After nearly 10 years of waiting, it finally happened for me on Monday. Today (Thursday) I will get out of bed for the first time, which is going to be painful. Tomorrow my bandages come off. It's all a bit unreal for me still. I kinda thought I'd never reach this milestone. The easy part of lying unconscious is done, now for the deliberate work of recovery.
they did surgery on a rule?
11 Comments
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 74 pts · 38d
my tired and only very recently awake ass thought you gave birth to a girl and i was like hey yea congrats
and then i read the sub it was in
took a full ten sec
then i realised
congrats girl!!
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 38d
I did think maybe I should post to trans joy but I saw a 196 post and the rule forced my hand 😔
astropenguin5@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 38d
Why not just post it again? There's enough joy in this moment to share :3
Garbagio@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 37d
Crosspost! If this isn't also trans joy, I'll eat my hat.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 38d
Fuck yeah! I had surgery about two years ago now so if you have questions or just want to talk about anything you're welcome to reach out :3
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 38d
i'm also curious about this as i might get the surgeri soon - what should i prepare for? how should i do the pelvic stretches and how much is the recovery time?
i'm intending for a full vaginoplasty, ideally one that's self-lubricating and would have a similar microbiome + have good vasculature (all of those would help in getting a uterus transplant), but yeah.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 37d
I got peritoneal pull-through which is self lubricating kinda. It's not in response to anything and it isn't lubey-lubey but it does keep me more or less self cleaning and I think helps with biome stuff. Recovery I was back on my feet pretty quickly, like attempting walking after only a day and going on slow paced mile walks in under a month. This post and the linked previous posts will tell you a lot about what I was going through: https://lemmy.zip/post/39222527
snoons@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 38d
:3
Quokka@quokk.au · 4 pts · 38d
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 38d
My parents are trying their best to be supportive, even if they don't fully understand the complex thing that is gender identity. Heck, I barely do
Quokka@quokk.au · 15 pts · 38d
Fair, I need to be less negative sometimes. Sorry.
craftrabbit@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 37d
Congrats!!!!