Had a wonderful visit with Dr Sinclair yesterday, I felt 100% sure that my decision to have him do my surgery was the right choice for me. Now I just have to maintain until Monday morning. his staff was fantastic, he is very engaged with the transgender community here in LA. my stress level is now 0 and I am off to the beach today to relax and enjoy the day

love ya
Jerri

You could have a look here:
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,190515.msg1697107.html#msg1697107

And you could mentally keep to a picture of a good outcome...

and do a few exercises a few times a day to work off stress hormones...
or take  walk...
wish you fun on the beach 

Hello Jerri, very excited for you.  If you want to chat or meetup let me know.  If you need anything feel free to ask. Email: Anne @ Edwardz.com.   I live and work very close to Whittier.

I kept very busy in the week leading up to SRS with Dr. Sinclair. Worked a field assignment , back to office and then home for bowel prep the day before SRS. Boy, was that fun. 

Hopefully recovery will go well for you, mine was a little rough since I returned to work way too soon.
My recovery schedule:
3 weeks back at work...bad idea!
8 weeks to feel 'normal'.
12 weeks to getting in pool. (no more pads or discharge)
4 month for sexual intercourse (received OK at 8 weeks, better to wait)
5 months panties optional and no foul odors. 
Almost 6 months all appears well.  Looks great and intercourse keeps getting better.

Jerri, SRS is a difficult recovery and it hurts.  You are in very good hands. Hospital staff and care was excellent.
You are hours away from 'Womanhood 2.0'!
 
As we say in TV, 'have a good show!'
You should do well.

Thank you,
Anne

Hi  Anne,
today is prep day, but I would love to get together next week for a bit once I get my cath out. We have had a blast  so far this week, I   just love So Cal. It was 41  and raining when I left home, we rented a 2015 Camaro convertable and have spent every minute exploring. I will send a text when I get back to feeling better.

xo Jerri

Can't wait to hear how it went!!

I have a doctor friend who works with Dr. Sinclair occasionally, hoping to find out more about his technique compared with Dr. Brassard..

I am leaning towards Sinclair myself.   Please keep us posted. 

Could you make insurance work here?

Hugs,
Jill

Quote from: shoko on November 16, 2015, 01:57:02 PM
Can't wait to hear how it went!!

I have a doctor friend who works with Dr. Sinclair occasionally, hoping to find out more about his technique compared with Dr. Brassard..

Well comparing pics they might be similar...

Op hope all went well 


hugs

Well this is one month out and I must say that I am not at all unhappy with the technique or results I have good depth and minimal pain or discomfort there are still a few stitches to dissolve which will relieve the discomfort.
I was not so pleased with the Whittier hospital; I had a bad non related event post op and had to go in for 4 extra hours of surgery and transfusions and spent an extra five days in ICU.
Most of the people were kind one refused to correctly id me as female I finally checked myself out so I could get food and water, with the doctors support of course and have been recovering very well since

I do support the schedule plenty of recovery time
my 4th week I went back to 1/2 days not so bad
my 5th week I am working 14 hour night shifts running a contractor maintenance crew doing a major over haul on a very critical piece of equipment ( tons of exposure and administrative interaction, they dont believe we need rest or sleep it seems lol)
I do hope to take most of next week off to recoupe my self and get back into a regular routing but I also believe that pushed it to fast to get back into work

yes they worked completely with my insurance I use high mark blue shield even though they are not in my system I was able to get in network costing due to not having this service within 100 miles of my home town. saved a few grand of out of pocket cost, of course I spent all of that on clothes I had the best time shopping in LA they have so many options we do not have in my little rural town.