The comments here are making me blush... and thank you.
Pain levels last night were not bad, manageable when I pressed the magic button. I did that five times overnight after waking up from surgery. No feeling of nausea unlike my first night in January. I had discussed this with the anesthesiologist and he may have added an anti-nausea medication or adjusted dosage. Another factor is this surgery is less intense compared to initial GCS.
Really enjoyed visiting today with
Dena,
Gertrude,
Mariah &
Jamie.
Had a great talk with Dr. Ley. We chatted a bit before going into details from yesterday's surgery. She will be presenting at
Gender Odyssey in Seattle 🔗 [Link: genderodyssey.org/seattle/], August 9-12.
Labiaplasty (GCS-2) went well and was routine. There's a thin amount of packing on each side between the newly formed inner and outer labia, packing will fall out as swelling diminishes. A hood has been built over the clitoris. Everything is held together with self-dissolving stitches. She found the source of my urethra (pee-angle) issue and corrected that - thinning out some material in that area allowed the urethra to point downward. While working inside, confirmed there is granulation (common with full-depth vaginoplasty), removed quite a bit by scraping but one area will require follow-up treatment with silver nitrate. Dilation resumes 3 days post-op. For the next couple days the most important thing is keep an ice bag on it when possible. I have no visible external scars from first stage GCS, and from what I can see there won't be any scars after GCS-2 heals.
For breast augmentation we were aiming for small size within my range and the implants are 350cc. The incision is a small arc under each areola, not very visible. Over the next few days I need to manually press the breasts together and downward fairly often so they settle correctly, and then every few hours for 3 months. I'll wear a surgical band for 6 weeks to help apply downward pressure.
July 10, 2018: morning after GCS-2 and Breast AugmentationI am super happy with the results and done with major surgeries. We each need to determine and set our own plans but if I were to start over I would do this all exactly the same way. In my particular case, I am glad to have completed permanent facial/body hair removal before starting surgeries or HRT.
