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@mousefists and her disability aids. <3

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hey elliot! this is a surgery question, so please take all the time you need to reply. you've mentioned you had top surgery before, and i was wondering what it was like accessing that kind of care as a little person? was it challenging finding a surgeon willing to work with you? what sort of considerations were needed for your surgery and recovery, if any? i was also curious if you had used a binder before surgery, and how you found it? i have a hard enough time donning and doffing mine with long arms, so i'd imagine it could be quite challenging for you, but maybe you found ways around it! thank you for all your hard work and patience in educating folks. wishing you bountiful spoons and lots of restful, easy days 💚

Hello! Thank you so much for your patience, I did indeed take some time to process this - I'm more than happy to answer questions related to surgery on here, as it's such a large part of my experience as a little person, but I may indeed take some time to respond as I have medical CPTSD.

Anyhoo lol Yes! I have had top surgery, and my dwarfism did effect how I accessed that care:

Because I'm at risk for spinal injury, my surgery was done at a hospital rather than an outpatient centre where most top surgery is conducted (I needed to be kept overnight for monitoring while most top surgery patients leave day-of)

Like for all my surgeries, my sleep apnea and oxygen levels needed to be monitored

But unlike my many other surgeries, this particular hospital (which will remain nameless for my own security) was incredibly inaccessible despite it being obviously well funded. No stools to be found, the wheelchairs were so high and designed with an almost bike-like frame that I needed to be liften in and out of them, and the staff was unfriendly and ableist.

My surgeon was picked for her experience with little people rather than her experience with top surgery. (I ended up unhappy with my results because my surgeon was more familiar with breast reductions and didn't follow through with my wishes. My top surgery was actually the worst surgery experience I've had - I was repeatedly dead-named by members of the hospital, overdosed on anaesthesia, and my surgeon had a terrible bedside manner)

But my touch up surgeon was my first choice! Dr. Armstrong at McLean Clinic did a fantastic job straightening my scars and removing my nipples (which I had hesitated on for the first surgery but firmed up for the second. I love having no nipples!)

Image description: a photo of my torso and lower face, displaying my healed top surgery results. Two wavy pink scars line the bottom of my pecks, and I have no nipples. With one hand on my hip and the other on my upper chest, you can see my tarot "the fool" tattoo, my kissing crows, and my sailor mercury star. On my right hand I wear a red glass ring to honor my deity Hestia. I have pail skin, a short brown beard, green curly hair and a gold vertical medusa piercing.

Post-op care was understandably different for me. Since my arms are already short and locked, the limit to my range of arm motion affected me even more. I needed even more help with care tasks than that of an average height/able bodied patient. I was lucky to several loved ones around to help :) Though compared to other surgeries, I was happy that I was able to walk and be more independent for the most part.

I also just want to add: something I see a lot on social media is trans and nonbinary folks seemingly bouncing back from surgery effortlessly. We see them at the beach, posting photos, and it gives the illusion that top/gender affirming surgery isn't the painful, emotional, difficult thing that it is. IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T FEEL QUEER JOY IMMEDIATELY AFTER SURGERY!! It takes a while to heal and bounce back because it is a lot on your body! Take your time, and give your body the love and care it needs!

Anyway I hope this all was helpful/educational - and I wish all my queer, trans, and otherwise gender diverse followers a lovely day!!

[ezilis-respite-farm-sanctuary]

So this journey into accepting my disability and trying to get the adaptive tech I need to continue farming has been difficult, enlightening, and LOOOOONNNNGGG. I'm not done yet, but thanks to community, I'm well on my way. The gofundme campaign was really successful, and I've got a lot of humble gratitude for the people that keep believing in me and this vision for the Farm.

Usually can't haul a hay bale that far worth a lick without a ton of pain, so being able to move that way, even as my arms get used to the impact, was pretty incredible.

Here for Universally Accessible Farming and all it takes to try and keep trying to implement that here on the land. If yr interested in the kind of wheelchair I'm currently using across uneven surfaces, grass and dirt -- see here. Still trying to figure out how to climb and incline well.

All part of the journey.

KX

[kodocell]

I Survived What I Was Told Did Not Exist

(Reblogs always appreciated!)

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🖤🖤🖤 they//them 🖤🖤🖤

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Hello lovelies and happy disabled pride!!!

For any new to my blog, I'm Elliot (they/them), I'm 25 and write to spread awareness for the LP (little people) community!

- I have achondroplasia dwarfism, chronic arthritic pain, and use a moblility aid

- I'm hard of hearing, wear hearing aids, and am learning ASL

- I'm nonbinary (they/them), trans and queer

- I am also autistic! and have a stimmy sideblog called @doyouwannaseeafrog My special interests include laika animation, studio ghibli, and sailor moon :)

- I'm an aspiring tattoo designer, artist and occasional poet

If you're looking to learn more on dwarfism and have any questions, give me a follow and send me a message!! Happy disabled pride to all my fellow spoonies!!!

Photoset description: three mirror selfies of myself, a little person with green hair in a curly mullet with buzzed sides and tufts above my ears. I hold a phone with a celestial pattern on the case, wear mixed pattern earthtones, and have gold facial piercings. In the third photo I stand with my black rollator.

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☆ they// them ☆

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☆ Goodness gracious!!!! I just hit 1,000 followers!!! ☆

Hello all!! I never thought this blog would gather such a following, so I want to say a big ol' thank you to all who've been eager to learn about dwarfism ^^ I'm no influencer or vlogger by any means, just a fellow spoonie speaking into the void of tumblr - and I'm so happy to be positively received :)

If you haven't yet, consider sending me an ask! The sweetest and kindest of regards,

- elliot (they/them)