Ashton's Top Surgery Fund

I’m Ashton, I’m a 34 year old transman on disability seeking to raise the funds I need for top surgery. With my limited income I was thankful to find a surgeon that accepted my insurance and only required that I get letters from my therapist and endocrinologist stating the surgery was medically necessary for them to submit it to my insurance.

My consult was done in March right before everything was locked down because of Covid-19, things went well and I was told once they heard back from my insurance we could get something on the books. Today I finally heard back and was told that while my insurance does not actually require prior authorization for top surgery, there’s a small chance they may refuse to pay up after the invoice is submitted and now to even get on the books and have surgery I need to pay $4000 in physician’s fees up front. If I’m lucky, I’ll get it covered by insurance and they will give me back a portion of the fees, if insurance refuses to pay, then they’ll at least have made the fees off of me.

This is extremely frustrating as I’m on disability and 80% of the money I get each month from my check goes towards rent and other CoL expenses. I usually don’t like to ask for help like this, but if I don’t have a fundraiser, I won’t be able to have my surgery for several more years. I can honestly say that I cannot mentally handle living the way I do right now for much longer as I’m in constant pain from binding my chest, even when I do not have my binder on, my ribs and back still ache. This isn’t just about me finally feeling truly like myself, it’s about no longer being in pain from the weight of my chest and the compression of my various binders.

So please, anything helps, be it spreading the word or donations. The more money I can raise, the sooner I will be able to have my surgery and finally look the way I’ve always pictured myself.