Surgery gone bad

[EmmiV]

Hi Kelly 

Can you tell me in PM or on forum which surgeon removed the redundant materials? Also I checked Nicky66 vaginoplasty pictures in the zipfile, just shocking  but also they resemble my result. I can see why a partner would have questions after seeing my genitals. Its not natural result as advertised. It devastated me for a while but now i am ready to start looking for an answer.

My only goal is to get a good cosmetic result, the functional part i wont mess with, too complicated for another surgeon to fix someone else  s work I think. If they can basically remove the largest part of the penile stump and swelling material that makes the vulva bulge out (especially when excited) that would be good enough. The so trumpeted sensation i can miss, considering the pure pain it causes.


Maybe I need to make a new topic if allowed to discuss this further, not going to start a smear campaign just need some information.

[Vicky]

Uhhh -- Caisie has not said who her surgeon was yet -- I know of one U.S. based surgeon whose price is $17K and who does OUTPATIENT surgery in the sense that you stay one night in a Recovery room and the rest of a week in a hotel near his office, where he does provide followup care for you.  Before we send missles onto Chonburi!!  The aftercare from this U.S.doctor is spartan and requires more nursing skill on the part of the patient and her care givers since there is no RN level nursing provided.  I ain't naming cuz I could be wrong too. 

[JessicaNYCgirl]

Uhhh -- Caisie has not said who her surgeon was yet -- I know of one U.S. based surgeon whose price is $17K and who does OUTPATIENT surgery in the sense that you stay one night in a Recovery room and the rest of a week in a hotel near his office, where he does provide followup care for you.  Before we send missles onto Chonburi!!  The aftercare from this U.S.doctor is spartan and requires more nursing skill on the part of the patient and her care givers since there is no RN level nursing provided.  I ain't naming cuz I could be wrong too.

DR  REED?  LOL

[Noah]

This whole "refusal to name surgeons thing" is really bizarre - we /need/ to have transparency here! It is not our responsibility to protect the image or ego of any surgeon - and as long as we are honest with our approach, I think it is necessary to  share this knowledge.

I don't want to assume you went to Dr.Reed either, but it certainly sounds like you did. Please clarify this so our forum here is a resource and not a rumor mill. We never have to turn this into a smear campaign, certainly we can acknowledge that there are always unknowns in surgery and that these surgeons have all had satisfactory results.

OP - I am so sorry you've had this experience. Honestly, it seems like moving on to Meltzer would be the safest thing to do at this point. I can't offer experience here but I do support you and will keep you in my prayers.

I was planning SRS last year, I did a fundraiser online to pay for it. I didn't raise enough for SRS so I got FFS instead - but before I did, Dr.Reed went looking for my contact info on my fundraiser comment page. He wanted to offer me a discounted $12k vaginoplasty through a grant program his office offers for cases that have financial hardship. That is my understanding.

I thought that was both beautifully generous and disconcerting. I decided not to pursue his offer because I found such a wealth of feedback online stating that this surgeon has so many complications in his work. I think it was the high instance of fistula that freaked me out. Something like 1 in 10?? Where as Mcginn said fistula instance should be like 1 in 1,000 or something.

I dunno if I got those numbers right, but this is my limited experience with choosing an SRS surgeon. I hope you find the care you need. So much love being sent out to you.

Di

[Flan]

The aftercare from this U.S.doctor is spartan and requires more nursing skill on the part of the patient and her care givers since there is no RN level nursing provided.

The RN's station was about 6 feet away the whole time I was monitored overnight. She was that lack of distance because of the need to listen to the patient monitor.

No need for either FUD or shameless promotion of any surgeon because even the "best" have bad outcomes (I know two people who are unable to function sexually because of numbness after surgery with Brassard and Nguyen in Portland has less aftercare than Reed and he gets a free pass).