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Title: Top Surgery tomorrow! - Updated with pics
Post by: Nathan. on May 22, 2011, 07:21:20 AM
Yesterday I felt a little scared, i've never had any surgery before but now i'm just really excited.  ;D

It's weird to think that it's so soon as i've spent ages thinking it's so far away.
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Post by: xAndrewx on May 22, 2011, 07:35:43 AM
Congrats Nathan and good luck!
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Post by: rexyrex on May 22, 2011, 07:38:08 AM
Congrats  hope it all goes well
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Post by: Myself on May 22, 2011, 09:15:38 AM
good luck!!!!!!! have a fast recovery and flat awesome chest tomorrow :)
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Post by: annette on May 22, 2011, 09:26:43 AM
Hi Nathan

Congrats man, and don't worry too much about surgery.
You are gonna get an IV, you are going to sleep and when you wake up everything is done.
Sounds good, isn't it?

Have a quick and smooth recovery

Hugs
Annette
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Post by: Mark on May 22, 2011, 09:30:40 AM
congrats and good luck! Make sure you give yourself enough time to recover!
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Post by: PandaValentine on May 22, 2011, 09:54:31 AM
Hope things go as good as they possibly can!
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Post by: Elijah3291 on May 22, 2011, 12:46:05 PM
whatttt!!!!! why am I just hearing about this now!!?? I am shocked! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Post by: Nathan. on May 22, 2011, 01:25:57 PM
Thanks for all your support!  :)

Quote from: Elijah on May 22, 2011, 12:46:05 PM
whatttt!!!!! why am I just hearing about this now!!?? I am shocked! :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

I didn't want to let myself get excited till I got confirmation that it was happening as things hadn't gone smoothly so far, so I didn't mention it for a while, I mentioned it on tumblr when I got the letter which was about a week ago.
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Post by: Elijah3291 on May 22, 2011, 01:49:13 PM
im still so shocked, I hope it all goes well.  who with? garramone?
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Post by: Devyn on May 22, 2011, 02:05:37 PM
Congrats! Sounds exciting.
Which surgeon are you going to?
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Post by: Sharky on May 22, 2011, 02:09:58 PM
Congrats! I hope you have a speedy recovery.
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Post by: Zac on May 22, 2011, 03:13:03 PM
Congrats and good luck!!
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Post by: Alex37 on May 22, 2011, 03:52:35 PM
congrats and take care! 
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Post by: harlee on May 22, 2011, 04:39:51 PM
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Congratulations!!! I hope that everything goes well and that the results look great!
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Post by: Dante on May 22, 2011, 06:53:17 PM
Congrats! I hope everything goes well for you.  :eusa_dance:
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Post by: Da Monkey on May 22, 2011, 09:08:59 PM
Congrats!!!!  ;D
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Post by: Janet_Girl on May 22, 2011, 10:32:47 PM
Right On, Dude.  Heal fast and complete.
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Post by: Arch on May 22, 2011, 11:00:48 PM
Fantastic. It's awesome...you don't have to lift a finger. Just go to sleep and let the surgeon do all the work. It really is freaking miraculous.
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Post by: Father Way on May 22, 2011, 11:30:15 PM
I'm happy for you. Wow. tomorrow :D
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Post by: lexical on May 23, 2011, 01:31:27 AM
Congrats man! Hope you have a speedy recovery :)
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Post by: Tyler90210 on May 23, 2011, 02:10:06 AM
Congrats man!  ;D
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Post by: Dante on May 23, 2011, 06:15:13 PM
So... did you have it yet?  :o
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Post by: bojangles on May 23, 2011, 07:30:18 PM
Good luck, Nathan.
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Post by: Jigsaw on May 23, 2011, 10:04:58 PM
Hope all is well, and congratulations!
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Post by: Nathan. on May 25, 2011, 04:38:32 PM
So I had my top surgery  :D My surgeon was Mr Yelland, a UK surgeon. I experienced very little pain to be honest and I was surprised how quickly afterwards I could move about and get changed. I got my drains out the next day, the nurses were impressed by how little were in them and so was my surgeon so he said after they came out I could go home and by that point I was sick of being in bed so was very glad to go home.

Can't wait till the dressings come off! I so badly want to see my new chest.
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Post by: Sharky on May 25, 2011, 10:23:17 PM
Congrats on the new chest! Glad to hear everything went well.
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Post by: Greg on May 26, 2011, 10:20:58 AM
Congrats, I've only seen one result from Yelland, but it was so impressive that I'm saving up for him and not for Dai Davies.
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Post by: Ryan on May 26, 2011, 11:53:08 AM
Nathan: Glad it went well! Yelland is an option for me so I'd be interested to hear about the experience and such.
Greg: Could you possibly PM me the link to the result you've seen?
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Post by: FinnCatt on May 26, 2011, 02:36:28 PM
@Nathan: That's awesome! Glad to hear it went well :D hope the big reveal goes well too :)

@Greg: as Ryan has already asked, could you possibly link me to the result you've seen? I'm looking into UK surgeons, and it'd be really helpful if you could :)
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Post by: Nathan. on May 26, 2011, 04:03:30 PM
I was going to save up and go to Garramone but I wanted to find a UK surgeon that I was happy with so I could get it on the NHS. In the end I contacted Yellands secretary and she sent me a couple of before and after photos and I was very impressed. If the PCT had not agreed to fund the sugery I would have saved up to go to him.
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Post by: Nathan. on June 02, 2011, 02:10:35 PM
Went for my post op check up with Mr Yelland today. He took all the dressings off which hurt way more then any post op pain I felt, it didn't help that I have a bit of chest hair so when he pulled off the big plaster thing he took some of that with it ::) He was happy with the way everything was healing, he took the staples out from around my nipples which didn't hurt much at all, they bled a little when he removed them which is apparently a good sign, it means they have blood supply. So everythings going well, I have a small dressing covering my nipples but he said in a couple of days I can take that off and that's it, so expect pics in a few days   ;D
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Post by: Nemo on June 02, 2011, 02:21:02 PM
Hey, congrats on the surgery! ;D

/me

Looking forward to seeing the pics :) FWIW, I found a UK surgeon here in Leeds that's worked with both men *and* women, private and NHS too. I may well be his first FTM patient, though... :angel:
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Post by: Cody Jensen on June 02, 2011, 03:40:07 PM
Congrats man! So jealous.. lol. Oh well my time will come one day too. Good luck! :)
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Post by: Alasdair on June 02, 2011, 05:51:51 PM
So awesome man! Im really happy that its going so well for you. We'll want pictures
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Post by: Nathan. on June 09, 2011, 09:43:54 AM
Went to my last post op with Mr Yelland today and got the last of my dressings off so decided to take some pics when I got home.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi55.tinypic.com%2F29y5w0i.jpg&hash=69fa7ffdb0ba067feca96b59baca47722aac5cb2)

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi56.tinypic.com%2F2r6phef.jpg&hash=e19e20eeafea3c30024c72b1fe8e51c30ebb5abb)
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Post by: rexyrex on June 09, 2011, 09:48:21 AM
I think that came out really well! Looks really good, bet u cant wait to be topless soon ;)
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Post by: Lee on June 09, 2011, 02:06:05 PM
Congrats!  It already looks really good.
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Post by: Sharky on June 09, 2011, 10:03:02 PM
I agree, it already looks great. Congrats!
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Post by: Nicole99 on June 09, 2011, 10:27:42 PM
congratulations dude! Hope your recovery goes well!
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Post by: MeghanAndrews on June 10, 2011, 01:04:15 AM
This is great, Nathan, I'm glad things are working out well! Another few months and you'll be back to 100% and smiling :) Meghan
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Post by: phantom_heart on June 11, 2011, 02:42:34 PM
Congrats!!! Looking great!!
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Post by: TaylorMade on June 11, 2011, 02:54:10 PM
Good luck...This is really great!!!!
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Post by: VannaSiamese on June 11, 2011, 03:18:50 PM
Looks amazing, I'm so happy for you =)