Hey girls, specially Chett girls, after how many days after being operated of SRS can you leave and go back to your country? 2 weeks, 3 or 1 month? Cos I need to return back as quick as possible. Anyone can answer me this? Specially Chett girls.
I think the minimum is six days, three for hospital, three for final unpacking/unbandaging.
That's going to vary by surgeon, and six days certainly isn't recommended.
According to his site, it looks like he prefers you to hang around for about 25 days..
Doing some further reading also reveals he doesn't recommend using your neovagina for anything other than dilation for the first 3 months.. Go read his site to find out why..
Quote from: The Post-Trans-Rebel. on February 18, 2014, 05:11:14 AM
According to his site, it looks like he prefers you to hang around for about 25 days..
Doing some further reading also reveals he doesn't recommend using your neovagina for anything other than dilation for the first 3 months.. Go read his site to find out why..
His site is so loaded, I wanted a quick answer. ;D
And generally speaking, after how many days can a post op start WALKING? :o
Quick answer? Rotten labia..
Chet keeps you cath'ed until about day 9 or 10.. And you can't go anywhere while you have a catheter..
I know why you are asking.. And, sadly, I see a nasty mess in your future..
Quote from: kelly_aus on February 18, 2014, 05:21:46 AM
Quick answer? Rotten labia..
Chet keeps you cath'ed until about day 9 or 10.. And you can't go anywhere while you have a catheter..
I know why you are asking.. And, sadly, I see a nasty mess in your future..
I agree, and he let me return home, after 21 days post op, which I really should have stuck around. Not that anything bad happened but it would have been better. I still didn't return to work for 4 more weeks after I returned. I wouldn't have been able to keep up with the dilation if I had, nor was my strength returned either.
Brassard released us at 12 days post-op, and I was still nowhere near ready to be on my own. ;) That was also about 4-5 days after the catheter came out... I do NOT recommend traveling for at least a couple days after that!
(And "using" those parts when they're still healing is likely to lead to terrible infections. We were warned over and over again that that whole area is filled with bacteria - consider the location - and that infection was a significant risk for the first 2 months even using sterilized dilators and antibacterial douche and slathering antibiotic creams on.)
With Dr. Bowers, I was up and walking per her orders at 36 hours, but my foley catheter and its attachments were hooked onto a walker frame. I had three more mandatory walks before I left the hospital on day 4, and had no restrictions on walking or climbing stairs. Getting out of bed over the edge of the mattress springs was torture though. I was in the hospital from Tuesday at 8:30AM and got to go to my hotel at noon on Friday. The following Monday, it was packing and catheter removal and dilation education, and then it was suggested I stay around another 72 hours based on how I was healing. I only lived a couple hundred miles from the hospital though, and it was only a 6 hour drive if a return visit was needed.
Oh, right, the walking thing! We were all doing laps around the nurses' station, holding on to our IV poles, by 18 hours post-op - but I was also cursing them out in my head. ;) By day 2 the nurses were encouraging us to walk every hour or so that we were awake and not eating; I don't know how everyone else did, but I know the combination of fatigue and constant aftercare meant I missed a few hours here and there. I honestly do think it helped with healing to be out of bed and moving around, but jeez was that not fun for the first few days. (It got MUCH easier once the packing and catheter were out.)
I was the same as what Jeanna said being a Montreal Girl.
I would add on thing i have seen many pre-ops have no idea or clue what time you must give after to your personal healing and dilations.
Let me say it is not wine and roses. Not everyone heals the same. Not everyone can handle pain the same. Not everyone will keep to there dilations. Not everyone will be complicatoin free.
What you have down there is a HUGE open type of wound. You will have blood, discharge, smell, more blood and discharge. Pain is or for me was not a major issue but swelling was. That will be with you for a long time. You will have very, very long scar lines that need care. Stitches that might pop early.
What i am trying to say is if you are not ready for all of this and take the time to heal you will regret every day of your aftercare.
I wish you luck and i am so glad i did not have to travel after mine. I hated to sit.
Isabell