Help Dox get top surgery
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Hi I'm Dox. I'm an 18 year old disabled nonbinary person trying to get top surgery
For a little backstory:
During June 2020 I just barely made it out of high school, and I couldn't go into higher education or get a job, as I only have the strength to focus on my mental and physical health right now. I have two chronic illnesses, IBS and POTS, as well as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD.
Unfortunately, quarantine had started in march and had been significantly weighing on my mental state. Once I graduated I had no job, no school, no plans, and I was isolated from friends and the outside world. This made me fall into a massive downward spiral I am still trying to get out of.
My only sense of purpose / progress has come from looking into top surgery. I've known I was nonbinary since I was 13 but only started binding a year ago. Since then the dysphoria that had been just a general wrongness always understating my everyday life became a now obvious laser focused disconnection with my body. I started taking Testosterone 5 months ago and it's helped a lot, but I've also gained weight from it and my chest has only become more prominent.
While I'd like to practice binding safely, my dysphoria is so bad I wear my binder practically every day.
After months of researching and sketching and dreaming I've finally found a surgeon who can give me the results I want. But there's a catch.
The company he's from does not do insurance coverage. Period. They need the surgery price in full before the procedure.
Other surgeons might do insurance coverage but I specifically need a surgeon experienced with the inverted T technique, as that is the only technique that can produce the specific gender neutral result I want. This is the technique that would allow me to feel like my body is mine. But not a lot of surgeons do it, and very few are experienced at it. Dr. Paul m. Steinwald on the other hand, specializes in it. When I look at the before and afters on his website I feel hope, and my life experiences make it so I don't allow myself to get my hopes up very often.
My family is not destitute, we make it by, but 10,000 dollars is a large sum of money, and my parents already have their hands full dealing with my older siblings student loans.
So if out of the kindness of your heart you could help a young trans person out, that would mean a lot. Thanks for your time,
Dox
For a little backstory:
During June 2020 I just barely made it out of high school, and I couldn't go into higher education or get a job, as I only have the strength to focus on my mental and physical health right now. I have two chronic illnesses, IBS and POTS, as well as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD.
Unfortunately, quarantine had started in march and had been significantly weighing on my mental state. Once I graduated I had no job, no school, no plans, and I was isolated from friends and the outside world. This made me fall into a massive downward spiral I am still trying to get out of.
My only sense of purpose / progress has come from looking into top surgery. I've known I was nonbinary since I was 13 but only started binding a year ago. Since then the dysphoria that had been just a general wrongness always understating my everyday life became a now obvious laser focused disconnection with my body. I started taking Testosterone 5 months ago and it's helped a lot, but I've also gained weight from it and my chest has only become more prominent.
While I'd like to practice binding safely, my dysphoria is so bad I wear my binder practically every day.
After months of researching and sketching and dreaming I've finally found a surgeon who can give me the results I want. But there's a catch.
The company he's from does not do insurance coverage. Period. They need the surgery price in full before the procedure.
Other surgeons might do insurance coverage but I specifically need a surgeon experienced with the inverted T technique, as that is the only technique that can produce the specific gender neutral result I want. This is the technique that would allow me to feel like my body is mine. But not a lot of surgeons do it, and very few are experienced at it. Dr. Paul m. Steinwald on the other hand, specializes in it. When I look at the before and afters on his website I feel hope, and my life experiences make it so I don't allow myself to get my hopes up very often.
My family is not destitute, we make it by, but 10,000 dollars is a large sum of money, and my parents already have their hands full dealing with my older siblings student loans.
So if out of the kindness of your heart you could help a young trans person out, that would mean a lot. Thanks for your time,
Dox
Organizer and beneficiary
Dox Brielmann
Organizer
Hamden, CT
Shirley Louise-May
Beneficiary
