Pre-op consult
I’ll need to be in hospital for about a week after surgery. Bed rest for the first few days, hopefully up and moving around the room on day 3, then moving around the room on day 4. I should prepare to be in Brisbane for a month after surgery, seeing the hand specialist 1-2 times a week. He said I don’t need to stock up on any supplies, as all dressings, etc. will be supplied while up there and when it’s time to go home, he’ll recommend what dressings to continue with, depending on where I’m at with the healing process.
I currently work a desk job, so he’s happy for me to go back to work as soon as I’m happy to do so. I’m still in chats with my manager about this who needs to consult HR, but hopefully there won’t be too much of an issue with me returning ASAP (because, you know, this shit costs a fucking motsa and also ADHD and boredom). I’ll definitely be taking a full week or two off, then maybe look at just doing half days and see how I’m handling it after that. My job does involve typing, but I can absolutely manage it with one hand.
He recommended ceasing hair and tattoo removal a month before surgery, so I’ll still be able to get a couple of sessions in before my surgery date. He also recommended stopping any vitamins/supplements/medications (outside of my regular dexamphetamine and renadron) a week before surgery.
I asked about shrinkage and he said that there shouldn’t really be any shrinkage unless there’s a blood supply issue, and he’s only had one instance of that occurring since performing phallo in Australia and that was on a guy who had ALT (who was borderline) and it was a risk that the guy was aware of.
Will need to get blood test and urine test done a week or two beforehand.
Potentially return to Brisbane to see Goossen again a month before surgery, however he’s happy for me to just rock up to surgery provided arm and skin are all good and I’m healthy, etc. I’ll touch base with him about 2 months prior to surgery and update him with where everything is at.
Was hoping to get me in to see Dr Ingram today after he finished in surgery, however I didn’t end up hearing from them (well, I had a missed call from a private number around 3:30 in the afternoon, but that was too close to my departure time to have made it out to see him anyway). At the present moment, I am booked to see him two days prior to surgery on May 22nd, which I will keep as is unless I end up returning to Brisbane to see Goossen before surgery.
It’s worth noting that with Goossen, after Stage 1, your body will have the following incision/donor areas - arm (full thickness), butt (full thickness, replacing forearm graft), an abdominal incision, and an incision on the inner groin of at least one leg, but potentially both. There will be a catheter in your new urethra acting as a stent to keep it open, as well as your existing urethra.
Anerve from your abdomen and groin are hooked up to your existing junk. He also mentioned something about something placed next to your existing junk in prep for stage 2, as well as something about the minora, but I can’t remember.
At least 6 months between each stage, and recovery times for each stage are approximately as follows:
Stage 1 - 3 months
Stage 2 - 2 months
Stage 1 - 1 month
*I wrote this while on the plane, do forgive me
