#top-surgery

[fiveandknives]

Thinking about trans wade post top-op being happy his chest was finally flat but also hating the visual of the scars underneath.

Also thinking of post weapon x/post frances wade laughing morbidly about not having to worry about that anymore.

[pauls-hair-is-delicious]

The Lost Boys W/ A S/O Recovering From Top Surgery

• They were all right there when you woke up from surgery

• They pretty much won’t let you get up from your spot in the cave.

• Dwayne will sit/lay beside you and read with you to help you with your post-op depression. Comforting you with the sudden hormone change. He also ends up doing a ton of research to find ways to help out with recovery.

• Marko is in full on cuddle mode as well as “I-gotta-get-anything-and-everything-you-need” mode. You’re craving sushi? He’s off to get you some. You need more pillows bc the doctor said don’t lay flat on your back? How many do you need? He’ll get them for you.

• Paul is hyperactive. All. The. Time. BUT! He can stay still and play guitar for hours. It’s something that helps you. Until the migraines hit. In that case he’s getting you everything you might need.

• David has rep to keep up but he cares deeply about you. He goes off on his own without the others and comes back with a mysterious bag. He’ll order everyone out and d u m p random stuffed animals around you. Eventually the others find out and start doing the same thing.

• Say hello to stuffed animal haven.

• After the post-op depression runs its corse they’re still doing the things they did during it.

• When the time comes for the bandages and drainage tubes to come out they’re all sitting in there with you.

• Seeing you so happy makes them so happy it’s not even funny.

• They’ll help you with keeping the scars soft so you can freely move around without the restraint of The Incredible Hulk holding everything together

• God forbid anyone looks at you or your scars and insults you. The boys will take care of it.

[okyahcool]

I'm officially 1 month post op!

[the-last-airbadger]

So I just realised my top-surgery is in 12 DAYS

[transineurope]

Hej! Vet ni något om hur man hittar lokala stöd grupper för folk som är icke-binära/trans (Bor utanför Stockholm)? Också, har ni någon info på hur man går till väga med top-surgery och så vidare i Sverige? Jag hittar ingenting själv och vet inte vart man ska vända sig... :/ tack på förhand!

Hej! Rekommenderar att kolla med RFSL eller RFSU! De har många lokala grupper, kan hända en i din kommun också. Annars finns Stockholms RFSU om du bor tillräckligt nära för att åka dit. De har en facebooksida med mer information, plus deras hemsida såklart. Bor själv i Skåne så har lite dålig koll på just Stockholms mindre grupper, men gjorde en snabb sökning via RFSL och hittade följande:

Transcaféet - Kravlösa samtal mellan transperson, öppet andra tisdagen varje månadTransit Samtalsgrupp - Ledarledda samtal för dig mellan 15-25Transit Stödgrupp - Stödgrupp för dig mellan 15-25 som är i utredningsprocessen

När det kommer till top-surgery är det min erfarenhet (är själv mitt i min utredningsprocess i Lund) att en måste få sina tre “godkännanden” (kurator, psykolog, läkare) via Könsidentitetsmottagningen innan en kan få remiss till topsurgery och/eller hormonbehandling. Om bottomsurgery är aktuellt för dig krävs det att du först byter juridiskt kön, vilket du i nuläget gör via Socialstyrelsen. Då krävs det att du är färdig med hela utredningen, men riksdagen har lagt fram en motion om att detta ska gå att göra via skatteverket istället, om den motionen går igenom kommer den juridiska processen bli frikopplad från den medicinska och du kan då byta juridiskt kön utan kontakt med vården.

För mer detaljer rekommenderar jag starkt RFSLs hemsida transformering! Lycka till!

/Mod Teo

[caramelshrimp]

I had top-surgery 8 days ago. There's bruises and stitches and a ridiculous amound of switching out band-aids. I have never been happier with how my chest looks and despite not being perfect I am looking forward to seeing it heal a bit every day. I am looking forward to it being healed enough that I can forget to move carefully and just flop around in bed on a weekend morning or put on a t-shirt in a hurry when I overslept on a work day.

I am very happy I made this decision, despite all the annoying steps in the middle.

Having said all that why does my mother think she gets to grieve my chest as it was at all. I haven't for a second where is this coming from

[caramelshrimp]

Day 3

Still can't believe my chest is flat now. No gender just some Kind of Thang. Lets go. I have a feeling the scars don't quite line up but its way too early to tell lol. Also I am very much not allowed to check. The good news is that the big wrappings are off, drains are out (I recommend eating breakfast beforehand) and I'm basically wearing a binder. Again. It pulls less than the other wrappings tho. Generally the pain is very manageable, I've been taking about 600 ibuprofen three times a day and it IS uncomfortable but not horrible. Lying down is fine, sitting is fine, walking is still a bit cautious. The vibrations kinda hurt and I worry about pulling something so Nosferatu-Style it is. I was told I had as much arm movement as I felt was right so I'm going about half-way tops, usually bit less. It's more about bringing your entire Torso closer to what you want rather than just your hands.

Right now I can see daily improvement and I really hope it might stay that way until everything is done. And when it's done I will never have to do it again. Ever. I am 26 and this is my reality now.

Maybe my ribs won't hurt anymore soon.

And then I am looking forward to a lot of things, ranging from swimming to dancing to just wearing a nice hoodie or button-down. And one day I won't even remember :3

[caramelshrimp]

They surgically flattend me! I am so flat. Somewhere under the wrappings. Also big ow but not quite as bad as i feared. Tensing muscles in the Torso area hurts but! Deliberately breathing like u do for anxiety helps a bit c: