Close to 10 wks post-op, it's probably worth doing a quick update on how things are going, all the more so as I got back to one of my favorite activities this morning, roller blading.
The scenario for this? We have just gone to winter time which meant an extra hour of sleep last night, wake-up to yet another beautiful sunny autumn day with temperature at about 15°C (~ 60°F) when I finally got out of the house, a fantastic smooth stretch of track going through a forest on fire with autumn colour... Impossible not to feel good and to crown it all, 40-45 mins of fairly dynamic roller-blading without the slighest hint of any problem. On the contrary, an experience of pure joy between the beauty of the environment and the pleasure of gliding smoothly from one leg to another with just the low humming of my wheels to remind me that I wasn't dancing on air!
As it happens, that sort of sums up my whole post-op experience which has remained totally problem free. I still haven't been near a doctor since getting home and am now dilating comfortably with the Soul Souce N°3 and expect to move up to N° 4 at the 12 wks mark.
The only significant issue I had, too much loose skin in one of the labia majora, also seems to be getting better . Dr Chett suggested I apply Estrogen gel to this area once or twice a day as, according to some of his previous patient it helped. I started doing it about 4 weeks ago and initially the loose skin retracted just after the application but tended to loosen up again shortly afterwards. However, as the weeks have gone by, I have definitely seen an improvement which means I may even be able to avoid the revision I initially feared would be necessary.
However, should a revision finally be required to get the type of aesthetic result I want, it has already been agreed to in principle, the only cost to me being flight and accomodation in Thailand. We will revisit the subject at the 6 month mark when the final outcome of the surgery will be more obvious.
Overall, I guess I could say that apart from the time required for dilating, from every point of view, I am very much back to my pre-surgery state, feeling really good physically and mentally and well able to handle a full day.
