I'm currently (and very loosely at this stage) drafting up a plan for 2018. My parents will need a proper plan ready by next year as they're going to be taking me overseas for these surgeries, and as such having to take a lot of time out of their schedules. Which I appreciate so much, so I want to be as respectful as possible and devise a well drafted plan. I also know a lot of surgeons book up quite ahead in advance.

One big question that comes to mind is how many surgeries can the body handle in the space of 12 months? Is it plausible to plan SRS, FFS, VFS and possibly a breast augmentation in the 1 year?

It's not ideal for me to take more than 1 year off my studies but definitely will do for my health if necessary. If you have experience with this please let me know - and also what is the best order to have the surgeries in?

Thanks lovelies!

Quote from: Ellement_of_Freedom on June 03, 2016, 04:40:24 AM
One big question that comes to mind is how many surgeries can the body handle in the space of 12 months? Is it plausible to plan SRS, FFS, VFS and possibly a breast augmentation in the 1 year?

Warlockmaker did SRS, FFS and BA in one go.

My wonderful surgeries SRS, BA and FFS at PAI Bangkok
https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php?topic=204651.0

I highly recommend you have FFS and SRS at least one year apart. You body will need time to recover. It would be stupid to have another long surgery with hard recovery before you are fully recovered from the previous. Think health first, everything else second.

Dont plan only about surgeries... transition is a lot more than just surgeries. Successful transition isnt measured by how quick you can do all surgeries... it only matters that overall quality of your life improves, and you are able to move on with your life and live as your true authentic self. Many are able to do this without any surgery, some other need help from surgeons.

Its pointless to plan order before you will even know what you need and what you dont. Have you been on hormones for at least 2-3 years that you are certain that you need breast augmentation? Have you tried guided voice therapy for at least a year or so, and you gave up on it because of no improvement? Its impossible to cheat genital reconstruction surgery, so you might want to plan that in advance because some surgeons have waitlines. Some think think they will need FFS to pass, but it turns out many have good results from hrt, and learn how to style hair and use make up, instead, and can end up being waaaaaaay more passable than some who jumped into FFS expecting it will be a miracle that will solve everything... many dont spend much time researching surgeons (there are good and bad and many inbetween).

 

Quote from: mmmmm on June 03, 2016, 07:29:27 AM
I highly recommend you have FFS and SRS at least one year apart. You body will need time to recover. It would be stupid to have another long surgery with hard recovery before you are fully recovered from the previous. Think health first, everything else second.

Dont plan only about surgeries... transition is a lot more than just surgeries. Successful transition isnt measured by how quick you can do all surgeries... it only matters that overall quality of your life improves, and you are able to move on with your life and live as your true authentic self. Many are able to do this without any surgery, some other need help from surgeons.

Its pointless to plan order before you will even know what you need and what you dont. Have you been on hormones for at least 2-3 years that you are certain that you need breast augmentation? Have you tried guided voice therapy for at least a year or so, and you gave up on it because of no improvement? Its impossible to cheat genital reconstruction surgery, so you might want to plan that in advance because some surgeons have waitlines. Some think think they will need FFS to pass, but it turns out many have good results from hrt, and learn how to style hair and use make up, instead, and can end up being waaaaaaay more passable than some who jumped into FFS expecting it will be a miracle that will solve everything... many dont spend much time researching surgeons (there are good and bad and many inbetween).

Thank you so much for your advice! I really appreciate it. I'm definitely not committing to have any surgery aside from SRS just yet. If the hormones do their job enough and I'm able to change my voice then that will really be the best case scenario.

That said, I don't want to begin my research and planning in 2 or 3 years when I realise I need FFS/VFS, only to find the wait list for said procedures is another 1 to 2 years. I'd much rather cancel my plans in 2 years if I don't need to go ahead with all of the surgeries, than to start planning from scratch at that point if I do.

And so that's why I've made this post. I totally agree about spacing the surgeries out. Now I'm just trying to get an idea of which order to do the surgeries in and what other people's experience was re: recovery/time.

FFS, SRS and BA would be too much in a year. I started planning my surgeries at 12 months of HRT when I was passing really well and had a good idea of who I was and what I wanted to look like at the end of the transition.

I had my FFS followed by BA/otoplasty and planning again end of this year. Next year would be SRS and Butt implant surgery.

Quote from: Riya88 on August 01, 2016, 02:46:38 AM
Next year would be SRS and Butt implant surgery.

Are you sure about the butt implant, it does seem to have a very good reputation. However there's a great post on the forums about fat transfer.