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!
I was pretty sure I wouldn’t want a vaginoplasty when I socially transitioned in August 2023, but I knew I wanted an orchi.
It was probably around 6 months on estrogen when I realized I needed a vaginoplasty as well, so that was around a year before the surgery - maybe June 2024 (I started HRT in Dec. 2023).
I have insurance through my employer. The total cost of the surgery is $135,000 and insurance is paying for all but $1,400 of it which I have to pay.
I guess I haven’t thought of this at all, tbh - I’ll be moving in a few weeks to another state, so I won’t have time to celebrate (let alone recover!) so my life is just too busy for fun stuff 😅 Also, not sure most of my friends really grok the whole trans thing, so even if I had the time for it, I’m not sure what I would do to celebrate with them.
It’s a good idea, though - I’ll have to ponder this some more ❤️