About not being able to trust your own opinion; your post op result is one thing if you are truly 100% biased on your outcome. Having this surgery completed involves more than the surgery itself, with aftercare correspondence and management as well as your own body's way of healing. Michelle is taking all things into account her experience as a whole and from a seemingly negative standpoint, which I think is a wonderful way to learn about the pros and cons of a surgeon.
As for taking people's results for a grain of salt? I don't agree. If we were to ask the surgeon themselves of their results and photos then we would receive the highest level of bias: a sales perspective from the surgeon. I've sat down and spoke to all Brassard/Meltzer/Bowers themselves before I made my choice and I was humoured by their ease to insult other surgeons work, and their inability to say no. Research is best done with your own studies of a procedures mechanics, and the patients that have had it done - just watch for outlandish statements.
In closing, my own experience was good as far as outcome goes. However, the caveats to my choice with Dr. Suporn is the particular strenuous dilation schedule his procedure calls for. It is rather a test of my will and it takes me quite some time to relax enough to do it so I can honestly say that the next 2 months of my life are shot and owned by dilation. It gets far easier after the 3rd month I am told but that remains to be seen. The other downside being the lack of a posterior fourchette, which in some patients can look like a somewhat obvious hole where the vaginal entrance should be. On myself this is not so, because my penile skin was long enough to provide the illusion of a posterior fourchette with my labia minora. My own personal result was excellent, evidenced by his pride in his work on me so I am not sure if I am the "norm".
One other downside is just the complexity of the procedure. Asides from the colon method you can find elsewhere, Suporn's technique is far the most invasive. How this is handled by one's body is very subjective. Complications are very low, but they happen as with any surgeon. What Suporn's technique will rob you of is time and energy for the first 3-6 months because of the sheer amount that was changed. This is coming from a 22 year old cardio and yoga fanatic who has a very good diet. I was back on my feet and walking the day out of the hospital, but even at 40+ days there are days where my ass is just kicked. For many of the older patients I speak to, normal life really didn't resume for them until six months post op because of how taxing the recovery process is. The upside to this, is that through the complexity, and through all the hard work - I felt it would be worth it because I felt that through his procedure, all of the tissues were in their right place and the end result 1 year post op would be something I would be comfortable having on my body. Years and money went into my "Sweating Bullet" process and I have every right to remain critical about my outcome, and be happy about it and share both sides with others.
Aftercare is, however, excellent. One should stay the 30 days or so post op in Chonburi for that reason alone. As a nurse myself, I am still in awe at the treatment I received there and can say that a spoiled brat like myself could want for nothing. (Except a few food items I couldn't find there perhaps!)
Post Merge: April 15, 2010, 09:57:32 AM
QuoteMy sensation i will describe as waking up in the middle of the night with a male hard on but on my clitoris. Is that common?? Ive heard of tingling, but ive not had this once.
Meltzer's technique purges the erectile tissue of the penis. I have another Meltzer patient friend who has the same complaints about sensitivity but another strange problem; her sexual sensation comes from the mons pubis instead of the clitoris itself. That would be rather hard to explain in a bedroom situation I think! "Hey baby, I actually prefer if you lick me atop my pubic mound instead, away from my clit or even the hood!"
My own experience with the phantom penis pains is a rather short story. For me they only occured in the hospital, when I had packing on. I told my partner that it was like having the worlds biggest boner in the tightest leather pants available!
Anyway, what you are experiencing is common. I can feel my clit swollen when I wake up, but it doesn't feel like a hard on at all. However, when my clit gets engorged I've called it's place under the hood "The Iron Maiden" because the self dissolving stitches in that area are pretty poky when it gets swollen (
UNCOMFORTABLE!)
I would interpret tingling as a good thing, as it can be nerves reattaching or some other indication of life. Don't lose hope yet, 6 months is relatively new as post op!
