Surgery
Today I had my first consultation with Dr. Suporn after having left the hospital on Friday. The main reason was for the removal of the stitches in my armpits from the breast implants and some of the stitches in the genital area, but it was also an important opportunity for him to check my progress [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 15: Dr. Suporn on my recovery
I’ve often heard post op women talk about how they can’t remember what it was like to have what they had down below before. It may seem like a crazy thing to claim: How can one forget a body part which one has lived with for decades? Well, today, I looked in the mirror, 10 [...]
I am no neuroscientist (I’m glad enough I can spell the word properly alone), but my transition has taught me quite a lot about how my body works, especially how hormones affect ones brain. I had two neurological issues which I’d battled with for years disappear with my change in hormones and having stopped hormones [...]
Today was a very bittersweet day. I got my freedom again, but I had to leave those lovely nurses at the hospital behind and I will miss them – they’re so caring and sweet!!! This morning, the doctor did his bit of removing all the packing. I did seriously wonder if he’d come out with [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 12: Unpacked, dilated and back in the hotel
Today’s an uneventful day. Yet another lovely shower and a little wander around to visit a new arrival who had her op yesterday (she’s still in the muzzy morphine stage), but apart from that, I’m just taking it easy and preparing for tomorrow when all the packing comes out and I start to live life [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 11: Slowly wrapping things up
Today, I made great strides, literally! Well, little strides at first, to be honest! Dr. Suporn came by whilst I was out for the count (I can still beat my cat in terms of hours slept per day) and did a quick check up, pronounced his happiness with my progress and told me I could [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 10: Out and about (ish)
Sorry for not writing yesterday. As Sarah Hélène mentioned in the comments yesterday, the third day after the op is often the ‘down’ day and it was a little like that for me. I slept almost the whole day and it seemed to do me a lot of good. One good thing which I did [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 9: And it’s out in the open!
With all the morphine I had in me yesterday, writing wasn’t really an option. Even reading a book turned out to be too much when I found I’d read the opening paragraph some ten times and not taken any of it in! Well, today, they took away the morphine pump and whilst it does hurt [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 7: Starting to feel human again
I slept well last night, thanks to a sleeping pill the nurses gave me, and woke up in time for a lovely talk with my wonderful girlfriend by Skype. I also woke up to loads of sweet best wishes and you can imagine how much that helps. Well, I’ve showered and washed all the operative [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 5: The op itself (part 1, maybe)
It’s now 19h30 and I’ve been in the hospital since about 13h00. My day started with a nice breakfast, chatting to the other Supornistas and I even had the chance to chat with the girl who had such a scare last night. She seems a lot better and a lot less scared after the care [...]
Continue reading about The operation – Day 4: Into the hospital