Whitefang5678

9/11/2020

7 Weeks post-op today and I had my post-op appointment by phone a couple of days ago, I’ve started massaging the incisions and I’m just waiting for the scabs to fall off the nipples still but I was told to put a little bit of moisturise on them and that seems to be working so they’ve started coming off which is good. I’m also back to work. I’m taking it easy as to not stretch the scars especially when I’m putting stock out on the shop floor.

2-11-2020

Not much has changed healing wise, still waiting for scabs to fall off and incisions are still thin. I have my post op appointment on Friday, was meant to fly over to England but it’s been changed to a phone appointment now so had to cancel flights and accommodation.

It’s nice to look in the mirror and see how I’ve looked in my head finally.

19-10-2020

4 weeks post op today and I’ve really been loving the 45mins break from the compression garment. I’ve started sleeping on my side more but I’m also trying not to sleep on my side. Everything is healing well, still waiting for the nipples to finish healing becuase my skin is becoming more dry from the plasters everyday. My scars I think are still nice and thin which is my top priority with them.

12/10/2020

Three weeks post-op and I’ve noticed I can move my arms a lot more comfortably and can sleep on my right side. There is no pain apart from when I’m changing the tape and another stitch came out.

I can also now take 45mins breaks after showering but I’m splitting it to half and hour after and shower and 15mins before sleeping.

Appearance wise I don’t think anything has changed since 2 weeks post op

05/10/2020

Not much has changed, I’m not in any pain unless I move the wrong way. Still sleeping on my back and wearing the post-op binder.

28/09/2020

Today I had my one week post-op appointment where I got to see my chest for the first time.

I had top surgery with Miles Berry in London on the 21st September and I’m now two days post op and the pain is minimal but is a constant dull pain, I don’t know if it’s from the bandage or the post-op compression garment.

Date: 12th February 2020

So I had my top surgery consult and it went well, I had my consult with Miles Berry.

He asked me what i surgery I thought I would need and I said double incision and he said okay and explained complications and post op care briefly. He then asked me to go to the bed thing and take my top off to look at my chest which was a bit uncomfortable for me but he has to see it and confirmed that I would need double incision. Based on my chest he said my scars are likely to be straight but long and that I’m more likely to get dog ears in the middle than the outside because there’s not much space in the middle of my chest but he said they could go down with post-op care and if not I can come back and get them removed.

He then asked if I had any questions and I’ll just list the ones I asked with the answers

1. How soon can I fly after top surgery?

His answer was I can fly if it’s a short flightwhich mine would be.

2. When do you find out about post op appointments?

If I remember correctly, he said you get a phone call a week or something before your surgery and that’s kind of when they will start thinking about post op appointments

I did ask more than that but I can’t remember the answers enough to say accurately.

I was then met by the clinic manager to sort out pricing and possible booking and I now know how much my surgery will be which is £7325, which is a bit more than I expected it to go up but it all grand and she also sorts out the dates so at the minute I have a date for August

If you want to donate I have a just giving page and I would appreciate any donations it would be so helpful

My top surgery consult is in a couple of days and I’m so nervous but excited for it, I know I won’t be able to book a surgery date at it because I don’t have the money for it just yet but my nanny wants to go down to the bank in March to talk about getting a loan so that’s good news

Feel free to donate to my top surgery it would be greatly appreciated ☺️

I had my second appointment with Dr McClure on 10th January 2020 and it went well he basically asked about me from when I was born up until now and how I figured out my gender. He asked if anyone in my family had any history of wanting to change their gender and if anyone had mental health issues along with things like adhd. Near the end he asked if someone could take away my chest and I could live the rest of my life as female would I, my answer was no because it’s not the only source of dysphoria for me, it’s the main one but not the only. I got my report from him a couple of days later and there was a few cases of misgendering from what I can see but I’m going to put it as a mistake.

Just 26 days until my top surgery consultation and then hopefully I can book a date for surgery.

Date: 14/01/2020

So yesterday I got a phone call from YourGP and they offered me a second appointment which I accepted and paid the £50 deposit so it’s now in January and then about an hour later I got an email from the surgeons office about a consultation which I also accepted which is in February and I’m hoping I’ll have both reports to be able to book a date for it. I didn’t need to pay a deposit for the surgeon consultation which is good because I can focus on flights and accommodation for it then

So I had my first appointment at YourGP with Dr Myskow, she was really nice and asked me about my journey with coming out and transitioning and how I realised I was trans. They have two psychiatrists there, one who sees 20 and under and another who sees 21 and above

The 20 and under psychiatrist has a shorter waiting list about 3 weeks I think she said and he is newer. The other psychiatrist has a slightly longer waiting list which is about 6-7 weeks. Becuase of when my birthday is I kinda got to chose who I went with and I chose the shorter waiting list.

They also asked who I came out to and how they reacted and why I chose not to change my name and why I don’t want to go on hormones yet. She also asked how would top surgery affect me and I gave more physical answers such as muscle damaging healing and being able to exercise, becuase I am almost always binding I’ve never had to really deal with my chest and when I do I block it out.

She then asked if I had thought about surgeons and who I wanted to go with, I said I plan to go with Miles Berry, she then explained that I could book a consultation with him and that he won’t be able to do the surgery until he gets a letter from her with the psychiatrist report aswell.

Appointment Date: 13/12/2019

Date: 14/12/2019