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The operation is over

@ Dinky I was thinking the same thing but i dont even know where to start     

Quote from: Suigeniris on July 30, 2010, 08:12:36 PM
i cant wait to have a reply for this thread 6 months is a long wait lol lol

YES!  Heed the advice of others, Suigeniris.  I'm already down to one month and two weeks and still have much to do.  Next week I have my pre-op tests and I still have supplies to buy, meals to prep, clothes to buy, etc.  It's coming fast, fast, fast!

Quote from: Kristyn on August 01, 2010, 04:34:13 PM
YES!  Heed the advice of others, Suigeniris.  I'm already down to one month and two weeks and still have much to do.  Next week I have my pre-op tests and I still have supplies to buy, meals to prep, clothes to buy, etc.  It's coming fast, fast, fast!

I found the good thing being rushed to get things organised was it took my mind of the upcoming surgery so I wasn't as anxious.

 :-*thanx Chloe

It has been six years since I had SRS, at the time I was not full-time and I went alone, telling no one what I was doing.  I had lost the only woman I had ever been in love with (another transitioner).  I was sort of in a state of shock when I went to have SRS.  I felt very calm and peaceful, strangely peaceful.

When I woke up I didn't feel or think a whole lot, other than being hungry.  I had an epidural so I wasn't as drugged up as some, the meds being more confined to the spinal cord area.  Thinking back on that time however...  It was like I had walked through a magical doorway that was leading me into a new life.  I had done something more substantial than I knew and I would realize the implications over time.  Magical discoveries that changed my ideas about transition, myself, life...  what it is to be female.

Quote from: Luv2Dance on August 02, 2010, 04:42:46 PM
I was sort of in a state of shock when I went to have SRS.  I felt very calm and peaceful, strangely peaceful.

Oddly enough that is how I'm feeling as I approach my date, I wouldn't say I am in a state of shock, though.  Just very peaceful 

I thought, "What's for lunch?"

awwww <3 all these responses! Can't wait to have my own to add to this thread =)

Hi Jerica

Yes, your day will come and everyday after that you will be happy and free to enjoy your life.  So patience young caterpillar, your time will come. 

Kind regards
Sarah B

Quote from: cher_m on August 09, 2010, 02:53:23 PM
I thought, "What's for lunch?"

I wasn't asleep during my GRS as I elected to have an epidural and I was awake during the whole process, so I had lots of time to think.  Although I was sedated I vividly remember thinking something similar.  "Damn, I'm starving".

-={LR}=-

Quote from: Sarah B on August 09, 2010, 03:45:32 PM
Hi Jerica

Yes, your day will come and everyday after that you will be happy and free to enjoy your life.  So patience young caterpillar, your time will come. 

Kind regards
Sarah B

Patience, so hard! hehehe

My thoughts were this has to be a dream.3 years later, and I still cant believe thats me when I look in the mirror. :)I dont know how to explain the feeling, but its surreal.

I heard my name being called and a voice saying your surgery is over.  My first thoughts upon waking were "Huh?  What?", and after a few moments I smiled and said to myself "Wow!".  I was surprisingly very coherent even though I had a general along with the spinal.  I kept lifting my head and looking around--I really felt like getting up and moving around, but obviously I couldn't.  I'm still a bit light headed as I type this as my surgery was completed at around 2:25 this afternoon(Thursday Sept 15) a total of two hours and fifteen minutes.  I had a trach shave along with my srs.

After everything sunk in, I began smiling and I even laughed a little!  It's done and I feel so different  now!

WOW!!! 

QuoteRe: What were your first thoughts after you realised you had had GRS?

I can die any day now, but at least when I do, I'll die as myself and not as something I am not.

Utter relief.  I couldn't believe my dream had come true.  I know there was pain and discomfort from the surgery, but I was excited and could hardly wait until I could see the result.  (I will admit my first view after the gauze was removed was not very impressive....., but I am now 4 1/2 years post op and very happy with the result)