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Consultation with Bowers

Started by Bmcknna, July 03, 2014, 12:45:54 PM

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Bmcknna

I have 2 hours until i have my consultation with marci bowers. My gcs isn't until December 10th but since she visits seattle sometimes I thought I would take advantage and meet with her. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am! I've waited 17  almost 18 long years for this and I'm finally going to win the battle with my body. I have a few basic questions I know I will ask, but what were questions you wished you had asked but didn't? Also, how likely is it That a spot opens and I get my surgery sooner? Although I do not wish for anybody to have to cancel or push back something as important as this, it would be nice to have surgery done sooner as I'm entering my final year of high school rather than leave in the middle of the year. Either way I can't express how happy I am today. All of my siblings as well as my dad have called me with their support and my mom is cooking me breakfast as we speak. I feel like it's my birthday! lol
-Madison
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mrs izzy

Wish you well on you consult.

Just write down your questions, trust me your mind will be spinning when you are there and do not leave it to chance you will remember it all.


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mm

Bmcknna, you are so lucky to have an understanding family to support you.  Yes, write down every single question or concern you have about the surgery.  If a cancellation occurs you probably will not have much time to think about your concern and get answers.  I am ftm and in college; my family still think it is a phase I am going through and will find a nice boy and give them grandbabies.
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Vicky

I am one of Marci's "Girls" from last year, and the big point will be simply meeting her.  She really does not ask much, but you know that she has the answers she needs even if she does not ask you!!  As far as questions that come up, Robin and Janet and her new nurse Michelle can get the answers for you FAST.  I had my date upped by three months!  Boy did that put a 20:1 stress increase on me.  (Not to mention the weather in San Mateo was at a record cold on my S date.)  She does want you to be as sure as you can be on the date of your surgery.  I saw her 8 months post op, and it did take her a moment to remember who I was but her only real question was if I had any regrets, to which I answered  HELL NO!!
I refuse to have a war of wits with a half armed opponent!!

Wiser now about Post Op reality!!
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veritatemfurto

I just secured a pre op consultation with her as well for September 22!

While it's giving me an excuse for a long needed vacation i also see it as necessary since i don't want to go over there the week of to find out I'll need another 1500 for being *technically* overweight even if i don't look it. I understand that the nurses can answer some questions over the phone or via email, but I'm going for that assurance of what i can expect from her actual experience with bodies that match exactly to mine, which i think can only be done with a physical. BTW, its annoying that no doctor has given me a physical below the belt and above the knees in the decade its taken me to transition...

I'm not worried much about depth or sensation since shes been doing excellent in the last couple years with that, but I do worry about choosing not to get hair removed down there since i hear the zapping is really painful and i'm not comfortable with revealing that area to someone i don't know (especially this far in transition). I also have some worry about hiding the scars but not about how it'll turn out once its done and healed. finally no more needing to tape or use a control top under my swimsuits, yay :)

one question I'd really like to find out on is if the unused tissues can be donated for study and tested for any malformation that may be related to some DSD that my friends are sure i have.
~;{@ Mel @};~

My GRS on 04-14-2015


Of all the things there are to do on this planet, there's only one thing that I must do- Live!
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Missy~rmdlm

Gosh I kind of feel left out, I never did a consultation.  ;D
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Shantel

This is too late for me to respond to Bmcknna, she's long since had her consultation. I met Marci several years ago in her Nordstrom Tower office at the Swedish hospital complex in Seattle. We talked about potential depth which was a concern as I had an orchiectomy several years earlier, she said no problem for her. I asked about the potential for good sensitivity of the neo-clitoris refashioned from the glans penis (the little soldier's helmet). She said that there are no guarantees and then noted that a cis female's clitoris is ten times more sensate then the glans penis and given the fact that she has to surgically remove it those nerves are severed, so when she constructs the clitoris it is performed as a micro-surgery procedure, reattaching the nerve bundles which will eventually recover and bring sufficient sensitivity back into the neo-clitoris. Unlike many SRS specialists Marci has perfected her procedures to be able to create the inner labia (little inner hood) during the same surgery during which the neo-vagina is constructed, some prefer to do two separate surgical procedures. I've seen some of her finished work in real life and it is marvelous. As an added note she said that though so many are repulsed my their pre-op male equipment and often avoid any sexual activity, that it is important that those planning on SRS to engage in occasional masturbation for the sake of keeping the body's electric pulses functional in that area to keep it as sensate as possible up until the SRS date.

As some of you know I opted out, not that I had any doubts about Marcie being one of, if not the finest in her field, but I had other unrelated considerations that took precedence. Don't be afraid to ask a lot of questions because it's all over when the fat lady sings and there's no going back. I'd be inclined to ask plenty of questions about the post-op maintenance procedures that you will be expected to perform.
         
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