with whom we are comfortable, and advocate for the best treatment we can get in our healthcare system.
Today, I visited my doctor. I knew that he was going to be upset that I gained a couple more pounds since I last saw him. But he was surprised to find out that the pharmacy was going to charge me $500/month for a Mounjaro (GLP-1) prescription. There was no way I was going to pay that much for a drug, when there are others that Medicare has approved and is covered by my prescription insurance plan.
What I forgot as well as my doctor did was that I was supposed to get my yearly physical. So, after my visit was "done", I was asked to stay a while to get my blood drawn and for an EKG to be taken. I again mentioned the problem with the GLP-1 drug that was prescribed, and he said that his assistant would look into this for me. Guess what? I got a text from his service that an Ozempic prescription was now on file, and also got a text from the pharmacy that the prescription was ready for pickup. I'll have to call up the pharmacy to ask how much this prescription costs before I start with it.
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Unfortunately, there was 2 inches of snow on my car when I left for the doctor. When I returned, I found that my parking space hadn't yet been plowed. So, when I heard the plow a hour later, I was out of the house again to kill some time for the plow to do its job. With the expected slop to be on the ground for tomorrow, I'll have to give up on the idea of wearing a fancy dress to Christmas Eve dinner and to church, and simply wear a sweater dress over leggings for practicality.
This is the kind of problem many of us have to deal with during winter in New York. It could be much worse. But I'd rather have the problems I have in a TG accepting state, than to live in Florida where we are treated like dirt. And some people wonder why I stay in my high tax state....
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