$21,000.00

[tmcmistress]

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I'm never going to be able to afford "the" surgery.  Maybe the surgeon will let me wash dishes for her for, oh, the rest of my life.

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[tmcmistress]

The price that serves as the title of this post is the $18,500 quoted by Marci Bowers, a surgeon in Trinidad, Colorado, with a couple thousand added to cover the 3 weeks and change I'd need to take off of work; it doesn't include things like air travel and preparatory laser hair removal, which would probably kick total expenses up closer to $22,500 at least.

For Thailand, which is about the only other place with surgeons I'd trust my body to, I'd be looking at anywhere from $7,500 to $10,000 for the surgery, about $1,400 for round-trip airfare (if I were to go by myself), the $2000 for the time off of work, and $1000 or so in miscellaneous other costs. So, about $13,000 altogether. Which, while still an intimidating sum, is considerably cheaper.

The problem with Thailand, however, is that Michigan has this shitty little law where, if I don't have the surgery state-side, I can't get the letter on my birth certificate or driver's license changed.

Plus, from the testimonials I've read, Marci has a pretty good track record for making sure there is a normal amount of 'sensation' post-surgery, if you catch my meaning.

So, I dunno. At this point for me, $13k might as well be $22k for all the chance I've got of saving it up.