Anjaq. This is about sex reassignment surgery. Sorry I haven't been able to reply any sooner, I was exhausted and focusing on recovery.
Okay. So they wake us up at around 5:30 and your allowed to shower and brush your teeth. No liquids Tho. Then you wait until the anesthesiologist comes to talk to you about your choices. More waiting until it's your turn. I was lucky and was first. So around 6:30 they take you upstairs to talk with Brassard and Belanger (about 5-10 min).
Then your wisked away to the surgery room. Prepend, drugged then lights out.
About 2-3 hours later you wake up in a monitoring area (where they wait for you to wake up fully). Then back down to your room.
In your room they ask every few minutes what your pain level is, and they check with ice to see how far the anesthesia has gone away.
For the rest of surgery day. It's constant monitoring of pain, dressing changes and putting ice on the site.
Towards the end of the day they will give you crackers and jello to eat (if you can). They will also see if you can stand up and walk.
The next day they take breakfast orders and try and get you up and about as much as you can (about 2-3 times). They also try and make you eat as much as you can.
By then end of day 2. They might remove your iv bag if you are able to drink enough fluids.
by day 3. They will give you breakfast and help you over to the recover center. (by about 8:30). At the recovery center the first thing I, and a few others did was brush our teeth and freshen up as much as possible. The first 2 days at recover center you just have to eat, put ice on site, and again, keep moving!. Throughout the day they will bring meds and things as well.
3rd day at recovery they will remove the dressing, which releaves a lot of pressure. Down side is more swelling. You will also be
able.to shower and take a sits bath. You have to air as much as possible, keep every thing clean and ice more!!
Up next, Stent removal and dilation.
