@ardatli
Honestly, that is in a way a really, really cool compliment - aaaaaand you might have pointed me to a new rpg I wanna have a look at now. double yay! (for me at least ;P)
@digitalta
8D <3
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OMFG, that is the BEST eldritch horror writing I’ve seen! XD
And I know exactly what it means too! Love it! Thank you!
Hello everyone!I'm Filip, and I'm a 24 year old Polish trans man living in London. I am hoping to raise money for a chest reconstructive surgery. I started going through the process of getting my surgery on the NHS, however, after a year of waiting for the first surgery referral appointment (of...
Hi guys!
It’s hard for me to do, but I don’t really have much choice at this point, please bear with me for a moment.
As some of you know, I’m a trans guy, and have been slowly going through my transition since 2013. I have finally been able to start taking hormones through the UK public healthcare in June 2018, after over two years of waiting - my financial situation didn’t allow me to go through private transition, so I had to wait. Life got so much better after I started T, even my mom noticed a drastic shift in my behaviour - a change for the better!
Unfortunately, after binding for over three years, my chest is getting progressively physically worse, and I cannot wait another three years to get surgery through the NHS - the waiting time that was quoted to me during my last appointment with the Charing Cross GIC. I cannot exercise freely, summers are hell, and I have developed heartburn and acid reflux so strong and persistent that the only time I don’t experience them is when I don’t have a binder on.
I’ve tried different binder brands, and the current one I’m using, @spectrumoutfitters, seems to be the most comfortable and forgiving so far. Wearing binders doesn’t cause immediate problems for me, but since I have to do it every day for at least 9-10 hours, it gets to be too much. Prolonged binder use can lead to serious rib damage - it is advised to bind for 8-10 hours at a time with some days without binding each week, something which I simply cannot do because of work and studies, not to mention going out with friends or seeing my family. Every day, after the first 2-3 hours of binder use, I get awful heartburn, and recently my ribcage started aching from the pressure it’s in for so long each day. My only option is surgery.
I want to be free of this pain.
With my current financial situation getting chest surgery is slightly out of reach: I have been saving up for most of this year, but with my internship salary it’s impossible for me to put more money aside - my rent takes more than half of the pay, and I still need to travel to work and eat. I cannot get a different job as I am still studying, and will finish my degree in September 2020.
At the moment I have nearly half of the funds necessary, and a consultation with the surgeon, Miles Berry, scheduled for 27th of August. I hope I can raise enough through GoFundMe to be able to undergo surgery in January 2020, as that is the only time my mom can fly from Poland to London to help me with recovery.
Any help is greatly appreciated - even just sharing the link to my fundraiser means the world to me ♥ I will be reopening my commissions shortly, and if you’d like to support me without using GoFundMe here are my PayPal/ko-fi/Patreon:
Another black and white portrait
(and my first ever Caleb!)
I actually wanted him to show his age and the experiences impressed onto his face (just in case anyone takes offence by him not being a pixie dream boy of about 22...)
atlinmerrick replied to your photo “ART STREAM https://picarto.tv/Cylin”
Glorious.
Thank you!
PS I’ve gotten your e-mail, but had trouble making up my mind about it. I have to decline at this point, since a lot is happening at the moment and as much as I’d love to contribute, I doubt I’d actually make it.
But thank you so much, Atlin, for reaching out to me! 8D <3
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