mister clean
Aug. 31st, 2011 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pauraque_bkWe were supposed to go back to my surgeon on Monday to get my drains and stitches out, but we couldn't because the hurricane led to too many road closures and there was no way to get there. This was disappointing because the drains were getting really painful, but I should just be glad the flooding didn't affect us any more than that. We live basically on a hill, so we were not in danger of flooding actually reaching us, and nobody we know had any major ill effects either.
Anyway, we finally got back to the surgeon today, and the painful drains are gone, and I CAN SHOWER AGAIN. YAAAAAAY.
The swelling has gone down enough that I have some idea what it looks like, and it looks... fine. Looks right, I should say. This is how I've generally taken all the physical changes of my transition. I don't get excited, I just see them and think "Well, good. It's about time." Not to say anyone else is wrong to get excited about their own changes, it's just that I experience it more as a return to normalcy.
There is an unfortunate thing, though - my GERD is acting up really bad because of how long I spent flat on my back. (Yes, my bed is tilted, and I'm on medication. I have severe chronic reflux that can't always be controlled by normal measures, and they're not really sure why.) I'm going to urgent care tomorrow to see if I can get some emergency stomach fixing stuff, because I've been down this road before and I know it leads to extreme pain. So hopefully they'll give me yucky stuff to drink and it'll get better.
Also, my dad emailed me with concern about the floods, which is nice, and also to alert me that he plans to donate his body to medical science when he dies. Ah, dads.
Anyway, we finally got back to the surgeon today, and the painful drains are gone, and I CAN SHOWER AGAIN. YAAAAAAY.
The swelling has gone down enough that I have some idea what it looks like, and it looks... fine. Looks right, I should say. This is how I've generally taken all the physical changes of my transition. I don't get excited, I just see them and think "Well, good. It's about time." Not to say anyone else is wrong to get excited about their own changes, it's just that I experience it more as a return to normalcy.
There is an unfortunate thing, though - my GERD is acting up really bad because of how long I spent flat on my back. (Yes, my bed is tilted, and I'm on medication. I have severe chronic reflux that can't always be controlled by normal measures, and they're not really sure why.) I'm going to urgent care tomorrow to see if I can get some emergency stomach fixing stuff, because I've been down this road before and I know it leads to extreme pain. So hopefully they'll give me yucky stuff to drink and it'll get better.
Also, my dad emailed me with concern about the floods, which is nice, and also to alert me that he plans to donate his body to medical science when he dies. Ah, dads.
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Date: 2011-09-01 08:07 am (UTC)huh? Did he think you wanted to inherit it? it's too funny!
I'm very happy for you, I managed to miss your posts about your surgery but now I'm just soooo happy everything is going well! I had drains after breast surgery (lump, long story) and damn, I hated those things! I'm glad you're free now.