just had srs now what

[Myarkstir]

Aaand its done. Srs check.

So am finally able to look at my pad without getting hot flashes and nausea. Been having lots of that last one sadly. Oh and pain is there but managable.

Day one surprise no one mentionned clearly : you are awake "ish" during the operation. Though very groggy. I noticed they had started when i smelled burning flesh. Also remember lots of puling and tugging. Oh when the canal was made he kept pyshing me up. Nothing was felt of course but it was so strange lol.

Other things of note:

- they make you initial each page and sign all 3 waver forms, vaginoplasty, skingraft and complications. Then they make you sign that you have signed. You are taken to a lonely room where you have time to think one final time on your choice. Then Dr Brassard asks if you have any questions you then you are off. I woukd have had plenty chances to basck out if it was my decision.

- they make you eat on day two. EAT LIGHTLY or it will come out. Expect nausea a lot.

- hot and cold flashes... Wow never expected so many, one second you are sweating the next you are chivering under your covers.

Will post more in the next days, but having had bowel movements this morning feels soo spectacular

[XiaoMei]

PrincessJoules from YouTube explained some of this, but I think you explained a little more then her. It sounds really painful. Do you regret your decision even the slightest?


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[doll89]

whattt ... awake during the surgery?? :O im glad that didnt happen to me

[Myarkstir]

PrincessJoules from YouTube explained some of this, but I think you explained a little more then her. It sounds really painful. Do you regret your decision even the slightest?


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Not at all

[Nicolette]

Well done!

My room mate was getting severe hot and cold flashes, constantly. I haven't once experienced these feelings in my life time, even after SRS. So, I don't know what's up with me. I'm not normal! I was partially awake, too. I only remember it as a dream. Sensation was absent, so completely painless.

About those forms. It felt a bit unfair to be handed a wad of forms written in technical legal jargon just before undergoing SRS. I really felt I needed a lawyer to go over them with me. They made constant reference to he or him, too.

I had real objection to the name band that is placed on your wrist after the surgery. Even though I have legally changed my name years ago and had not used it for 17 or so years, written on the name band are both your previous name and present name. Like WTF! But then again, such transgressions seem to be par for the course in Canada.

[jfong]

Congrats, brings back memories of where I was 2 weeks ago and yes the BM was such a relief, you will also feel much better once the damn catheter is out. Good recovery!

Ps. Say hi to Florence, missed her cooking and "push2" order..lol
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[peky]

whattt ... awake during the surgery?? :O im glad that didnt happen to me

the anesthesiologist was "sleeping at the wheel"

[jfong]

I felt the pulling during surgery, but it doesn't hurt enough for me to complain


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[jojo702]

Omg, that sounds quite scary. When I got my surgery done on Nov 1st with Dr Chettawit in Thailand, during surgery i just knocked out completely then what seemed to be 1 hour from a 3 hour surgery, I woke up with the nurse telling me "wake up, wake up dear, surgery was a success, you we're great, no complication, everything went well."

As for the nausea, I threw up a few times but they told me it was normal due to the meds, effects of anesthesia. I'm now 3-4 weeks post op and back home after being in care in Thailand for 1 month, still feeling dizzy, tired, and weak. Seeing a gynecologist next week.

Hope your recovery goes well! Good luck and congratulations!

[awilliams124]

Reading this just made me smile. Not at what you went through, and I hope you are doing well, but at my own experience. I was told to lie down, given an injection and then seemingly just a second or two later I was being woken up. Morphine was a bit yucky but I didn't need it after 3 or 4 hours. After that just ipuprofen and paracetamol.

The smile was because sitting here at my desk at work, now four and a half months later, I have not the slightest doubt that choosing surgery was, for me, the best decision of my life.

Happy recovery x

[Brenda E]

Day one surprise no one mentionned clearly : you are awake "ish" during the operation. Though very groggy. I noticed they had started when i smelled burning flesh. Also remember lots of puling and tugging. Oh when the canal was made he kept pyshing me up. Nothing was felt of course but it was so strange lol.

Did you mention this to the doctor afterwards?

Awesome job for having the surgery!  I hope the recovery goes well.

[Myarkstir]

Did you mention this to the doctor afterwards?

Awesome job for having the surgery!  I hope the recovery goes well.

They knew and assumed i did as well.

Anesthesiologist told me to say if anything was wrong. She scratched my nose at my request at some point lol

[Jenna Marie]

Congrats!! Now the fun part starts - the care and feeding of the new parts.

I was not awake during surgery, at least that I can recall. But the "twilight sleep" Brassard uses is *supposed* to cause amnesia; it may not always. (I still made a conscious choice that I'd rather risk it than general anesthesia, which is more dangerous and has a longer recovery time.)

I didn't have the wristband with my old name, either. How odd, and rude.

(I went to Brassard in 2012.)

[Nicolette]

I didn't have the wristband with my old name, either. How odd, and rude.

It shows a lack of understanding. Apart from that, the staff there were faultless.

[Brenda E]

But the "twilight sleep" Brassard uses . . .

For SRS, it's not full general anesthesia?

[Alexis2107]

whattt ... awake during the surgery?? :O im glad that didnt happen to me

I had two surgeries this year, er no.. three relating to my digestive issues... and I was awake.  They like you to not fall asleep, safer I think.  I didn't feel pain, just was severely uncomfortable.  I did have one surgery, my last one, I was put out as they had to drill a hole from front of me, through my stomach, to my intestine.... think that was the harshest one to come by... I had to eat through a tube going through my nose down to my stomach.. and a machine pushing liquids in...

I am hoping SRS isn't that bad when I do get to do it xD

[PinkCloud]

Congratulations on the surgery! hope you will have a speedy recovery.

My anesthesiologist asked me if I wanted to be awake, and have spinal anesthesia. I said, Hello? Hell no... My surgery lasted 5 hours. Cannot image being awake that long. I also suffer from anxiety and the thought of not being able to move or scratch would be enough to have massive panicking.

[Nicolette]

You're not really awake; it's a dream like state and not a normal state of consciousness. You are essentially free of all anxiety and pain. If you somehow did experience panic, they'd immediately know about it and up the sedation.

[Myarkstir]

One more huge step is done. Padding is off in front and finally got to see my new girl

All i can say is 

[Missy~rmdlm]

I have to interject: propofal sleep, check.
I really wasn't keen on being awake for my SRS.