Help Blake Pay Bills After Top Surgery
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My name is Blake Greer, I'm a 21-year-old trans man from Southern Illinois. I'm at a point in my life that I've been at many times before, I need to push further into my medical transition. I started testosterone over ten months ago which was a long journey in and of itself, but my body/gender dysphoria is at an all time high and it's only getting worse. The hopelessness and depression that comes with this is indescribable. It's to the point that the only way to remedy this is through top surgery .
The focal point of this dysphoria is my chest. I can't touch my chest or look at it without feeling physically sick. I can't work without adjusting my binder every few minutes. My chest is so large that it doesn't even bind correctly (makes me look like a B cup and not flat), but that's the only other option I know to have other than top surgery (which I obviously can't afford, or I wouldn't be making this). I wanted to workout before surgery to build up chest muscle, but my dysphoria is so crippling, that I can't even bring myself to try and get a gym membership (I'm aware that I can do exercises at home and have been, but the gym has a lot more resources and room than I do in my home).
I have found two plastic surgeons (kind of) near me that preform top surgery and also take my insurance. The expenses of traveling and my bills while I'm not making money from work will stack up fast and I need to make sure that I have enough money while I'm recovering to survive and return back to work without the loss of my car and other essential things that I need to be healthy, like my medicine.
These funds would allow me to pay my bills, travel expenses, copay, and groceries after I get the gender affirming surgery that I need to start leading a less stressful and dysphoric life. There's so many things that I have to put off until I have top surgery that it isn't funny. These include but are not limited to, my name and gender marker change, my marriage, my going back to school, etc. I won't go into more detail on those unless you want me to, and if you do, you can just message me and I can explain further.
In short, I'm estimating the overall I will need $3000 (it's this high because of the charges that GoFundMe takes out of my overall donations) and this money will help me cover my bills (car, car insurance, internet, phone, etc.) that I won't be able to afford on my leave from work. Any extra money left will go to get my dog, who has an undescended testicle, fixed and up to date on all of his shots.
If you can't donate, then please, please share this with your friends/family/followers, if you do, I will be forever grateful. Not being able to have top surgery is putting my life on hold in more ways than one. I will be forever grateful if you can donate. You don't have to donate much, because every little bit helps.
Thank you all ahead of time! <3 <3
The focal point of this dysphoria is my chest. I can't touch my chest or look at it without feeling physically sick. I can't work without adjusting my binder every few minutes. My chest is so large that it doesn't even bind correctly (makes me look like a B cup and not flat), but that's the only other option I know to have other than top surgery (which I obviously can't afford, or I wouldn't be making this). I wanted to workout before surgery to build up chest muscle, but my dysphoria is so crippling, that I can't even bring myself to try and get a gym membership (I'm aware that I can do exercises at home and have been, but the gym has a lot more resources and room than I do in my home).
I have found two plastic surgeons (kind of) near me that preform top surgery and also take my insurance. The expenses of traveling and my bills while I'm not making money from work will stack up fast and I need to make sure that I have enough money while I'm recovering to survive and return back to work without the loss of my car and other essential things that I need to be healthy, like my medicine.
These funds would allow me to pay my bills, travel expenses, copay, and groceries after I get the gender affirming surgery that I need to start leading a less stressful and dysphoric life. There's so many things that I have to put off until I have top surgery that it isn't funny. These include but are not limited to, my name and gender marker change, my marriage, my going back to school, etc. I won't go into more detail on those unless you want me to, and if you do, you can just message me and I can explain further.
In short, I'm estimating the overall I will need $3000 (it's this high because of the charges that GoFundMe takes out of my overall donations) and this money will help me cover my bills (car, car insurance, internet, phone, etc.) that I won't be able to afford on my leave from work. Any extra money left will go to get my dog, who has an undescended testicle, fixed and up to date on all of his shots.
If you can't donate, then please, please share this with your friends/family/followers, if you do, I will be forever grateful. Not being able to have top surgery is putting my life on hold in more ways than one. I will be forever grateful if you can donate. You don't have to donate much, because every little bit helps.
Thank you all ahead of time! <3 <3
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Blake Greer
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Herrin, IL