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corntortillaprince:

corntortillaprince:

n1hilist:

corntortillaprince:

corntortillaprince:

My name is Levi, and before I get to any of the explanatory stuff, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to read this. I’m not an “ask-for-help” type of guy so this whole asking for help thing is a little strange for me. Regardless, being an ask-for-help type of guy or not, I’m a guy that needs some help. To be specific, I’m a transgender guy that needs help recovering from what’s called “top surgery", which I will have March 2, 2018. The procedure itself, in more medical terms, is called a double mastectomy. You’ve probably heard it said this way regarding breast cancer. Essentially, my chest tissue will be removed and some reconstruction will take place to rearrange the chest in a more desirable way. It is an out-patient procedure, but it does greatly restrict my range of motion, so much so that I will be unable to perform basic functions without assistance. The recovery time is about three weeks and requires me to be on bed rest for a week minimum.

It’s a procedure that is necessary for many transgender guys, like myself, to live our most fulfilling, complete, and happy lives. I suffer from something called “dysphoria”, funny words, but simply explained it means that my body doesn’t match up harmoniously with my self-image. It’s kind of like my self-image and my physical selves are boxing rivals and this is the last big fight before one of them gets sent home packing from the big leagues. To live with this dysphoria, I have been binding my chest for about 5 years now. I do so with what’s called a binder, which is an extremely uncomfortable vest that I wear to compress my chest and give me the illusion that my actual chest is flat. Binding is a temporary solution that, while giving me the illusion of a flat chest, fails as a long-term practical solution to existing in society without outing me to those that may wish me harm. The surgery I’m having will grant me the freedom to exist on my own terms. I’ll be able to do all the things I’ve been waiting five years to do, from swimming to wearing the clothes I want, to being comfortable as myself on my wedding day. I wish I could explain just how foreign I feel in my current state, but I think it’s a good thing that most people don’t ever have to feel so much like a stranger in their own body.

But I’m ready to go home, or rather to be home in my body, to have it feel like mine. That’s where the help comes in. I am lucky enough to have had my surgery be planned and covered without having to ask for help, but I do need help in the few weeks it will take me to recover and regain my range of motion so I can go back to work. It will take me nearly three weeks to recover enough to get back to work. The weeks that I’ll be recovering will leave me without the funds necessary to maintain my normal income. I will be using all the funds raised to pay my rent, my bills, my medications for the pain after surgery, and money to sustain myself until I may go back to work.

I deeply appreciate the time you’ve spent with me by reading this. No one can accomplish anything truly alone, and your help will help me accomplish everything I’ve ever wanted.

Less than a month away to my surgery date and I still need to raise $680! Thank you thank you to everyone that has donated and boosted! Raising this last bit would help me tremendously while I recover and cannot work!

Please help/share if you can. We really need the last bit to get through

My surgery is this Friday, 03/02/18, and I still have $580 to raise so I can pay my rent and recover peacefully. Please share/boost as you’re able! Thank you to all!!

My surgery is TOMORROW! The deadline has been extended a week since I’m so so close! Please keep boosting/posting! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!