My
boobs are big. They are too big for my body, and they hurt. I can't take a
shower without holding my boobs, literally. I've seen a lot of doctors. Most told me to lose weight, to stop drinking coffee, stop eating dark chocolate, etc. I lost fifteen pounds within the last year, only to find that my boobs had gotten bigger. I decided I was sick of people telling me this was something I could control, and I wanted to deal with the discomfort as soon as possible. On my third
consultation for a breast reduction, the surgeon informed me that I would need to send a
picture of my tits, first and foremost, to the insurance company to see if they
deemed them "big enough" for my surgery to be "medically
relevant." Yes, you read correctly. Not only do I need to send a literal
nudie-pic to some unknown person, who is not a doctor, to determine whether or
not they think I should have smaller boobs, but I also needed to document
that I have tried to deal with my boob-issue multiple other ways. One of the examples
most insurance companies give is, "consulting a bra specialist," as
if I haven't figured out what type of bra to wear with 30FF/30G tits.
Seriously, like I have many options.
I have had
mammograms, ultrasounds, acupuncture, physical therapy, massage therapy, you
fucking name it...but apparently it hasn't been enough to show that I've tried
to deal with my breast pain in a nonsurgical way. Instead, if I want my breast
reduction to be covered by insurance, I need to take painkillers for a year to
document that I've tried to deal with the pain via medication, rather than
surgery.
What really
pisses me off, is that I’m expected to wait for someone, who isn’t a doctor, to tell me if
they think my boobs are appropriately sized for my body and therefore if the
pain I’m experiencing is enough. On top of that, I know a seventy year old man could have the government pay for ED treatment, which causes less physical pain and no more psychological pain than that of a 16 year old in high school being told that if she were only a little skinnier, maybe her boobs wouldn't be so big.