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GCS with McGinn (After so many years waiting)

Started by HappyMoni, June 08, 2017, 09:42:48 PM

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Laurie

Thinking of you today Meeeonee. Hoping all goes/went well for you.

Hugs,
  Laurie
April 13, 2019 switched to estradiol valerate
December 20, 2018    Referral sent to OHSU Dr Dugi  for vaginoplasty consult
December 10, 2018    Second Letter VA Psychiatric Practical nurse
November 15, 2018    First letter from VA therapist
May 11, 2018 I am Laurie Jeanette Wickwire
May   3, 2018 Submitted name change forms
Aug 26, 2017 another increase in estradiol
Jun  26, 2017 Last day in male attire That's full time I guess
May 20, 2017 doubled estradiol
May 18, 2017 started electrolysis
Dec   4, 2016 Started estradiol and spironolactone



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davina61

Dear M just saw this, hope it all went well. XXXXX D
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Michelle_P

Oh, so much work being done by (and on!) folks here.  We each follow our path, and for you, I hope you get what you need from this.

It's never easy going into surgery.  (Scares the heck out of me, actually, in spite of two big ones this year.)

May your results be good and your healing quick and painless.
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Electrolysis - Hours in The Chair: 238 (8.5 were preparing for GCS, five clearings); On estradiol patch June 2016; Full-time Oct 22, 2016; GCS Oct 20, 2017; FFS Aug 28, 2018; Stage 2 labiaplasty revision and BA Feb 26, 2019
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steph2.0

Moddi,

I hobe your dose is a lod bedder dow!

Your fredd,

Steph


Assigned male at birth 1958 * Began envying sister 1963 * Knew unquestioningly that I was female 1968 * Acted the male part for 50 years * Meltdown and first therapist session May 2017 * Began HRT 6/21/17 * Out to the world 10/13/17 * Name Change 12/7/2017 (Girl Harbor Day) * FFS With FacialTeam 12/4/2018 * Facelift and Lipo Body Sculpting at Ocean Clinic 6/13-14/2019 * GCS with Marci Bowers 9/25/2019
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Laurie

Quote from: Michelle_P on November 21, 2017, 10:28:01 AM

It's never easy going into surgery.  (Scares the heck out of me, actually, in spite of two big ones this year.)


I read this and thought that I have not had this problem. I've had 3 operations and one really hard treatment procedure. I have not had any difficulties or fear of them. It could be that all but one could be looked at as a matter of  life and death. My decisions were easy. a chance at life or a certain death. I had reasons to choose the chance for life then. So I went into them with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Fear never came into the picture.

  I hope that all went well Maundy and that your silence is due to your recovery limiting access to the internet.

Luvs ya,
  Laurie
April 13, 2019 switched to estradiol valerate
December 20, 2018    Referral sent to OHSU Dr Dugi  for vaginoplasty consult
December 10, 2018    Second Letter VA Psychiatric Practical nurse
November 15, 2018    First letter from VA therapist
May 11, 2018 I am Laurie Jeanette Wickwire
May   3, 2018 Submitted name change forms
Aug 26, 2017 another increase in estradiol
Jun  26, 2017 Last day in male attire That's full time I guess
May 20, 2017 doubled estradiol
May 18, 2017 started electrolysis
Dec   4, 2016 Started estradiol and spironolactone



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Kendra

Assigned male at birth 1963.  Decided I wanted to be a girl in 1971.  Laser 2014-16, electrolysis 2015-17, HRT 7/2017, GCS 1/2018, VFS 3/2018, FFS 5/2018, Labiaplasty & BA 7/2018. 
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SadieBlake

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Rachel

Hi Julie,

I will not comment on Dr. Rumor. Perhaps Monica will comment. Perhaps if you ask her if she recommends her she would comment.

Dr. McGinn has taken very good care of me. She inspected my genitals 5 times pre surgery and I gave seen her 13 times post surgery. I saw her last Thanksgiving in her office. She will be doing some revision work on me April 4th. I had / have unique genitals and she has been a wonderful caring person and taken great care of me.

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Hi Monica,

I hope you are doing well and can not wait to hear how things went.
HRT  5-28-2013
FT   11-13-2015
FFS   9-16-2016 -Spiegel
GCS 11-15-2016 - McGinn
Hair Grafts 3-20-2017 - Cooley
Voice therapy start 3-2017 - Reene Blaker
Labiaplasty 5-15-2017 - McGinn
BA 7-12-2017 - McGinn
Hair grafts 9-25-2017 Dr.Cooley
Sataloff Cricothyroid subluxation and trachea shave12-11-2017
Dr. McGinn labiaplasty, hood repair, scar removal, graph repair and bottom of  vagina finished. urethra repositioned. 4-4-2018
Dr. Sataloff Glottoplasty 5-14-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal in office procedure 10-22-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal revision 2 4-3-2019 Bottom of vagina closed off, fat injected into the labia and urethra repositioned.
Dr. Thomas in 2020 FEMLAR
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Laurie

Hi Everyone,

  I texted with Moni for just a short time tonight. She is okay but she is still very swollen and can't wear her glasses yet so  it's been a bit difficult for her. Beyond that, I didn't get, preferring to just let her rest and recover now that I know she is okay. I figured if I was worried about her there had to be many others here that were also. So I told her I would let you all know she is okay.

Hugs,
   Laurie
April 13, 2019 switched to estradiol valerate
December 20, 2018    Referral sent to OHSU Dr Dugi  for vaginoplasty consult
December 10, 2018    Second Letter VA Psychiatric Practical nurse
November 15, 2018    First letter from VA therapist
May 11, 2018 I am Laurie Jeanette Wickwire
May   3, 2018 Submitted name change forms
Aug 26, 2017 another increase in estradiol
Jun  26, 2017 Last day in male attire That's full time I guess
May 20, 2017 doubled estradiol
May 18, 2017 started electrolysis
Dec   4, 2016 Started estradiol and spironolactone



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Kendra

Laurie, Thank You for the update - I was getting concerned.  Best wishes for Moni.
Assigned male at birth 1963.  Decided I wanted to be a girl in 1971.  Laser 2014-16, electrolysis 2015-17, HRT 7/2017, GCS 1/2018, VFS 3/2018, FFS 5/2018, Labiaplasty & BA 7/2018. 
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HappyMoni

Hi Ladies,
   Sorry, I didn't mean to worry anybody. Thanks for checking on me Laurie. I misspoke. What I had was a septomaplasty not a rhinoplasty. It is different in that the septum is repaired. I got done Monday and I was thinking "This isn't bad." Of course I was still on anesthesia and the swelling hadn't kicked in. Tuesday brought a lot of pain and my eyes almost swollen shut. I have had a lot of pain since and this is the first day I can kinda focus on writing some. I am not sure if I will have much difference in the look. I asked for that, but I haven't seen the result yet. I know it is supposed to help me breath and I was told it would be straight. Right now I would like to stop bleeding so I can restart my meds. Dang hot flashes!
   Moni
   I am trying to decide if I can go to work Monday. I have students that will be freaked out by seeing my face this way. It is definitely scary to look at. It looks like I am a crazed Ravens fan  who went wild with the purple and black make up. Love you all. (Nice avatar pic Davina, love it.)
If I ever offend you, let me know. It's not what I am about.
"Never let the dark kill your light!"  (SailorMars)

HRT June 11, 2015. (new birthday) - FFS in late June 2016. (Dr. _____=Ugh!) - Full time June 18, 2016 (Yeah! finally) - GCS June 27, 2017. (McGinn=Yeah!) - Under Eye repair from FFS 8/17/17 - Nose surgery-November 20, 2017 (Dr. Papel=Yeah) - Hair Transplant on June 21, 2018 (Dr. Cooley-yeah) - Breast Augmentation on July 10, 2018 (Dr. Basner in Baltimore) - Removed bad scarring from FFS surgery near ears and hairline in August, 2018 (Dr. Papel) -Sept. 2018, starting a skin regiment on face with Retin A  April 2019 -repairing neck scar from FFS

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steph2.0

It's a relief to hear frob you, Boddi. I hope you codtidue healig well.

Steph


Assigned male at birth 1958 * Began envying sister 1963 * Knew unquestioningly that I was female 1968 * Acted the male part for 50 years * Meltdown and first therapist session May 2017 * Began HRT 6/21/17 * Out to the world 10/13/17 * Name Change 12/7/2017 (Girl Harbor Day) * FFS With FacialTeam 12/4/2018 * Facelift and Lipo Body Sculpting at Ocean Clinic 6/13-14/2019 * GCS with Marci Bowers 9/25/2019
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amberwaves

Glad to hear you made it through surgery, again.  I hope the recovery is quick.

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Rachel

HRT  5-28-2013
FT   11-13-2015
FFS   9-16-2016 -Spiegel
GCS 11-15-2016 - McGinn
Hair Grafts 3-20-2017 - Cooley
Voice therapy start 3-2017 - Reene Blaker
Labiaplasty 5-15-2017 - McGinn
BA 7-12-2017 - McGinn
Hair grafts 9-25-2017 Dr.Cooley
Sataloff Cricothyroid subluxation and trachea shave12-11-2017
Dr. McGinn labiaplasty, hood repair, scar removal, graph repair and bottom of  vagina finished. urethra repositioned. 4-4-2018
Dr. Sataloff Glottoplasty 5-14-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal in office procedure 10-22-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal revision 2 4-3-2019 Bottom of vagina closed off, fat injected into the labia and urethra repositioned.
Dr. Thomas in 2020 FEMLAR
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HappyMoni

Hi everyone,
   I was reading through Ashadyna's thread and Laurie's post there. I started thinking about meeting Laurie and Rachel, getting flowers from friends on Susan's, and getting so many well wishes. It was a wonderful time of my life. I can see on Ashadyna's face how happy she is. I am so grateful for all of the support you all gave me.
   I thought I would update a little. I no longer look like I  was hit with a baseball bat. I still have two black eyes and bruising on my neck. I never experienced post op depression after GCS but I did after this septum repair. I had real panic when the bandages were removed. I thought the doctor had run from promises of making my nose more feminine. In fact it looked worse. I met with him 3 days ago and resolved the miscommunication. He described what he did and it made me feel so much better. I told him that I can have great patience if I understand what was done and if I know that what was promised was at least attempted. I said I was a bit panicky due to the nightmare that was my FFS surgery. He assured me that there would be no repeat of that. Now I am starting to see an improvement in the upper part. The lower part is still swollen a lot. My depression seems to have lifted and so too the hot flashes from being off meds.
   I spoke with Dr. McGinn's office through email. I am still using hydrocortisone for the scar formation. I go back for 6 month check up in mid January. I asked about baths and swimming and I have been cleared for that. Yea, I love baths on cold days. I want to go to the Keystone Conference in Harrisburg, PA and they have  a pool at the motel. I might break out the bikini. lol Getting bold in my old age. I like the idea of showing off my new found flatness down yonder. Anyway, dilation is still good, they say the pics I send to Papillon look okay, so I am going with it. (Thank you Ashley for helping to calm me down.) It was nice to hear that someone else besides me had the feelings that the penis felt like it was still there tucked under a layer of skin or tight clothes. It is an odd feeling. It seems more so right now because the scar formation has made things feel tight down there and not like an integrated part of my body yet. I  would love to have a rough month by month accounting of how things can go for the first year. It would help with the worry. I still say that every time I think about what I have down there, I just feel great. Next up boob surgery research. Yippee!
Love to all,
Moni
If I ever offend you, let me know. It's not what I am about.
"Never let the dark kill your light!"  (SailorMars)

HRT June 11, 2015. (new birthday) - FFS in late June 2016. (Dr. _____=Ugh!) - Full time June 18, 2016 (Yeah! finally) - GCS June 27, 2017. (McGinn=Yeah!) - Under Eye repair from FFS 8/17/17 - Nose surgery-November 20, 2017 (Dr. Papel=Yeah) - Hair Transplant on June 21, 2018 (Dr. Cooley-yeah) - Breast Augmentation on July 10, 2018 (Dr. Basner in Baltimore) - Removed bad scarring from FFS surgery near ears and hairline in August, 2018 (Dr. Papel) -Sept. 2018, starting a skin regiment on face with Retin A  April 2019 -repairing neck scar from FFS

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SadieBlake

You're super brave hon, <3 I'm glad it's going better.
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amberwaves

I'm glad to hear that the nose is healing and you are getting over your panic/depression.  I can't wait for the day I can try a bikini.  To much equipment, and belly (for now), to try it.  I'm going to miss you at papillon.  I have electrolysis there near the end of January.  If your going to keystone get in touch with me closer to the time.  I can't guarantee I'll be able to attend the conference, but I live close enough that I can drive down to meet you.  I think that would be neat because you are such a sweetheart.

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Rachel

Hi Monica, I am glad you are doing better.

I did my BA with Dr. McGinn in July. I had 555 cc Mentor implants. Pretty uneventful proceedure. If in a year I want to go bigger I will. I still have not dropped.

I go back to Dr. MgGinn in April for cliteral hood work, urethera lowering, scar tissue removal (a lot) and closing of the vagina or making of the labia majora at the bottom. The labia majora will require about 4 inches in radious of skin cut and rearranged. You saw my pics. All I can say is Dr. McGinn is really taking care of me. I think my vagina will look pretty good when she is done.
HRT  5-28-2013
FT   11-13-2015
FFS   9-16-2016 -Spiegel
GCS 11-15-2016 - McGinn
Hair Grafts 3-20-2017 - Cooley
Voice therapy start 3-2017 - Reene Blaker
Labiaplasty 5-15-2017 - McGinn
BA 7-12-2017 - McGinn
Hair grafts 9-25-2017 Dr.Cooley
Sataloff Cricothyroid subluxation and trachea shave12-11-2017
Dr. McGinn labiaplasty, hood repair, scar removal, graph repair and bottom of  vagina finished. urethra repositioned. 4-4-2018
Dr. Sataloff Glottoplasty 5-14-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal in office procedure 10-22-2018
Dr. McGinn vaginal revision 2 4-3-2019 Bottom of vagina closed off, fat injected into the labia and urethra repositioned.
Dr. Thomas in 2020 FEMLAR
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HappyMoni

Hi,
   To all I haven't spoken to personally, I hope you are doing well on this holiday.

   I realize I am a few days short of 6 months for my GCS. I go for my 6 month checkup in a few weeks. I don't know how that will go and am a little nervous about it. After speaking with other who had surgery at the same time, it is apparent to me that everyone has their own issues at this point in the healing process. I also find that I am the only one dealing with significant scar formation. I have been told by McGinn's office that the pictures I send show I am healing  okay. Right now there is a feeling of stiffness down there. I am trying not to jump to any conclusions but it does make me a little anxious that I seem to be the only one with my situation. Besides this there is something I want to ask about. Where the penal skin is drawn down, I have two areas that are left that are scrotal skin which are lateral to the clitoral area and border the long scars. They bother me in two ways. It is a reminder of what was there for one. For another they are very, very sore. I would like to try  to remove these areas. A third reason I don't like these areas is that they pouch out when I stand. I don't know where this stands as far as a revision. My experience with my facial surgeon always meant revisions cost lots more money. I am not sure if this could be done in the office or if it would need to be done in a hospital. I am hoping for the office. These are kind of personal details that I probably wouldn't share ordinarily, but I documented this journey and want the story complete. There is so little information in my opinion on the healing process after say a month or two. I think a lot of folks sit there wondering what  can happen.
   
   My nose is better. I am breathing well now. The look is somewhere between what  I feared and what I hoped for. I guess this touches on the idea of realistic expectations. I am just pleased that it is better than it was. It is straighter and more feminine looking. I have  a consult with Dr. Papel tomorrow. I know I still have time for swelling to go down. I will talk to him about the best type of skin treatment for my skin. It is something I would like to make better if possible. It is a more rugged skin look than I think is typical of a female.

   Thanks to all who wrote. Amber, I need to get refocused on things to come. Haven't thought much about the conference yet. Would like to meet you if it comes about that we go. My next step is getting consults for my BA and possible hair transplants, what I call my final push of transition.

   My love to all my friends on Susan's. I hope everyone is finding support for the tough times. If I can help anyone, feel free to PM me.
Moni
If I ever offend you, let me know. It's not what I am about.
"Never let the dark kill your light!"  (SailorMars)

HRT June 11, 2015. (new birthday) - FFS in late June 2016. (Dr. _____=Ugh!) - Full time June 18, 2016 (Yeah! finally) - GCS June 27, 2017. (McGinn=Yeah!) - Under Eye repair from FFS 8/17/17 - Nose surgery-November 20, 2017 (Dr. Papel=Yeah) - Hair Transplant on June 21, 2018 (Dr. Cooley-yeah) - Breast Augmentation on July 10, 2018 (Dr. Basner in Baltimore) - Removed bad scarring from FFS surgery near ears and hairline in August, 2018 (Dr. Papel) -Sept. 2018, starting a skin regiment on face with Retin A  April 2019 -repairing neck scar from FFS

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SadieBlake

#659
Moni, I still have soreness in my outer labia, both sides about equally, it continues to get better and, for instance doesn't impede me from cycling since about 5 months out -- there's some pain there bit then riding always involved that.

I can't quite form a picture of the visual you're describing, yes my outer labia are clearly formed from what used to be scrotal skin. I'd expected this and over the many years I've anticipated GCS, it's been clear.to me that the outer labial skin of women I've been intimate with is fundamentally similar to the scrotal skin mof men I've been intimate with, as well as my own. I've shaved and waxed both men and women in these respective areas and that's also been a very similar experience.

My feelings about my outer labia have been that they seemed unduly large and certainly I'd considered the possibility that post op I could have what I'd call a pornstar's or designer vagina -- cute, small, with outer labia just barely concealing the inner.

However, I couldn't bring myself to ask Dr Wittenberg for that and now that the swelling has receded, I feel I'm in really good proportion. I'm not a small person and I feel what Heidi gave me is quite naturally beautiful. I could say that she erred on the large side of nice proportions, however there's two things that make me feel fine about that.

One, the area of my posterior fourchette / labial frenulum seems more than a bit large, otoh, enough women have mentioned that that was an area where they had tearing post surgery that I'm not gonna complain it it's a little over built.

Two, if she'd erred on the small side I might have had inner labia not fully enclosed by the outer and while I think that looks sexy as all hell, I also feel it would be hyper impractical for things like bicycling.

All that said, I'm planning to check with Heidi on some revisions myself, the main thing is my clitoris seems excessively recessed within a hood that's not really visually connected the way the hood usually is to the inner labia. It's a small ting and goodness knows I can get all the stimulation I want but if she does revisions free of fees then I'd think of it for whenever I'm next in SF for other reasons.

The other reason I'm really happy with my labial skin is that it's fully sensate. I think this has to be because that skin retains all of its original nerve routing.

Definitely not trying to negate your feelings, if you want a revision then I hope you get it and free of charge.

Hugs,

S

p.s. of course if you want photos to compare results, just drop a pm
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