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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Facial feminization surgery => Topic started by: lana777 on February 20, 2015, 10:24:50 AM

Title: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: lana777 on February 20, 2015, 10:24:50 AM
Hey everyone , i just watched raiden quinns videos on youtube and have a question.

This is for anyone who has had FFS before .  She said she had to have a catheter placed in while she had the surgery and im wondering if this is normal procedure . From when i had my SRS i remember the catheter and that hurt like you wouldnt believe ...ugh! makes me cringe lol.

isnt it possible to not have one in or a adult diaper instead ?
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: missymay on February 20, 2015, 12:10:38 PM
I had a catheter for my FFS, and I think that is standard procedure, so I don't think there's a choice, but ask the surgeon when you have your consult.
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Eva on February 20, 2015, 12:20:00 PM
I guess I'll find out soon but Im thinking yes... I had a catheter in for VFS, Im sure they will for FFS... They do knock you out before they put it in and its gone when you wake up... Its no big deal but I do remember it was hard to pee for a while afterwards... Still Im sure nowhere near as bad as it would be for SRS though ;)
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Lara1969 on February 20, 2015, 01:24:13 PM
I did not felt any discomfort regarding the catheter duringbor after FFS.

The catheter was even during or after grs not an issue.

Lara
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Brenda E on February 20, 2015, 01:26:45 PM
Quote from: Eva on February 20, 2015, 12:20:00 PMThey do knock you out before they put it in and its gone when you wake up.

Answered my question before I'd even asked. :)
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Violet Bloom on February 20, 2015, 01:33:36 PM
  Aw, crap.  I hadn't expected this was needed.  I really hope it doesn't bother me after my FFS.  I've had a urinary tract infection before and it stung like hell to pee because the urethra was irritated.  My assumption is this could feel quite similar.
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Eva on February 20, 2015, 02:04:37 PM
I donno, Im thinking with all the good dope Im gonna be on to kill the pain from FFS I probably wont feel it much I hope :D
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: lana777 on February 20, 2015, 02:43:18 PM
during my SRS while i was out it went in and even when i woke i had it in for 3 days which never bothered me but when it came out.... geezuz! i thought my insides were being ripped out of my pee hole haha . but after it was out i never had any pain peeing... it was normal... just the inital removal of it was incredibly awful experience haha. but good to know i guess i will have to suck it up another time in a few months .
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Violet Bloom on February 20, 2015, 02:52:49 PM
Gah, you'd think a tube intended to carry an acidic liquid wouldn't be so damned sensitive! >:(
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: missymay on February 20, 2015, 03:02:26 PM
Quote from: Brenda E on February 20, 2015, 01:26:45 PM
Answered my question before I'd even asked. :)

When I had FFS, the catheter wasn't removed until the next day, it stung a little, but not too bad.
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: calicarly on February 20, 2015, 04:33:49 PM
My experience was the same as missymay, in during surgery, out late the night of the operation. I think you have to have it, I don't think you are able to pee while you're under anesthetic so you have to have the catheter. Or your bladder keeps filling up, It's not pleasant but you gotta do what you gotta do right?
X
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Julia-Madrid on February 20, 2015, 05:25:07 PM
Quote from: missymay on February 20, 2015, 03:02:26 PM
When I had FFS, the catheter wasn't removed until the next day, it stung a little, but not too bad.

My experience as well.  It goes in while you're under anesthetic, and they remove it after a day. Breathe deeply...and it's out.  Not the nicest sensation, but it's survivable.
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: shedevilcanada on February 20, 2015, 05:31:30 PM
with Femilife I didnt have a catheter but when I went to beverly hills I had one
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: EmmaD on February 20, 2015, 05:34:10 PM
Quote from: Julia-Madrid on February 20, 2015, 05:25:07 PM
My experience as well.  It goes in while you're under anesthetic, and they remove it after a day. Breathe deeply...and it's out.  Not the nicest sensation, but it's survivable.

This seems quite normal if not universal as many girls responding here have been to different surgeons.  Mine went in after I was knocked out (9am Sat) and was removed the next day (11am). Didn't feel a thing although the nurse kept telling me to breathe in. I wasn't really caring at that point!
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: mmmmm on February 20, 2015, 05:37:18 PM
Funny, I didn't even thought of any this catheter stuff until you mentioned. After surgery when I woke up, I didn't have anything there.. Went to the toilet like 5 hours later, and it stang a little, and I thought this is weird, but probably normal after all the medications and stuff they had me on.. I felt it maybe a little the next day, and after that obviously not because I forgot about it. 
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: lana777 on February 21, 2015, 09:01:00 PM
question.... for the girls who didn't receive one... which surgeon did you have? Im booked with Dr.Cardenas
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: misty2 on February 22, 2015, 01:17:53 PM
I think it depends on the length of your surgery. All of mine have been less than four hours and all but one less than two hours. I have never had a catheter. DiMaggio and Facial Team.
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Eva on February 28, 2015, 01:12:08 PM
I was out for the works and if there was one in there I never noticed it at all... So many flavors of PAIN post op that I can see how I might have missed it :'( Thankfully thats OVER now ;D
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Dodie on March 03, 2015, 11:30:18 PM
When I found out about the cath it freaked me out
When I woke up I thought wow they did not do it
A couple hours later nurse came in to take it out and I was like what !!!
Did not hurt
Dodie
Title: Re: Catheter for FFS ??
Post by: Pandora on March 09, 2015, 05:09:49 PM
For my FFS I was very ignorant about catheters. I thought they were needles pushed through the abdomen and into the bladder. I had no idea where it had actually been inserted until the nurse yanked it out a day after the operation. Pain relief pretty much killed the sensation and made it easy to disassociate from the procedure. My only thought at the time was "Oh, so that's what a catheter is - how interesting". In retrospect I was very glad that I had one put in. No way do you want to be worrying about dealing with a full bladder every few hours after having major surgery.