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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Gender Correction Surgery => Topic started by: nicolegn7 on October 24, 2014, 02:48:32 AM

Title: How did you feel right after surgery & the rest of Day 1? Dr. Brassard girl...
Post by: nicolegn7 on October 24, 2014, 02:48:32 AM
How did you feel? Were you completely knocked out or where you able at some point to have a conversation with someone (in my case it would be my mom). Did you just been in a funk or were you able to be up for a little bit?
Title: Re: How did you feel right after surgery & the rest of Day 1? Dr. Brassard girl...
Post by: Jenna Marie on October 24, 2014, 05:30:06 AM
*Right* after surgery, like in the first hour out of the recovery room, I was conscious and coherent and able to talk... between barfing. :) Once the anti-nausea drugs kicked in, I felt exhausted and sleepy but basically fine mentally.

I was up and out of bed and walking a little bit by about 18 hours after, as were most of us.

Good luck!!
Title: Re: How did you feel right after surgery & the rest of Day 1? Dr. Brassard girl...
Post by: mrs izzy on October 24, 2014, 06:49:50 AM
What Jenna said.

I did not get sick to later at night. For me I think it was the morphine more then anything.

But keep talking to a minimum first few hours.

All will be good.
Hugs
Title: Re: How did you feel right after surgery & the rest of Day 1? Dr. Brassard girl...
Post by: suzifrommd on October 24, 2014, 08:03:33 AM
Quote from: nicolegn7 on October 24, 2014, 02:48:32 AM
How did you feel? Were you completely knocked out or where you able at some point to have a conversation with someone (in my case it would be my mom). Did you just been in a funk or were you able to be up for a little bit?

Comfortable, wide awake, in good spirits and totally lucid. Actually even tried some lines from the Waking up after SRS (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,145234.0.html) thread.

Didn't start feeling bad until later in the day when I began cramping up because I had to stay still.
Title: Re: How did you feel right after surgery & the rest of Day 1? Dr. Brassard girl...
Post by: Dread_Faery on October 24, 2014, 10:30:04 AM
I nearly died from blood loss. I had to have four units put in me.

But after that I was fine.
Title: Re: How did you feel right after surgery & the rest of Day 1? Dr. Brassard girl...
Post by: dkl on October 28, 2014, 07:59:53 PM
I was aware of my surroundings and even asked the Dr how everything went, they thought I might need a graft. I got a little motion sick in the elevator though.