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Learning to love your voice and need some support?

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Disability

Lessons I've learned after 10+ years with chronic pain.

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My Top Surgery Results After One Year life top surgery Apr 08, 2024

Can you believe it’s been a year since I had top surgery??

One year ago, I had a double mastectomy without nipple grafts at GRS Montreal with Dr. Chen Lee, and it went super smoothly. I was very lucky!

Now it’s been a year, and I’m finally allowed to go shirtless in the sun!!...

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Going Nipple-Free: Why Some Folks Skip Nipples During Top Surgery life top surgery Jun 22, 2023

Top surgery is a transformative and important procedure for transgender and nonbinary individuals seeking a more masculine (or less feminine) chest. While each person's journey is unique, some folks (like me!) opt not to keep their nipples during this process. Below, we're going to look...

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Top 3 things that surprised me about top surgery life top surgery May 25, 2023

I had top surgery six weeks ago. Here are three things that surprised me about top surgery recovery:

1. Better sleep after surgery than before

I had a lot of friends who suffered from insomnia after surgery, but I have chronic pain. I've had chronic pain for 12 years or so and it is exasperated...

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I'm back! My top surgery recovery story life top surgery May 23, 2023

Hey everybody, I'm back! 

I know that for the last 5 weeks, I've been very private about my top surgery journey, but I'm finally ready to open up and share with you how things have been - with pictures!

You can either read the blog below or watch the video above. Enjoy!


I had surgery on...

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My private top surgery recovery feed life top surgery Apr 13, 2023

Hey, everyone. I'm getting top surgery this Friday! This means I'm going to be taking a little bit of a break from content creation and teaching. However, never fear, because I have some little elves who are going to be working behind the scenes to repurpose and repost some content that...

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