For those of you not familiar with this I am one of the few transsexuals who desired genital removal only without vaginoplasty.
I am kind of like the Hijra in India they remove their testicles and penis but do not get vaginoplasty.
I had an orchiectomy almost 2 years ago and I had the penectomy this Saturday 4/11/2015. It still feels so unreal. I love looking down there and seeing it's not down there anymore.
But I want to share for anybody who is thinking of doing the same or just wants to read about my experience.
It was done by Dr. Arnkoff(well mostly by an intern). He really is an angel who made my dreams come true 2 times. First with the orchie now with this. He did not require a therapist letter or hormone therapy.
The first step for the penectomy was coming to Michigan to Garden City Hospital where I had a catheter inserted so I could be ready to pee sitting down after my penectomy. Also known as perineal urethrostomy the urethra is cut and an opening is created through the perineum, right above the anus. So I will have to pee sitting down for the rest of my life. A catheter is inserted through the new opening.
He left the catheter in there for a month that way the pee hole stays forcibly open for an extended period of time and it has a smaller chance of healing over. Most doctors leave the catheter in only for a few days for penectomy patients. I like the way he does it because it seems like I have a lower chance of having it start to heal over later. Btw on penectomy day he gave me two dilators which I can use once in a while to make sure it's not healing over.
So then I came back to Michigan after a month and he took the catheter out two days before the penectomy. So I was already all set with the new way of urinating. And all that was left is to remove the penis.
So on Saturday I went to a surgery center where there were also 2 other doctors. One of them was an intern. She did most of the penectomy while he supervised and also did a part of it. She also did my perineal urethrostomy earlier. All 3 of the doctors are friendly and I can tell they did their best. They used local anesthesia. The price for the penectomy was only $3,500. For the perineal urethrostomy it was $1,500 for Dr Arnkoff and $850 or $875 for the hospital.
But anyways the local anesthesia shots were the hardest part. They had to really get in there to make sure everything is numb. The penectomy took a little over an hour. I was quiet most of the time and very nervous even though I knew I was in good hands. Can't help it. After the surgery the site did not look bad at all but there's been a lot of swelling. Now it looks very unpleasant since it is swollen and dark. It will look awkward until it gets to the final stages of healing.
I am seeing Arnkoff tomorrow again just so he can check how I a doing.
And if you're wondering about the pain the surgery was done around 7:30 am and I didn't feel anything until about noon. Then the pain really started to come in. I got some strong pain killers called hydrocodone and even they were not working until I finally ended up taking 3 of them which is very risky. But then the pain finally became tolerable. So it's been getting better. Now the pain is ok as long I take the hydrocodone I do not feel anything except the soreness.
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