Monday, July 04, 2005

Independence Day....The Sequel

I’m back in Scottsdale, Arizona, for more surgery. Last year, I was here with Amber for her SRS. This time, I’m here for labiaplasty and a little body contouring around the waist. The labiaplasty is to further define the labia and to hood the clitoris while the body contouring is ultrasonic assisted liposuction to give the waist a more feminine appearance. If I can, I'm also going to see if he will place some of that extra fat in my nasolabial folds.

Since today is a holiday, Dr. Meltzer’s office is closed, but since he has surgery all day tomorrow, he’s holding pre-op appointments today for surgeries tomorrow and Wednesday.

E (who’s along to help me during recovery) and I were picked up at the hotel and transported to his office, where we waited for a few minutes before being escorted to an exam room. I went over some of the basics with Janet, Dr. Metlzer’s nurse, before asking some of my questions. When Dr. Meltzer came in (he’d ridden his bike to the office in the heat....although I had already run 4 miles that morning), we went over all of my questions and concerns:

I don’t seem to have much sensation in my vagina:
None of the major nerves were cut, so you should regain full sensation with time.
I pulled out several ‘dissolvable’ sutures and can feel more in there. Will more be used?
Sometimes the dissolvable sutures take several months to be absorbed. Dissolvable sutures will be used during the labiaplasty, so you will not need to have any sutures removed at a later date.

When should I resume my dilation schedule, and how often should I dilate?
You should resume dilating about 3-5 days after surgery....probably this Saturday. Start with the smaller dilators and continue with your current schedule.

How soon can I start running again?
You can resume brisk walking in a week, running in two weeks. There are no restrictions after 2 weeks.

My mons area is still swollen similar to Amber’s.
Some people have that, some don’t. We’ll lipo that area at the same time that we lipo your waist.

My urethra is very small causing urination to take forever.
I’ll open that up a little today (which he did with a hemistat) and take care of that during surgery.

My urine stream is also angled up fairly high.
I’ll also take care of that in surgery.

I had an orgasm and excreted fluid that wasn’t urine. Any idea what it might be?
It was probably seminal and prostatic fluid. The source of the fluid will probably dry up in time.

I prefer a labial shape that isn’t too big.
We looked at the porn magazine that I brought along again. He said that the one I liked was a reasonable possibility.

I have cleared skin above the clitoris that is outside his 1cm preference.
He said he could remove the skin, but I told him that I kinda liked that skin and preferred to keep it even though it meant I would have hairless skin above my hooded clitoris. In the porn magazine, there was one picture that had a hairless area above the clitoris that Dr. Meltzer pointed out. Dr. Meltzer also mentioned that I could have hair transplanted there if I didn't have any regrowth. He suggested not having hair transplanted from the back of my head though, as the hair there would be of a different texture and would grow to slightly different lengths. (We all kinda chuckled.)

Concerning body contouring:

Do you recommend massages of some sort afterward?
You could have topical ultrasound 3 days a week for 2 weeks, or 2 massages a week for 2-3 weeks out.
What type of scars and bruising should I expect?
You’ll have two incisions for the entry areas, but you probably won’t have much bruising for the lipo.
What should I do if folds appear in the lipo’d area?
They probably won’t based on your physique since you are fairly lean.

Dr. Meltzer said I would have to wear the girdle devices for 2 weeks. The band around my waist should be worn for 2-3 days and then the longer girdle should be worn for the remaining time.

He also said that he would be able to place a little of my body fat into my laugh lines (nasolabial folds).

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