Here are some basic facts:
- method was penile inversion
- I opted for full-depth rather than a vulvoplasty
- surgery took 3 hours, though recovery took another hour
- I went under general anaesthesia and had to be intubated and put on a ventilator
- I’m currently admitted in the hospital and bed bound, discharge is scheduled for Friday
- so far pain is between 1 and 3 for me, most of the time it’s between a 0 and 1.
Ask me anything!
The information I had generally was that a vaginoplasty takes between 4 - 6 hours here, and in the past could take 8+ hours to complete.
Apparently this is a really good surgeon and hospital, I was shocked they got it done in 3 hours. I’m not sure how typical that is, but I heard from one of the staff that they had make major advancements in the past few years that enabled a much faster surgery. I would love to have more details, but I don’t yet unfortunately.
I’m not sure re passing time - I brought movies, audiobooks, and my laptop so I can mess around on Lemmy like right now 😉
So we’ll see, but right now it’s also really easy to just close my eyes and spend time drifting and coming in and out of sleep.