Sexual Reassignment Surgery: Post-Op Care
September 4, 2012. 9:33 am
Posted by: Jillian Page
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/09/04/sexual-reassignment-surgery-post-op-care/
Jillian Page
It has been almost three years since I had sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). I am still not completely healed — there is a small, troublesome "wound," as my surgeon calls it, at the dome of my vagina that flares up now and then — and bleeds. It has required special attention: daily douching, antibiotics, frequent dilation sessions, and the odd silver nitrate treatment. I have been fortunate: my surgeon has been seeing me for follow-up care all this time. But, he feels now that a GP can look after me.
Finding a GP who has experience with post-op transitioned women is not easy. My surgeon feels that any GP can peer inside a vagina and apply silver nitrate on a hypergranulated wound. And I have no doubt that they can. But, many GPs are uncomfortable about taking on patients like me — they have no experience with us.
And what if the problem is more serious than a small wound?
