Top Surgery like whoa for Dayv

You know that feeling of diving into a pool and the cool water on your skin?
You know the warm of sun on your back and cool wind you breathe when you walk out your door for the day?
The search for the soft t-shirts or clothes that feel nice?
Frantically throwing clothes on in five minutes to get out the door in time for your carpool?

I want to experience those things like everyone else does!

There are a lot of people out there who need surgery to be happy and to be healthy, and I'm one of them.

I'm not able to do these things. Going through transition is rough, and one of the major rough patches is binding(*1). Binding can cause fractured ribs, pneumonia, inflammation of the ribs, rib deformation, chances of lung collapse, spine/shoulder problems, loss of bloodflow to the heart, loss of bloodflow to the fat in the chest, chest pain, difficulty eating, and many more problems.

The answer to these problems is called top surgery, otherwise known as double masectomy. My insurance will cover most of surgery, but I will also need to eat, pay rent, pay my phone bills, and pay my copay for surgery, and pay for medicine. This money will go to all of these needs, and leave me eternally grateful for any and all support I get to becomeing whole and healthy.

*binding: The process of flattening one's breast tissue in order to create a male-appearing chest. The type of materials and methods used for binding will vary depending on the size of an individual's chest and the overall build of his body. Some trans men don't bind at all due to personal preference, comfort issues, or because they may have small chests. Some use different methods of layering clothing to help hide their chests. Some bind only on certain occasions; some bind all the time.