Will have to push surgery date out to sometime next year as I'm still quite behind on my savings goal due to life circumstances! Thanks for the support!
Thank you SO much to the lovely people who have donated and shared! <3 Apologies I haven't updated in a while, I've taken time away as the surgeon's rejection left me feeling a bit bummed. Instead of Thailand, I will now be going to Madrid which is slightly more expensive but accepting of bigger bodies. Surgery alone will cost $10.5k, adding in flights and accommodation comes to around 15.2k.
Kia ora!! Thank you SO much to those who have shown their support by sharing / donating. Unfortunately my chosen surgeon has told me to lose twenty kilos in order to get surgery so I will be having to go to someone else. I refuse to (and cannot) conform to outdated, fat-phobic practices and do not feel confident with places limiting surgery with BMI guidelines. It sucks - the medical system is a challenge as a fat person - but I will not lose hope. I will update the page with cost changes etc!
