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currently in the hospital, had vaginoplasty this morning - update & AMA (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Here are some basic facts:

  • method was penile inversion
  • I opted for full-depth rather than a vulvoplasty
  • surgery took 3 hours, though recovery took another hour
  • I went under general anaesthesia and had to be intubated and put on a ventilator
  • I'm currently admitted in the hospital and bed bound, discharge is scheduled for Friday
  • so far pain is between 1 and 3 for me, most of the time it's between a 0 and 1.

Ask me anything!

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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Woah, awesome <3 I'm so happy for you!

3 hours seems really quick. And discharge in less than a week? Did you find the speediest surgeon ever, or is my information out of date?

I'm failing to think of a question, so... how are you passing the time until you are up and about again?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago*

    The information I had generally was that a vaginoplasty takes between 4 - 6 hours here, and in the past could take 8+ hours to complete.

    Apparently this is a really good surgeon and hospital, I was shocked they got it done in 3 hours. I'm not sure how typical that is, but I heard from one of the staff that they had make major advancements in the past few years that enabled a much faster surgery. I would love to have more details, but I don't yet unfortunately.

    I'm not sure re passing time - I brought movies, audiobooks, and my laptop so I can mess around on Lemmy like right now 😉

    So we'll see, but right now it's also really easy to just close my eyes and spend time drifting and coming in and out of sleep.

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