Well hon SRS is probably the most liberating experiences you can have in one life time. For me the surgery was no more then just a few days of, not really anything that can be described as pain, I was walking about the next day after the surgery.
I only just experienced mostly some discomfort in trying to find as comfortable way to sit for the first four days. But after the fourth day at the recovery house they removed the packing and the catheter, I was ready to dance a jig. I hated those donut cushions. I used them for about two weeks and chucked it in the corner and sat on a regular cushion.
All the sensations, feelings and everything down there was active after four weeks, including orgasms.
I did feel a bit of the gloomies for a time until my beloved moved in with me. I was retired for the last couple years but boredom got the best of me so I have gone back to work part time as a support worker at a women's shelter. I also keep myself busy as facilitator for two meetup groups in the area. I am also involved with the TS support group here in down town Vancouver.
Haven't had much time to be bored or lonely. As for a normal life? Well if you count what keeps me occupied as I described above as normal, as well as sharing my life with my beloved, then I am enjoying my normal life. I have done well working as a social worker for over twenty years, working with mostly women was an asset for me.
So no, I can't say I have had the post-op blues, I keep to busy for that, and anyway, I love and respect the caring little lady I have become, to much to suffer any kind of blues about myself.
Cindy
