Ugh, Tuesday.

Tuesdays have become my Monday. Six and a half hours of therapy/support groups. What was I thinking? Oh yeah, I was thinking that if I grouped everything together, I would only have one trip per week up to Richmond. Makes sense. *punches self in head*

The endocrinologists office called me unexpectedly yesterday. Alex's bloodwork and bone scan had come back. All of his levels were good except for his Vitamin D. The bone scan was deemed passable. Ok, no problem. So we stopped off at Walgreens and began Vit. D 1000 mg twice a day. As a precaution I also bought some calcium chews. In studies, it has been shown that FtM testosterone recipients have difficulties with bone loss. This is not a deal breaker for the testosterone treatment. As long as he stays on a vitamin regime, his levels will come up. Our appointment stands for March 17.

Wednesday 2:22 pm

So yesterday's therapy etc. went ok. Alex had me come in at his One on One to re-cap last weeks visit with Endo. The therapist was supportive albeit a bit surprised when we informed her that we would possibly be starting the injections in a couple of weeks. The problem lies in the fact that everyone outside of your situation will always think it's too fast, no matter how slow you go. After all of the reading I have done, it is clear that the individual should have that choice. How fast or slow they go is between them and their medical professional. Not everyone agrees but they are not living this life.
Group therapy is always difficult for Alex and after about 30 minutes he writes me a note, asking if we can leave early. Absolutely not. We have gone over this numerous times. You don't have to like it, you just have to do it. The resulting NO pisses him off and he wastes the next 20 minutes fuming. Ah well. If someone isn't pissed off, I'm not doing my job.
By the end of the night he is showing signs of a beginning cold. I drug him and put him to bed. After a couple hours of school, they call me. He's at the nurses, all sickly and shit. Fantastic.
So here we sit at home. Not much I can do for a cold except treat symptoms and wait it out. With the amount of vitamins this kid takes, I was very surprised he could even get sick. Ha!