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Euphoria
~When you turn to the side and see your new chest for the first time~
I have seen many accounts for trans people who cannot afford their testosterone or the surgeries and they ask for monetary help, they are always GoFundMe's but I am Venezuelan and live in Colombia so I don't know how I can ask that kind of help (I cannot afford even the doctor's appointment, I am just taking T whenever I can and hopping nothing bad comes out of it) do any of you know how I can get monetary help for T, doctor appointments and/or surgery?
I am sorry if you find this post distasteful but I am really desperate and hope to get some help in this case...
So, I don't even know if anyone will ever see this post and pay attention to it, but I am currently almost a week without my antidepressants and I have started to go down the rabbit hole of thinking I'll never be able to get top surgery or any kind of surgery... I am barely able to buy the testosterone without going to doctors appointment, I don't even know if doing that will unalive me but I rather die trying to be who I want than live miserable...
I have a top surgery consult on Monday!
YIPPEE
and
YAHOO
government wants trans people to detransition so here’s them chasing me to hot glue my bazoinkers back on
I'm fairly new to rebloging so I hope it's okay I'm adding to your post.
I just wanna share my experience with top surgery and having doubts before hand:
I started working towards getting top surgery when I was around 18 and because I was still in school and live (plus the fact this shit just tends to take forever) I only slowly got everything together for the surgery.
That meant I started the process 4 years before my actual surgery date. When I started I was fairly sure but the closer I got to the surgery the more doubts started to occupy my brain. I had a lot of therapy in the meantime and started liking myself more, which is good. However it unfortunately had the negative side effect of a part of me using this as an argument against top surgery. Because if I can learn to like myself I can learn to be okay with my boobs right?
I still don't think that's wrong, I think that yes I could have learned to be okay, be neutral towards my boobs instead of the major dislike that fueled my decision 4 years prior to walk down this path.
However despite that argument I decided to stick with my decision and get top surgery. And let me tell you: I'm so glad I did.
Because after nearly 8 months I can say with no doubt it was the right decision for me. It was the right decision not because I couldn't have accepted my boobs at some point but because without them I'm happy in a way I didn't know I could be with my body.
I look in the mirror and I get this happy giddy feeling in my stomach of seeing myself in a normal ass T-shirt but flat. I am overjoyed at dressing up fancy because it means I get to wear all the cool dress shirts I aquired over the years that finally look exactly how I also wanted them to look like.
Even my friends and family told me that the way I look makes more sense kinda. Like I look more like myself than before. Which yeah I do because I didn't feel comfortable with my boobs but also because even if I would have been alright with them I would never felt as enthusiastic about them as I do about my flat chest!
Having had top surgery made me happy and feel home in my body in a way that I didn't fully grasp beforehand. And I am so happy I stuck with my decision and didn't let the doubts get to me ^^
the good news is this *probably* won’t actually push back my timeline for top surgery, but I still let myself have a little tantrum about it because we respect all feelings in this house
I need a brother like Mario,one who help When the dysphoria kicks my ass so badly 😭
Ok, listen. Trans guy Luigi!
You really wanna play with emotions, huh? Fineee.
So, Mario was the first one to know and the first who supported Luigi's identity.
Luigi suffered a lot, locking himself into the bathroom mostly, when gender dysphoria kicked too hard. He didn't want to bother his brother with it at all.
There were moments when bullies told him he will never be a true guy and Mario made sure, Luigi never forgot how much he supported him and how much of a guy Luigi actually was.
Mario went to each doctor's appointment, supporting his little bro's fear of needles and the doctors. And even witnessed Luigi's first Testosterone injection.
And of course Mario was the first one to be there when Luigi woke up from his top surgery.
Support your local trans bro!
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
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I've been having that same issue!!! It's all just smut!!!
just found yet another downside to the oversexualization of breasts: no references for sizing and measurements. i've been wanting to get a reduction for years and am finally starting to work towards getting it covered by insurance and so i am trying to decide on cup size. anyone have any recommendations on where to look for visual references on the differences between cups both clothed and not? i'm specifically trying to decide between going down to a b or c cup.
I’m not trans, but i had a breast reduction at 22 and because of that I have the same anchor scars that many trans men get after top surgery.
I like to think of them as my “scar brothers,” or “brothers in scars” if you will. Scar Siblings for my nonbinary peeps.
I think it’s neat.
CW: Medical stuff under the cut
If I was going to say anything else it would be a note on said scars -
If you find your top surgery scars healed super thick and you find that upsetting, you can get them redone several years after your initial surgery and they will heal better the second time. (My insurance covered it as a “follow up operation” ymmv) (also no shame if you like your scars thick, that’s totally cool too).
The reason for this (to my limited knowledge) is because your first surgery is a much deeper heal. The cut went deep, and a bunch of stuff was removed, so the body had to heal all the way from the tissues to the skin all at once. Deeper cuts often end up in bigger scars.
However!! If you come back a few years later after the initial surgery has fully healed and settled (I think mine was 3-5 years? Not sure) and get the scars redone (they cut the scar out and sew up the unscarred skin on both sides) the scar generally ends up much smaller and less noticeable.
My first scars were big, ropey, and purple in some areas. They were very obvious and the keloids would hurt when I hit them by accident.
My second set of scars are much MUCH better. In some areas it’s hard to even notice them. They’re flat and the coloring is barely notable. I have one or two spots that are thicker but on the whole, the scarring is much less noticeable and less painful.
So just something to keep in mind if the look or feel of your scars bothers you.
Best of luck all my scar siblings!! (and wear your scar tape post surgery, it helps keep those scars flat and provides support to the skin so it doesn’t get shuffled about or pulled apart by movement and gravity and helps control keloiding)
Good to know, useful information for other people seeking a breast reduction for any reason!
Something I have learned as a cis person with big boobs looking to get a reduction that I’m passing on to other boob people looking for less or no boobs:
If you are looking for a breast reduction, for whatever actual reason, to get partial or full coverage by your insurance, start telling your doctor that you have back and neck pain. Your boobs are pulling you down and forward. It’s a struggle to sleep, especially on your back. Complain, complain, complain. They’ll probably prescribe other options, but keep complaining (and don’t actually take the meds if the pain is emotional and not physical).
Your insurance will be more easily convinced to cover breast reduction if there is a paper trail of physical pain. I’m getting mine in May of next year.
Help a homie out today! bite his boobs off!
Hey y’all here’s something I drew for my queer studies class last semester 🏳️⚧️
I wasn’t able to put too much time into it but I’m pretty proud of how it turned out, especially the mycelium rib cage 🩻🍄🟫
Happy pride! 💚
Hey guys. I started a go fund me for my top surgery. If anyone is able to donate I'd really appreciate it.
Sorry I haven’t posted dinosaurs in a while, but I suddenly just created this super silly kitty cat character and he is my favorite even tho he probably already exists and josh hutcherson 💀
Hii, I'm opening commissions! I'm raising money for my top surgery, if you want to help me and get an art at the same time, here's my chart:
(if you can't get a commission - consider reblogging my fundraiser and/or this chart, this means a LOT to me and it will help me tremendously!)
More details and examples of my work below:
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Reblogging with a link for my commision chart!
pomagam.pl/mastectomyforelian Hii, I'm Elian and i need your help
I'm trans and i need to raise money to be able to get top surgery soon. If you can't donate - reblog, make this post visible! I'll be eternally grateful.
I'm also opening commissions if you want to support me and get an art at the same time!
Here's more details and examples🏳️⚧️🙌
I'll happily make for you portraits/OC's/Fanart of any kind My work for example:
I'll add that Pomagam.pl takes secure international payments!
Dolars/euros makes four times the impact due to currency conversion! Aand you can use PayPal here too :>
Hii, I'm opening commissions! I'm raising money for my top surgery, if you want to help me and get an art at the same time, here's my chart:
(if you can't get a commission - consider reblogging my fundraiser and/or this chart, this means a LOT to me and it will help me tremendously!)
More details and examples of my work below:
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pomagam.pl/mastectomyforelian Hii, I'm Elian and i need your help
I'm trans and i need to raise money to be able to get top surgery soon. If you can't donate - reblog, make this post visible! I'll be eternally grateful.
I'm also opening commissions if you want to support me and get an art at the same time!
Here's more details and examples🏳️⚧️🙌
I'll happily make for you portraits/OC's/Fanart of any kind My work for example:
I'll add that Pomagam.pl takes secure international payments!
Dolars/euros makes four times the impact due to currency conversion! Aand you can use PayPal here too :>