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  • End of year reflections

      25 December 2022

    Hi! Thank you so much again to everyone who helped me reach my goal. At the end of April this year I had top surgery thanks to your generosity. I suppose I should apologise for never properly updating anyone aside from of you have seen me in person. I'm not very good at interaction on social media.

    In short - my life has literally changed from this. For the better. Throughout my recovery I had a persistent feeling of correctness and contentment. As soon as I woke up it felt right. As a result I have never felt more confident in my body and sense of self. I'm becoming more confident in my existence as a trans person in this world. I no longer need to be on antidepressants and I suddenly look forward to what my future can bring. I couldn't have done this without any of your help, so I am eternally grateful.

    Summer has been a revelation, I no longer dread wearing singlets and the like, i look forward to being able to swim again, and I am preparing to head to a music festival to send the year off. It's been a big year for change for me, but I couldn't be happier for it.

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  • FUNDRAISER CLOSED THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!!!

      15 March 2022

    Thank you to everyone for your support with fundraising. It has helped immensely with the costs and I am so grateful and giddy that this is becoming a reality.

    So everything is good to go! All I am waiting for is a phonecall for them to say I have a date, which at this point we're not sure but they are gonna try do it as soon as they can.

    Again I just want to thank every single person that has donated and I am eternally grateful. (Note: if anyone wishes to support in any way further you can contact me directly, I would be incredibly thankful🙏)

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  • Almost There.

      7 February 2022

    I realised I should probably give an update because the surgery date is actually fairly soon, we're aiming for the first two weeks of March. I've done the final consult with Dr. Rita, and I've managed to save enough that with the donations I can fully cover costs of the surgery.

    However I've had to make the really hard decision of resigning from my job as I've been experiencing a lot of foot pain since August last year, and it's gotten to the point I am on six codeine a day just to manage the pain. My feet can't heal because of my job so I've decided to leave. I've been working at my job for 5 years now so its not easy letting go. But it's a physically demanding job and unfortunately my body can't really keep up any more. But its great for recovery time after the surgery! It just means I won't have much financial security.

    So I would be eternally grateful for any more support you all might give! This really feels like a new start of a chapter for me.

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  • Things are moving along

      7 October 2021

    I am eternally grateful for everyone's support so far. Including donations made directly to my account, nearly $4,000 has been raised for this. I am on track to be able to pay for surgery in full now (albeit draining every cent of my life savings).

    In a few weeks I'll be doing a readiness assessment with a psychologist however this also came with an extra unexpected cost of $460 do get it done via zoom call. I am doing my best to be able to save as much on my own as I possibly can but some extra help along the way would be greatly appreciated. I have had ideas around other ways of fundraising but due to my personal lack of free time I haven't been able to get any of them started. Just thought I'd update everyone on how it's been going so yeah! Again thanks so much to everyone for the support it's meant a lot to me.

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  • Over 15% of the way

      9 August 2021

    Thanks again to everyone for their support, I've reached over 15% of my goal (including private donations to my bank account) and I couldn't be more grateful.

    The support means so much to me!

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  • 5% of the way!

      21 July 2021

    Oh my goodness everybody thank you so much. The support I have received today has been overwhelming and I am so grateful and thankful to everybody who has donated so far. I am 5% of the way there which is absolutely incredible.

    I can't thank you all enough!

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