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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Orchiectomy and Penectomy => Topic started by: Briezy on April 21, 2017, 06:57:47 AM

Title: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Briezy on April 21, 2017, 06:57:47 AM
Heading to BMC now to have dr. Oates perform my orchiectomy. Wish me luck eveveryone.


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Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Meghan on April 21, 2017, 07:08:41 AM
Good luck for the surgery and speedy recovery 😷

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Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Devlyn on April 21, 2017, 07:35:29 AM
Orchi in the rain...sounds like a song title!  :laugh:

Good luck!

Hugs, Devlyn
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: mm on April 21, 2017, 10:38:07 AM
Briezy, your balls are probably gone by now. Have a good recovery,let us know how you are doing.
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Briezy on April 21, 2017, 10:39:23 AM
Still waiting. Scheduled for 11:30 but the doctors are behind. Just wheel me in already! Lol


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Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Kaylin on April 21, 2017, 01:06:49 PM
Good luck! Waiting is a horrible thing. Knowing my luck, all of the magazines in the waiting room would be based on ball games :P
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Devlyn on April 21, 2017, 01:12:36 PM
Quote from: Kaylin on April 21, 2017, 01:06:49 PM
Good luck! Waiting is a horrible thing. Knowing my luck, all of the magazines in the waiting room would be based on ball games :P

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Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: SailorMars1994 on April 21, 2017, 01:38:29 PM
Good luck yo!
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Briezy on April 21, 2017, 04:40:12 PM
Home. Soooooo happy. So blessed to have had great love and amazing doctors to get me to where I am today. I've been on hormones for 14 months but I really feel Brie was born today.


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Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: mm on April 21, 2017, 10:56:42 PM
Briezy, glad to hear you are doing well.  Follow your dr orders and you will do fine.
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: JeanetteLW on April 21, 2017, 11:13:17 PM
 Congrats    Briezy  I hope all is well and stays well after the numbness wears off.  I guess no one can call you numbnuts anymore. LOL

Hugs,
   Jeanette
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: Briezy on April 24, 2017, 01:08:41 PM
Quote from: JeanetteLW on April 21, 2017, 11:13:17 PM
Congrats    Briezy  I hope all is well and stays well after the numbness wears off.  I guess no one can call you numbnuts anymore. LOL

Hugs,
   Jeanette

They call me much worse that that. lol.

It's now Monday. Friday-Sunday were very painful. Today I am mildly sore. Still tired and run down, but the pain is virtually gone. Can't say enough good things about Doctor Oates.

He was super down to earth and really, really nice. Like genuinely. He didn't seem like he was trying hard to be politically correct or faking his concern for the trans community in general. Like, he's just a regular dude which I actually appreciated. He wasn't an egomaniac surgeon nor was he this fake, "ok sweetie...we are going to take care of you." He was just himself which really was simply a confident and reassuring doctor.

On another note too the entire thing was so easy. Now I had all my references and stuff ready to go for the most part, but it was one quick consult, he told me where to fax my letters and then who to call for surgery and it was schedule two weeks later. That was really nice.

And he did mention that he always keeps in mind of the possibility of full srs in the future and his surgery preserves as much skin as possible while still looking pretty if I choose to never have the surgery.

I would certainly recommend him to anyone in the Northeast.
Title: Re: On my way to my orchiectomy
Post by: JeanetteLW on April 24, 2017, 01:12:46 PM
Glad everything turned out alright.

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