3rd appointment at the Gender Clinic

Today I had my 3rd meeting at the Nottingham Gender Clinic.
My Director had given me the day off so I was not rushing around and stressed as Mondays are the busiest days of the week.
We arrived a little early so went for a walk in the park and ate some sandwiches. At 1.00PM we got to the clinic and then went in to meet both the doctors who had seen me before. They are both nice people and do make you feel relaxed.
My wife was the main focus of the meeting today and they opened up by asking my wife what she thought she was there for.
She made us all laugh when she said “to tell you that Lisa is not mad!”
I nearly laughed my head off.
Anyway they asked her about her experiences with me; how she felt about my transition and her opinions as to if she felt that I was on the right path.
We talked about our children and families and I informed them about my announcement to work and sorting out going full time.
The hour went really quickly.
Towards the end one of the doctors said he was very impressed with our approach to my transition and the open nature of our communication. He also appreciated the way we had negotiated time frames and steps to get where we are. The other doctor then agreed.
They could see I was just going to ask about hormones again and they explained that they knew it was important to me. They said they could not make a decision alone as there will be a review meeting with the other 5 members of the team there in 2 weeks time.
He said he could not give me a decision on the outcome of that meeting but he was generally very impressed with where I am.
He said he would write a letter to me and my GP after the review meeting and that he would request that my GP take blood tests to get base levels etc.
In that letter he will also confirm my next appointment. Due to holidays etc he said that may be 8 – 10 weeks away, but that is about what I expected to be honest.
I called my Director tonight to catch up on a few things. I also wanted to speak to him to see how the meeting went with the board today.
He said that they were all a bit surprised still but were going to get some independent advise from someone outside as they obviously have not had to deal with anything like this before.
I asked if he meant legal advice to which he said no just advice on how to handle things.
I asked why he wouldn’t consider calling my counsellor who specialises in transition at work support and he said they may do, but initially wanted some independent advice.
I will speak to him towards the end of the week to see how things are going.
I am expecting to have a meeting with them next week to go through things.