Edit: Number will be changed when I get the quote from the surgeon, and the breakdown will be included in this wall of text.
Hi, I'm Quinn, a trans man who is desperately seeking top surgery as my dysphoria has gotten so bad that I have attempted both SH and suicide on multiple occasions.
"Just bind/tape!" Binders and taping don't work anymore. The longer on T, the worse my dysphoria has gotten. I have tried to put up with my body, I truly have. At best, it was a constant discomfort before I started T. Now it's hell, viscerally disturbing, and I have attempted to harm them to get them off my body. I have been binding since 2022.
"Why 22k?" That is the high end of the quote I was given by both Dr. Saylor and Dr. Sharp's offices, and knowing my luck, I won't be the easier (cheaper) option. Many Queensland trans men and transmascs recommended Dr. Saylor and that's why I have gone with her.
"Why not self fund?" It's not that I'm not trying. Employers keep ignoring my cover letters and resumes (I put out 20 on average a week). I never hear anything back. I can hand them in, email them, apply online, and I am yet to recieve a response that isn't a rare-as-hens-teeth autorejection (I have gotten 5 since leaving high school).