Have got my assessment with the psych nurse on Tuesday, will be there for about an hour. Hope it goes ok and I get on with her not sure what the assessment is going to entail but I shall find out soon enough. Am glad that I am getting help. Have also got an appt to see my GP on Wednesday as she is keeping an eye on me as well and I have seen her weekly and bi-weekly at the moment.
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45(feels like 99 some days)
Dx - pcos 1982
Dx - diabetes 2 1999,
Tx - metformin slow release 2000mg. Insulin 5 times a day
Loads of other medications.
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Aristotle...
Have got my assessment with the psych nurse on Tuesday, will be there for about an hour. Hope it goes ok and I get on with her not sure what the assessment is going to entail but I shall find out soon enough. Am glad that I am getting help. Have also got an appt to see my GP on Wednesday as she is keeping an eye on me as well and I have seen her weekly and bi-weekly at the moment.
Glad to hear this, hope you're ok.
Did something happen?
Please let us know how your appt. goes.
Well the assessment went well and the nurse I saw was really nice. This was more an information gathering session, and then on Monday I will be discussed with the psych team (dr's nurses, etc...) and they will decide if they can help me, and then the nurse will contact me next week. We talked for just over an hour and covered quite a lot of stuff from gender issues my childhood, all my medical problems, bullying at school and other stuff. She feels that the death of my mum is my main problem and that plus my relationship break up has affected my depression, as I said to her I have been depressed for years. She has given me the details for the bereavement counselling service and some other things which might help. She also said that if I wanted I could still meet up with her maybe a couple of more times until I get an appt with the bereavement service. I am going to take her up on the offer as there are some things I want to discuss, and I want to find out about Gender counselling as well. We touched on that briefly and she obviously saw my beard..lol I also decided lastnight that I am now going to be using he rather than she, although I am not going to get picky and angry if people call me she, and finally I have chosen the male name I want to be known by which is David. I know some of my friends probably wont comprehend it all and if they still want to call me Liz then so be it, I am not going to get upset about it. The nurse also gave me the numbers that I can contact her on if I get really low and havent got any support and the out of hours number where a duty pschy person will be on hand to help. All in all it has been a good day so far...
Thank you for caring, it means a lot
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45(feels like 99 some days)
Dx - pcos 1982
Dx - diabetes 2 1999,
Tx - metformin slow release 2000mg. Insulin 5 times a day
Loads of other medications.
------------------------------- What is a friend?A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle...
It sounds like you have a great care team set up for yourself. I'm glad that your taking the steps to start to understand yourself. I was in therapy previously and it was a wonderful experience. Sounds like your off to a great start "agaetis byrjun" (icelandic for a good beginning)...
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