I am,because I am scared of the extreme pain.

Not really. I'm not scared of any surgery honestly. Even when I was younger & got my adenoids & tonsils removed, I wasn't scared. My mindset is that they put me to sleep & I wake up in pain. The pain will go away so it's not that bad :p Kind of like getting sick

Not scared whatsoever I'll be asleep and they will drug me up good for the pain
honestly looking forward to it!

I HATE the thought of being cut open, and I'm terrified of anesthesia. But I did go through with GRS anyway.

(The pain wasn't actually that bad; never worse than about a 4 on the 1-10 scale. I've had more fun in my life, but I promise, it wasn't worth having it as a bugaboo, for me or anyone else there with me. Some girls never took any painkillers after they woke up!)

Scared? No. I've been looking forward to SRS since I was just a child .  So I may not have known about all the ins and outs back then, but none of that bothers me.

Cannot wait to get my date back.

xx

I'm never keen about being made unconscious and people I don't know cutting me open. 

I think I'll be apprehensive rather than scared. But OMG I still can't believe this time next year it will hopefully be well and truly over and done with!!

*Complications: painful, nasty, and potentially unpleasant complications are way too common for my liking.  I've come to the conclusion that the surgery compromises the integrity of the body so badly that the risk of complications is excessively high.  Furthermore, once a vital part of the body is weakened by incisions or tearing it can fail months or even years later even if it heals up initially.

*Possible loss of orgasm: related to the above.

*Regret: in my case, related to the above.  If I could just take a pill and wake up with a vagina I wouldn't hesitate but I know I'll have regrets if I spend the rest of my life with recurring fistulas, chronic infections, or unable to enjoy intimacy as far too many post-op MtFs do.

*lack of long-term data: the available studies on the long-term outcomes of these surgeries are rife with problems and don't really come to any clear conclusions.  How often do complications arise?  Will a neovagina eventually prolapse 30 years later and cause me an agonizing death?  Will I only get 10 good years as a woman before I start losing depth?  I just don't know and neither do the doctors who perform these surgeries.

For my part, I decided not to get a vaginoplasty until it's a life-or-death matter for me.  It's too risky.  I'll make do with an orchi for now because even though I hate having male parts, I can kind of deal with it.

I get a little worried about reassignment. I worry about if the end result doen't look right or if my new body part doesn't funtion how it is supposed to. I am not quite ready to have SRS yet, but I do think about it. Besides,  the surgeon can just fix the issues later.

My surgeon was quite clear.
If you are not nervous about having the procedure then you haven't thought it through. He also said If you have any doubts, don't have it; it will not make you any less or anymore of a woman.

As for pain levels he also said that as it is soft tissue surgery the pain level is quite low. As other girls have said, he also counselled that the use of post op pain killers is either not required or is minimal.

Quote from: Cindy on November 23, 2014, 01:49:04 AM
As for pain levels he also said that as it is soft tissue surgery the pain level is quite low. As other girls have said, he also counselled that the use of post op pain killers is either not required or is minimal.

Darn, there goes my prescription for medical marihuana!

Quote from: Ms Grace on November 23, 2014, 01:54:38 AM

Quote from: Cindy on November 23, 2014, 01:49:04 AM
As for pain levels he also said that as it is soft tissue surgery the pain level is quite low. As other girls have said, he also counselled that the use of post op pain killers is either not required or is minimal.

Darn, there goes my prescription for medical marihuana!

I'm going to have medical Moet. 

Can they hook it up to the IV drip?

Quote from: Rose City Rose on November 23, 2014, 12:27:44 AM
*Complications: painful, nasty, and potentially unpleasant complications are way too common for my liking.  I've come to the conclusion that the surgery compromises the integrity of the body so badly that the risk of complications is excessively high.  Furthermore, once a vital part of the body is weakened by incisions or tearing it can fail months or even years later even if it heals up initially.

*Possible loss of orgasm: related to the above.

*Regret: in my case, related to the above.  If I could just take a pill and wake up with a vagina I wouldn't hesitate but I know I'll have regrets if I spend the rest of my life with recurring fistulas, chronic infections, or unable to enjoy intimacy as far too many post-op MtFs do.

*lack of long-term data: the available studies on the long-term outcomes of these surgeries are rife with problems and don't really come to any clear conclusions.  How often do complications arise?  Will a neovagina eventually prolapse 30 years later and cause me an agonizing death?  Will I only get 10 good years as a woman before I start losing depth?  I just don't know and neither do the doctors who perform these surgeries.

For my part, I decided not to get a vaginoplasty until it's a life-or-death matter for me.  It's too risky.  I'll make do with an orchi for now because even though I hate having male parts, I can kind of deal with it.

I'm exactly the same and I'm worried about how it would look.

Quote from: Rose City Rose on November 23, 2014, 12:27:44 AM
*Complications: painful, nasty, and potentially unpleasant complications are way too common for my liking.  I've come to the conclusion that the surgery compromises the integrity of the body so badly that the risk of complications is excessively high.  Furthermore, once a vital part of the body is weakened by incisions or tearing it can fail months or even years later even if it heals up initially.

*Possible loss of orgasm: related to the above.

*Regret: in my case, related to the above.  If I could just take a pill and wake up with a vagina I wouldn't hesitate but I know I'll have regrets if I spend the rest of my life with recurring fistulas, chronic infections, or unable to enjoy intimacy as far too many post-op MtFs do.

*lack of long-term data: the available studies on the long-term outcomes of these surgeries are rife with problems and don't really come to any clear conclusions.  How often do complications arise?  Will a neovagina eventually prolapse 30 years later and cause me an agonizing death?  Will I only get 10 good years as a woman before I start losing depth?  I just don't know and neither do the doctors who perform these surgeries.

For my part, I decided not to get a vaginoplasty until it's a life-or-death matter for me.  It's too risky.  I'll make do with an orchi for now because even though I hate having male parts, I can kind of deal with it.

Im absolutely terrified of all those things tbh but as silly as it sounds even if most of those (the non lethal ones) were a sure thing id still want grs As it stands now I couldn't/wouldnt use what I have to be intimate so you can't lose something you've never had in the first place
As for physical pain that's bad of course, but I'd rather physical pain that I can deal with mentally, than mental anguish i can't deal with at all. So for me, even though I am terrified about the potential risks and bad outcomes, Im even more terrified at  the prospect of not getting it done

Quote from: Rose City Rose on November 23, 2014, 12:27:44 AM
*Regret: in my case, related to the above.  If I could just take a pill and wake up with a vagina I wouldn't hesitate but I know I'll have regrets if I spend the rest of my life with recurring fistulas, chronic infections, or unable to enjoy intimacy as far too many post-op MtFs do.

I'm sure it's different for everyone, but I'm unable to enjoy intimacy at all now, due to dysphoria over the wrong parts.

SRS for me is an opportunity for me to rid that source of dyphoria, and an opportunity for me to actually enjoy intimacy for the remainder of my life. With that perspective, the risks are real, but worth it for what I can gain.

I've always been so sure of getting it. Like, whether or not I wanted it doesn't compute with me because my brain just says yes, no matter the circumstances. Plus, having a penis is such a nuisance. Why do they even exist??

Biggest fear? That the surgeon is rocking out to Hedwig and the Angry Inch as I am put under.

Yeah... quite a bit.

I'm scared that I might be one of the few people who does have regrets, scared that for some reason adoption won't be enough for me and I'll regret that I removed my ability to have biological children 20 years from now, scared of complications, scared of the pain involved, scared of the recovery going on too long and interfering with my ability to work, scared of losing sensation and the ability to orgasm, scared that I won't be able to keep up with the dilation schedule and that it will be too much for me, scared that it won't be everything that I've always imagined and that it won't feel right in the end...

Did that just about cover everything? I'm a complete worrywart.

I am scared that I would regret it if I got it, so I am just going to get an orchi and not the vaginoplasty.

Quote from: Cindy on November 23, 2014, 01:49:04 AM
My surgeon was quite clear.
If you are not nervous about having the procedure then you haven't thought it through. He also said If you have any doubts, don't have it; it will not make you any less or anymore of a woman.

I relate to this I dontg think I need to get it done to feel like a women.