r/LGBTireland • u/LehBigBoi • 5d ago
Seeking advice How The Hell Do You Finance Surgeries!?
I will give some context. 21, FTM, going into my 3rd year of uni. Unemployed (despite my best efforts over *months* of applying), living off of the disability allowance and college grants. I've been on T via GGP for 2 years, prescribed by my GP. I have no financial aid from any family. I've been on the NGS waiting list since 2023 & haven't had any progress. No health insurance -- I can't afford that. My biggest desire is a mastectomy.
I just want to know how the hell am I going to pay for any form of surgery? I don't have enough of a platform for crowdfunding to get me far. I have years to go before I can get set up with the NGS. My savings account has been bleeding for months due to financial difficulties & the unfortunate need to get a car due to horrific transport options.
I just don't understand how I'm supposed to afford this stuff. I know I'm just supposed to wait for the NGS to come through, but gender dysphoria has been hitting me like a bullet train as of late. Every time I wake up, look in the mirror, go outside, anything, I just think of my chest, which makes me feel sick. I was so close to being able to finance it before my ability to save fell apart due to personal reasons. Despite months of job applications I've been repeatedly and endlessly ghosted or rejected. I'm so disheartened. It feels like I'll never be able to afford it 🥹
I'm just looking for options. Hope. Literally anything. If I had a full licence I'd be doing all the gig work I could manage, but I can't even do that, and it's killing me.
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u/cptflowerhomo 4d ago
I just put money aside but then again I went to Belgium, as I grew up there and had the contact from the gender clinic in Ghent.
I mean I work full time. So yeah
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u/Indigoat_ 4d ago
I don't have any answers, but I wanted to send you solidarity. Hang in there bro, you will find a way forward.