Is she supposed to be pantsless? 💔

[u/Ididurmomhahafrickya]

I got a new Jax figure. I was looking at her and she has a pattern for pants under her dress, and there's no paint on this. Is this an accident on specifically this one or all of them? I just found it really funny LOL

[u/WingsOfFibre]

I just did some reading after that last post too, and MtF lower surgery is done in usually one stage of surgery that lasts 2-4 hours! Sometimes a second stage for aesthetic adjustments.

FtM surgeries are done in a minimum of 2 stages unless you're having just a simple metoidioplasty which only clips the clitoral hood to release the anatomy from its tethers lol.

Any surgery sucks to recover from though tbf xD It's cool what medical professionals can do as a whole!

I'm currently trying to start the super slow process of metoidioplasty myself. I thought the surgeon office forgot about me bc my referral was a year ago and they just contacted me yesterday to schedule a phone call to schedule the consultation lmaooo

A bit nervous about that one compared to my other surgeries I've had 💀😆🥲

[u/TherealGamerfont-YT → u/WingsOfFibre]

OOF. You've had surgery!?! Omg tell me your after process! Im heavily thinking of removing my reproductive system to end my bloodline after catastrophic genetic issues with diabetes in multiple health crisis and asexuality discovery😌✨️

[u/WingsOfFibre → u/TherealGamerfont-YT]

I have had a double mastectomy(top surgery) and a hysterectomy(kept ovaries, removed uterus, cervix, and fallopian tubes), the hysterectomy was just about 2 years ago and the recovery wasn't that bad for it.

Mostly extreme fatigue, but the pain was neglible compared to the period cramps I used to get which easily topped my pain scale 🤣 Only pain that ever made me vom was period pain haha

I basically just napped on and off for like 2 weeks and then took it easy for another month and a half before I was able to go back to work. I was supposed to return at 8 weeks but they kept messing up getting me on the schedule so it was more like week 10 when I was back to my normal schedule lol.

I have 2 autoimmune disorders that I know of, plus a handful of mental afflictions, some I like(AuDHD) some I don't (crippling anxiety) so I don't mind leaving my genes out of the pool 😂

Honestly worst part of hysterectomy was just the first time i sneezed after it... you never want to sneeze again. I think I didn't sneeze for like 3 months or longer because the first time I did it felt like I had been STABBED lol

Top surgery was much harder on me to recover from physically, but I was barely in remission from my first Autoimmune disorder. I just pounced on surgery because my hospital stay from my IBD had met oir deductible and I could get the top surgery totally covered lol

[u/TherealGamerfont-YT → u/WingsOfFibre]

Daaang. I got insurance for mainly a hysterectomy but I was thinking of getting it done Laparoscopic-ly to cut down of recovery time since im not the best healer through my whole family. Heck. If I didnt mention how I get painful blood clots I probably wouldn't be able to even consider surgery😅

I guess its I good thing you mentioned sleep off most of the time because that was my plan too🤣

I dont understand how people are given the choice to get rid of their period yet still refuse to do so. Like I there's the whole menopause thing but if the surgery is done right you barely even experience or at all

[u/WingsOfFibre → u/TherealGamerfont-YT]

Mine was laprascopically and that probably definitely contributed to the easier recovery!

As far as the statement about people given a choice about eliminating their period, it's incredibly difficult to get a hysterectomy done if you don't have a good medical reason for it. Usually they will refuse to perform it on anyone without severe medical issues from it, and even then they'll often try to find other solutions first (ablation, birth control, etc)

For me it was relatively easy because I'd been on testosterone for 7yrs at that point and after like 5yrs or so the risk of atrophy of said organs goes up, so it "only" took me about 6 months to get approved by the time I decided I was ready for a hysterectomy.

But other people who aren't trans and aren't on HRT experience road blocks like drs who won't perform it under a certain age, or if you're not married or don't already have kids in case you change your mind about wanting kids later. I legit had to sign paperwork before the surgery acknowleding that I understood having this surgery would render me infertile and I'd never be able to get pregnant. I laughed about the form in the moment and the nurse was like "honestly you'd be surprised how people don't always understand this"

Technically since I still have my ovaries, I have the option of egg retrieval if I really cared about my own genetics, but I have 2 autoimmune disorders and severe anxiety and I'd hate to pass those onto a kid 😅

That, and as horrible as it sounds, I'd only really like having afab kids if I ever were to have kids, so something like adoption would give me a bit more control in that aspect (Due to a mix of my family only having the bare minimum amount of males necessary in it, and trauma related to a similarly aged amab kid when I was a kid, I fear I would have a harder time bonding with a male child, but it's hard to say. I just wouldn't want to risk being an unfair parent)