All right, finally! I got my forms back, my American doctor filled out my leave extension to cover the 10 days of work I missed, and Chett just sent me back the details of my working restrictions (basically just no sitting or standing for more than 2 hours straight without at least a 15-minute break,) and I should be back to work this Saturday unless yet another unforeseen issue comes up.
Again, just to clarify, every single time I've asked Chett a question through email, I've gotten a thorough and satisfactory answer. It's just that it's taken a while.
Also, since I haven't officially written the whole spiel about the differences between Chett and Suporn, this right here is actually probably the biggest difference between them according to both Cindy Fox and my other Australian trans friend. Both of them said that Suporn's aftercare is VASTLY superior. You're in the recovery center for a week rather than 3 days, you get a VERY detailed information packet that addresses most (if not all) common concerns, and then after that there's a large active Facebook group containing 400+ post-op trans women who've all been through that same surgeon's procedure, so you can get answers to any questions basically immediately, without having to ask the clinic directly and therefore without having to wait for the doctor to find time out of his busy schedule. This post-op group is also why Suporn has almost no negative reviews, because the group simply does NOT let them happen. They guide people through recovery issues, and usually get anyone who's not satisfied to schedule a revision before they think of writing a negative review. Chett has no such group guarding his reputation. In case it's not obvious, the internet has dragged his name through the dirt. (Unfairly, if I personally say so.) But at the same time, lacking that group, and therefore lacking that same access to information, (which is only exacerbated because the aftercare instructions he gives are very summarized and bare-bones rather than detailed,) can make getting answers to questions/concerns in a timely fashion a very frustrating thing.
Also, and I'll talk about this more later, Cindy and I started our own Chett Facebook group, because we want Chett patients to have that same access to a pool of experience and knowledge that Suporn patients get. We started a group with the 12 people we met at the Vertical Suites and Dusit Princess while we were still in Thailand, and have asked those who were there longer than us to keep inviting new members to the group.
This group is ONLY for Chett patients and family/friends of those patients, it's a closed non-public group purely for support and information, we want to make absolute sure that no ->-bleeped-<-s or people who aren't serious get in to the group, but if anyone has surgery scheduled with Chett and would like to join the group, PM me and let me know. There aren't any members who've been post-op more than about 2 months, but it's better than nothing. We've been comparing recoveries back and forth to make sure everything is normal, so that's been nice to have.
Anyway, I don't know where I was going with this, it's just part of the big Chett vs. Suporn post I've been meaning to make for a while now.
