Hello everyone, first off I am rather new to the forums. My name is Mia, I'm 21, and I will be having my surgery in Trinidad come January 5th, 2010! I realize that -seems- kind of far off, but it really isn't considering how long the wait has been in retrospect!
Anyway, I've been saving since 15 years old to get this done and with a combination of odd jobs, college finance refunds(windfall), and meticulous hard work, I was able to put together the grand total recently. What a stress relief, as I'm sure anyone that has saved for srs knows firsthand.
As for my age, I am happy to get this done. I get the right to buy alcohol, and a vagina at the same time. How lovely! All in all, I'm extremely excited, however I for some reason get moments of cold feet about my surgeon of choice. I think that's natural. "Is this the right person to go to?". I feel mostly confident, seeing as I have gotten this far already, but I've never really seen her results in person or anything so all I have is others experiences and my own personal research that make me generally pretty comfortable. (I hope I'm making the right choice with Ms. Bowers!)
Anyway, that's the gist of the things and I'll be posting and updating my process as it goes, including the surgery and after when it comes time. I'm excited but nervous, and my GG lesbian partner seems more excited than myself about it! But I think at this point I'm ready to just have it done so I can live the rest of my life! So, nice to meet you, denizens of Susan's place!
Post Merge: May 09, 2009, 11:11:00 PM
Oh and one more thing. Today marks the day I had my first electrolysis done on the genital regions. I have done laser previously but know that it is not permanent, so I figured to get the rest of this done with electrolysis.
I think the technique used was flash thermolysis, and I must say that I've never experienced such pain in my life. I came in using EMLA that had been prepared and cling wrapped to my nether regions, and left for about 3 hours, but I find that it certainly didn't prevent much at all. I never had to do any hair removal anywhere on my body but down there, and though it is sparse, holy crap!
I really need to do my homework on managing pain for this, and as I am not insured, I don't think finding a doctor to take care of things is going to help much. I used EMLA and Vicodin, and nothing. A few hairs on the scrotal region actually made me scream bloody murder, nearly breaking my poor girlfriend's hand in the squeeze I was giving it!
Anyway, we managed to clear most of the scrotal region..Phew. I wonder if the EMLA and a couple shots of vodka will improve my tolerance next session. I wonder if any of you gals and guys have any tips about this region, as it definately pertains to SRS, and it's a precursor to the surgery itself. Thanks!
