2009
This isn’t easy.
Most of you know that back in Feb of 2007, I had breast reduction surgery in order to feel more at peace in my own skin and also to help me physically since all my old chest ever did as cause me angst and pain. I had made the mistake of thinking that if my breasts were “small” and easier to hide and carry, that I wouldn’t be so uncomfortable having them. I also opted for breast reduction rather than top surgery because my insurance would only cover the reduction as it was considered to be “medically necessary”.
I was much happier immediately after surgery, I felt lighter. I felt much more comfortable after the recovery, but I wasn’t really happy with the outcome. My doctor must have thought I would like to have tiny perky round tits, even though I had made it abundantly clear that I wanted as small and flat of a chest as possible. I even gave him pics of what I’d like to look like. I’d asked for an “A or a B” but got closer to a “C”. I was excited at first because I thought what I was seeign was all swelling. If so, I’m still swollen.
My goal was to be able to go around in only an understirt with nothing underneath. I didn’t want to have to bind or hide anymore. I still have to though.
It looks like my surgery, medication, recovery and follow up appointments will end up costing between 6 – 10K depending on whether I need to travel to the surgeon and recover in a hotel which seems likely. I am waiting to hear back from the first surgeon on my list with an official estimate.
Either way, we just don’t have the money. According to what I’ve figured that we can afford to save It would be 2-3 years before I could save enough to have the surgery and the idea of waiting that long is depressing at the very least.
I’d like to work for these donations, and I’m trying to think up something really fun and enticing so that my pride doesn’t get too banged up from my shameless begging, but I’m pretty lacking in the creativity department. In the meantime, I promise that I will blog as often as I can.
Got any ideas?
I am also toying with the idea of throwing a top surgery fund raising party when the weather gets warmer. Maybe even a big BBQ at the beach or something, but I honestly wouldn’t know what to charge for tickets or how to make that work. I’ll need to give that one some thought.
I’d be grateful if you would help me spread the word around by sharing this entry with your friends. I’d be even more grateful if you would donate whatever you can afford to my surgery fund by visiting my site over at http://houseofjero.com and clicking on the “donate” link in the sidebar.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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