SRS Surgery with Dr. Pichet

[Jennifer93]

I want to write this mostly to the people who hate on Dr. Pichet Rodcharoen. I had an SRS surgery by him two days ago and i'm feeling great. Not much pain even though it turned out that i was allergic to morphine so i couldn't get it anymore. I was able to walk the day after surgery and today i walked by myself without a walker for the first time.

Dr. Pichet is amazing and so is his staff. I haven't seen my results yet as i still have the packing on, but i expect to see a bloody monster down there i i'm not worrying about it. It's quite normal to look disgusting right after the surgery. I don't expect it to be perfect right away. Actually i didn't even expected it to be perfect at all. All surgeons have rights to make mistakes, but so far my recovering is very good.

I have a question to those who complained about the surgery with this surgeon? What did you expect? A holiday? I don't want to be mean, but a surgery isn't exactly a pleasure and entertainment and it is suppose to be horrible. But the nurses are taking good care of me.

The only thing i can complain on is the numbness of my left feet which is still there after two days.

So far i can recommend this surgeron to everyone. He is fantastic. I just think that he deserves more good reviews as he's doing a really good job. He showed me the pictures of an ugly bloody looking vagina after the surgery. It is normal to look this way. Then he showed me the picture of it after three months. It was completely acceptable. I don't need the world's most expensive vagina to be happy.

[Dahlia]

I had an SRS surgery by him two days ago and i'm feeling great. Not much pain even though it turned out that i was allergic to morphine so i couldn't get it anymore. I was able to walk the day after surgery and today i walked by myself without a walker for the first time.

Really? Getting out of bed and even walking the day after SRS surgery?

Hi, i was reading posts here already for a month and now i decided to introduce myself. I am a genetic female with hormonal problem which occur in too high testosterone level so i have to be on HRT all the time to keep my hormone levels normal as for female. I'm not transsexual or intersexual, but some of my problems are kinda similar.

Jennifer

What do you need an SRS for if you're a genetic female and not a MTF or intersexual?

[Jenna Marie]

Dahlia : Brassard's standard practice is to have people up and walking by 18-24 hours post-op. (Other patients of his will confirm.) So this seems plausible to me. Heck, I was not only never given a walker, I was expected to be climbing the stairs to my room in the residence at 48 hours post-op.

Personally, I think the exercise early and often mantra did help me heal and recover faster.

[Nicolette]

Dahlia : Brassard's standard practice is to have people up and walking by 18-24 hours post-op. (Other patients of his will confirm.) So this seems plausible to me. Heck, I was not only never given a walker, I was expected to be climbing the stairs to my room in the residence at 48 hours post-op.

Personally, I think the exercise early and often mantra did help me heal and recover faster.

Standard practice in Western medical facilities. In Thailand, it's more often than not bed rest for at least 5 days. A period in which I've heard can drive one potty. Pun thrown in for free. 

[Jenna Marie]

Nicolette : True enough, but it didn't seem like enough of a detail to call the OP a liar. It is perfectly possible to be up and walking that soon, depending.

(I did say it was Brassard's own practice.)

I can't imagine spending 5 days or more in bed... I really would go nuts.

[Nicolette]

I completely believe her. But I can see why there would be some doubt. Myself, I had difficulty walking 24 hours after the surgery. I naturally have a low blood pressure, and SRS made it worse, so when I was made to walk around the nurses station (by this wonderful nurse!), I kept feeling like I was going to pass out. I'm allergic to morphine too. And did that first morphine shot make me feel instantly sea sick or what?! I was immediately given an antidote. However, 48 hours later I was walking up those same stairs to that room. 

[Jenna Marie]

Nicolette : True, if someone else is more familiar with Pichet's tactics I'd defer to them, too.

Ouch, that doesn't sound like any fun at all! Even with normal blood pressure I got dizzy the first couple times I stood up. I'm amazed you managed it, between the dizziness and no morphine...

I have less than fond memories of those stairs. I got the tiny single room right next to the staircase, too!

[Vicky]

With Dr. Bowers, it was 36 hours, and up and out of the bunk with my IV unit chasing me down the hallway.  They had me use a walker, but it was 90% just a place to hang my catheter bag, with my LVN pacing me with the IV stand.  A few hours later they took out the IV, and it was another walk time.  I was pretty tired after the walks, but I too had to climb stairs up to my hotel room where I had friends taking care of me.  Each trip on the stairs did make it easier though.

[mrs izzy]

Every doctor is different and standing and walking sloooow is not big deal. Sitting is another matter.

Us up the day after my surgery and walking around the nurses desk.

Yes Jenna steps at the residence, I was in one of the 2 person rooms but also had the steps to walk.

Could not imagine 5 days of bed rest. Would drive me crazy

I am glad Jennifer93 that you are doing good after your big event. Take things slow and as you can. Relax as much as you can before you start your dilation schedule. After care it harder then the surgery.

Isabell

[Jennifer93]

What do you need an SRS for if you're a genetic female and not a MTF or intersexual?
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I was born With Genetic failure. I had no idea that i had women genes until i was eigtheen. I was born With this disgusting part Down there thoug. I said that i'm not intersexual because i think that they have both female and male organs, but correct me if i'm wrong. I don't know much about it.

Anyway, it will be time for the unpacking today so i'm a little excited and scared. The recovery isn't that bad. The only thing that irritates me is that my back hurts from being bad too much. I have problems with hyperacticity so lying in bed all the time makes me very upset as i have need to jump like a monkey.

[Jennifer93]

I should mentioned that antibiotic make me quite tired and Dizzy and my mouth tastes like medicines. I hate it. All the Food tastes antibiotic to me after swallowing all of it which makes eating worse. I'm not taking painkillers as the pain isn't an issue. I have Aspergers syndrome and part of it is that i am oversensitive to some kind of pains while i don't really feel other kinds of pain that much. Perhaps that might sound odd to you.

[Jennifer93]

The packing was taken off today and i'm at the hotel room right now. The only thing that i'm worrying about is that i have diarrhea. I had it even when the packing was on. I didn't even realize that it was coming out. I am worrying about getting an infection because of that. But i was worried about it long before the surgery. I have a very sensitive gastrointestinal system. I should inform the surgeon about this earlier. It was my fault.

Ok, i know that it's going to sound freaking disgusting it and i'm really sorry if i'll offend someone by writing this down but how should i cleaned the diarrhea poop without smearing it over the new vagina? It is so closed to rectum that sometimes i can't feel where it is.

It's really worrying me.

[Nicolette]

Jennifer, I'm sorry about your bowels problems. Most people have the opposite problem after this surgery, which would be constipation. As you know, you should always wipe from front to back. If I were in your situation, I'd be having a sitz bath with an antibacterial solution after every occurrence of diarrhoea where I thought contamination of the surgical site was possible. Getting more fibre or roughage into your diet may be beneficial to bulking out your bowel movements to reduce diarrhoea.