Hi everyone!
Sorry for the long delay in writing anything -- when you don't feel like sitting down, it makes writing posts like this a bit of a chore! I'm starting to feel a little better while sitting, so here goes --
I am now a little over 5 weeks since my surgery on 2/20. I had a minor complication in that the stitches popped open in the area near my vaginal introitus. The "official" name for what I had was a "wound dehiscence at the posterior fourchette". It hurt like heck (and still does) because this wound gets irritated every time I dilate. OUCH!
Other than that, I'm doing pretty well. I am now up to dilating four times a day, and I have moved up to the 3rd dilator size (out of four). My friends and I call the final size the "Dirk Diggler", and I'm straight up SCARED of that one. Holy Moly!
Dr. McGinn was able to achieve pretty good depth, and I'm bottoming out just a little past the final dot on the green dilator (the 2nd largest). This dot is at 6", so I'm thinking I'm a little better than that.
Oohh!! I have two OTHER things to report (and this might get the post edited LOL)!
1. I have found that I get pretty darned wet when I get turned on, which I wasn't really expecting. Obviously, dilation isn't doing it for me, but I have started watching "The L Word" since a friend couldn't believe I hadn't ever seen it. Boy, that show is SPICY!
2. I have already had my first "big O"! YESSSSS!!! You guys don't know how worried I was that I would lose function. I'm already getting pretty good sensation down there, and it's only going to get better. I know that Dr. McGinn is well known for making sure that part worked as well as possible, and she didn't disappoint!
I am slightly disappointed about my aesthetic appearance right now, but it really wasn't the surgeon's fault. I just didn't have much fat to work with (because I'm a workout queen), so it looks like I may have to have a fat graft done after about 6 months or so. In the end, though, I think I'm going to be really happy.
Well, that's enough for now -- hope you guys are doing well!
~Sara