Hysto experiences

[makipu]

Thank you for the information , I didn't really think about the internal healing.. I checked out the hystersisters site but I am literally getting a stomach pain from reading even the general information about the female genitalia.

There is nothing in the world that disgusts me more than this. I can't even put my thoughts to words when talking to the doctor so I am trying to let them know my concerns by writing.
I am actually considering having this local instead of having a general anesthesia because I felt like it was just poison from when I had top surgery. But they said the incisions will be a little bigger that way.
Speaking of vaginectomy, I also asked if I could have the hole closed and to my surprise they said that it will eventually close on its own!

[Mr.X]

Having those organs still inside of you can indeed be a disgusting thought. But do know that the end is neigh for those damned things if you're getting the surgery. Think of the sweet taste of revenge having them pulled out!

The reactions to anesthesia can be quite different from person to person, but also within a person. Sometimes you get really ill, and other times you will barely notice it. Have you gotten ill often after anesthesia, or just once? If it was just once then there is a possibility that you won't get sick again. It also depends on the type of anesthesia used.

Speaking of vaginectomy, I also asked if I could have the hole closed and to my surprise they said that it will eventually close on its own!

I have never, ever heard of this before. Is this true? Why would some surgeons go through great lenghts and risks to remove it while it would close on its own? I have also never heard any transmen talk about this. I feel like if it were true, it would be well known as it is a wish of many of us to have it closed.

[makipu]

I actually meant to add a question mark next to the exclamation mark because it sounds too good to be true right?  This is what the gyno said when I asked:

"If you don't put anything in there it will shrink and atrophy and eventually close on its own" (which I have no problem with since I despise the thing)

But I don't know how long it's supposed to take...

Also, when I asked about the procedure they said that it couldn't be closed up because the urethra is in the same area and if it was to be externally closed up I wouldn't be able to pee.

[Mr.X]

I am not a doctor by any means, but the information they have given you sounds so off to me. Are they knowledgeable about trans people at all? Or is this a general hospital?

What they said about closing it up is just not true. If it were, I wouldn't be able to pee right now. What is true is that it is a risky procedure because so many delicate things are near (like the urethra). But other than that, it can be removed.

Also, the hole closing by itself sounds odd to me too. This would mean that females who do not have sex, or use feminine products that go inside, would also have their holes closed up after a while? Sounds highly unlikely to me.

The answers they gave you raise a red flag to me, but again, I am not a doctor nor an expert.

[makipu]

Yes, actually this gynecologist works with trans patients.
I didn't mention the word vaginectomy to them but I simply asked if that hole could be stitched up because it's so disgusting me and then they told me that it would eventually shrink on its own due to lack of use. I was also searching for this just yesterday and isn't this basically an effect of atrophy?

[Arch]

Makipu, maybe the doc was thinking of MTFs when he (she?) said that.

[makipu]

He didn't mention anything about MTFs when he said this but I am going to ask him more about this during my next appointment.  Thanks for the alert by the way, I don't want to be deluded with something that's too good to be true.  Also, I was searching for this and I couldn't find detailed cases but rather just general info about it "tightening" which is anything but closing right?

[yaka]

Logically, that would make sense - it's called vaginal atrophy - but I haven't actually seen a case of it happening where the vagina fully closed.

It would probably take many years of being without estrogen to notice even a decrease in length of the vagina, let alone complete closure.

This might be helpful: http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/article_442374.htm

[11Corvus11]

FYI for everyone, hystersisters site is transphobic and does not allow trans people on their site. Moderators removed my posts because I am trans. I talked to them about the hurtfulness of their descrimination, especially when I was using the site during a very difficult surgery recovery.

I'm trying to get the word out there to other folks before they get stung in the same way at a vulnerable time.

[makipu]

Thanks for confirming that. I had a very unpleasant experience there myself.

[fenambo]

Let me first start off by saying that I have an indeterminate intersex condition. I am XX and had female internal organs before the surgery (obviously) and I have a penis, vas deferences, and prostate. I had my total laproscopic hysto via the diVinci method on 9/14/15 at the University of Louisville hospital in Louisville, KY. My surgeon was Dr. Resad Pasic. My Medicaid insurance, WellCare of KY 100% covered my surgery. I can't lift anything over 10 lbs. I have 2 weeks off school and 6 weeks off work. I had an amazing experience. I didn't experience any discrimination because of my intersex condition and the type of surgery I had. I had an amazing team of doctors and nurses that took exceptionally great care of me. One of my nurses was interested in my intersex condition and we had an in-depth conversation about it before I went to the operating room. He said I was his first patient with an intersex condition and said that he can use his experience with me when discussing people with this type of condition. I highly recommend U of L and Dr. Resad Pasic!