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[sophia_sol]

Getting gender-related surgeries covered by provincially-funded health care, while significantly easier than it apparently used to be, is still.....a pain. And I don't love that it means the government knows I'm trans.

BUT.

I'm getting my boobs chopped off!!!

I finally have a SURGERY DATE and it's HAPPENING. I mean, it's happening in January, which is approximately forever away, especially since I've been working on this for 9 whole months already. But still!

I'm super excited. I've never wanted to have breasts. I've been binding full time for several years now and although I'm glad that's been a possibility for me, binding for the rest of my life was just an exhausting thought. But now I have an end date for both binders and breasts! I will be free!

YAY!

Comments

[soupytwist]

(sorry for the icon I had to :) )

Congratulations! I'm really glad that's come through for you, and I hope the whole thing goes as quickly and easily as possible.

[sophia_sol]

Thank you so much! And I'm delighted by your icon choice :P

[tei]

CONGRATULATIONS! 💜 That’s so exciting!

[sophia_sol]

Thank youuuuu! ♥

[genarti]

Congratulations!!! And good luck for everything to go super smoothly all through!

[sophia_sol]

Thank you so much! And I love the icon you chose to use for this :P

[genarti]

There are icons I love but hardly ever use, and then there are icons which turn out to be suitable for an astonishingly wide array of circumstances. :D

[melannen]

Hurrah booblessness!

[sophia_sol]

Much celebration!! Thank you :)

[skygiants]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! \o/

[sophia_sol]

:D thank youuuuu!

[pauraque]

Oh yay!!! I'm so happy for you that you're getting to do this, and get it paid for.

I was binding for over ten years before surgery, and I absolutely know what you mean about it being exhausting to have to keep doing it. It was such a huge pain, inconvenience, time-waster, and (for me) a constant source of dysphoria.

Even though I knew 100% that I wanted top surgery, I was still somehow surprised by how smooth an adjustment it was for me. I wondered what I would feel like after, but it was like... oh, okay, I feel normal now, this is good, time to move on with life. It also surprised me that I pretty quickly... kinda forgot what it felt like before? Even after all those years of binding, all those unwanted sensations and discomfort just melted away and I could barely remember them. An unexpected but welcome outcome!

I'm sure you have your own resources but feel free to message me if you ever want another perspective on the process or anything. Good luck and I hope the wait goes by fast!

[sophia_sol]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences, I really appreciate it. Knowing that you know and understand what I'm going through is a lovely feeling ♥ I really hope I have the same sort of reaction you do post-surgery, where things just feel normal and right, finally!

And I will keep in mind your much-appreciated offer to talk things over and I may well take you up on it :)

[sholio]

That's awesome, congrats!

[sophia_sol]

thank you!! :D

[kiki_eng]

Congrats!

[sophia_sol]

Thank you!!

[michelel72]

Congratulations and good luck!

[sophia_sol]

Thanks so much!!

[cahn]

Congrats and good luck for everything going smoothly! :)

[sophia_sol]

Thank you!! :D

[thedarlingone]

Congratulations! I don't know why I thought you'd already had top surgery, but I'm glad you're getting it at last!

[sophia_sol]

lol you're probably remembering the time I had breast reduction surgery, back when I was still under the mistaken impression I was a girl and that slightly smaller boobs was the best I could hope for in this life! They removed a whole bunch of breast tissue but I was still left an F cup. And my devastation over still having breasts post-surgery was part of what began my gender related realisations. I'm grateful at least though that that surgery smallened my breasts enough that binding was at least feasible for the first time!

[thedarlingone]

I think that is indeed what I’m remembering! Gender is so complicated. :P I’m glad things are working out for you though.

[lannamichaels]

Congrats!

[sophia_sol]

Thank you!

[toft]

Yay! Congratulations!

[sophia_sol]

Thank you! :D

[verity]

YESSSSSSSSS

[sophia_sol]

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[sylvaine]

Eeeeeee! Aaaaaaaah! This is the most exciting thing! Congratulations! \o/

[sophia_sol]

Thank youuuuuuuu, I'm so excited!!

[aria]

Yaaay OFF WITH THE TITS, congrats :D

[sophia_sol]

Hah, YES, thank you!!

[ivyfic]

Congratulations! My partner is transitioning, so I am also learning the ways of the things not covered by insurance.

[sophia_sol]

Thanks! Yeah, it can be a lot to deal with. I wish you and your partner all the best in navigating it all!

[elistaire]

I am really happy for you that things are moving in a direction that you've been aiming for! This is excellent news, and I hope everything goes super smoothly!

[sophia_sol]

Oh thank you so much!