Quote from: calicarly on August 30, 2014, 05:45:23 PM
... I mean if you look at Donna's before and after she went from unmistakably one gender to the opposite and that's the power of it!
...and on the back of that, Donna, finally able to live comfortably as a woman, went on to the logical last step in her transition, GRS. As good a way as any to introduce another little update on my stay in Thailand which is feeling more like a holiday with every passing day.
Since Saturday (10 days post-op), I have been going out and about pretty much as I please, testing all the local restaurants on the street outside the hotel where it is difficult to spend more than 200 THB (less than 5€) on a full meal. I could probably already handle a trip into central Bangkok but prefer to give myself a little more time before doing so, no doubt from next Saturday onwards.
Otherwise, I now have my daily routines well in place starting with a wake up at 06h00 and generally ending with me asleep before 22h00. I don't sleep at all during the day, feeling no need to do so and have been sleeping much better since getting into this rythme. I have dilations and breast massaging to do three times a day, one session around 07h30, the next about 13h30 and the last at 20h30. Each session requires about 1h20 in total but that's still only 4 hours our of a 16 hour day leaving me loads of time for chilling out and relaxing in general. I could easily work but have chosen not to push it too much and simply enjoy one of the rare moments I have had in recent years when I can just relax and take it easy.
I've already gotten through 2 books on my Kindle (very pleasant when dilating), one and a half seasons of the L-Word and a few movies on Netflix. I've also been spending more and more time with the other girls here, a group of 4 French girls and 4 Americans presently recovering from surgery and all in pretty good form even if some of us (including me, by far the oldest of the group), are recovering a good deal faster than others. Hard to know what that can be put down to but it's clear that some people definitely go through more pain than others and I seem to be at the extreme low end of the pain spectrum. (probably used up a lot of my pain potential in previous lives...
). For info, I have stopped all pain killers since last Monday ie. VJ-day + 5.
In my own case, the only thing that has caused any degree of discomfort is getting the dilator past the PC muscle but even that has just required a little bit of relaxation. It will be interesting to see how things go when I move up to size #2 on Wednesday.
Otherwise, today, among others, I spent two hours by the pool in a two piece swimming suit, the first time I have done this in my life and I could even handle sitting on the wooden lounge chairs without any cushion.
The fact is, there is such a huge difference between the very easy ride I have had so far and the fears I had pre-surgery, that I almost have to pinch myself to believe that this is for real. I am obviously aware that there is still plenty of time for problems to arise but I guess the risk of some of the real biggies like a major haemmorhage , retreat a little more all the time.
So right now, between having this surgery finally done and generally having a very pleasant stay, I am one very happy person. Difficult to beat!
Hugs
Donna
