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Implants
No, this entry is not about breast implants… There was a lot of talk about hormone implants this month at our T&T-meeting.; It sounds very convenient: No more patches to apply. Just visit your GP once every three (or six) months for a little injection. This injection will put a little object into your body [...]
The doctor is angry
Last week I went to the VU-hospital again. It was a long time ago I had been there for the last time. This time I did not come to see the plastic surgeon, but the endocrinologist (hormone doctor). I had not seen him in a year. And even this tyime it was my own initiative [...]
Ouch!
Today Friday, December 21st., I had to go back to the VU-hospital in Amsterdam for a “small correction”. We were expected there at 9:30 AM, so we had to get up at six to be there on time. I am not a morning person. So I started the day with a head that felt like [...]
Third check-up
The second check-up was very much like the first one, but the third one was a lot more interesting. The surgeon is not satisfied with the operation result: My labia and clitoris have turned out a lot bigger than they ought to be. Well, I had seen that myself of course. But I thought it [...]
Post-op
There was another T&T-evening; tonight and I had really been looking forward to that, it would be nice to be with all those “partners in misfortune” in my new situation as a Post-op. I knew I would not be able to be there all evening, I didn’t feel well enough for that yet. So Julia [...]
First check-up
Today was Julia’s birthday. I had expected I would be fit enough to give her a great time, but instead I was still sitting on the couch, feeling totally sick. I had not even been able to go and buy her a present. What a difference with two years ago, when I brought her a [...]
Going home
I spent another night in the hospital, I really did not feel ready to travel home on Tuesday. The doctor did a final inspection this morning. Although my tissue was more swollen than average on day #5, there was not reason to be worried: We don’t all heal equally fast. Of course Julia was at [...]
To pee
“Today is the big day“, said the doctor when he came into the room. I thought he was talking about my roommate, who would get her operation today, but he is also referring to me. It was time to remove the tampon, which has been placed inside me at the end of the operation. This [...]
Bowel motions
On Monday the last drain still had to stay in, but maybe I would be allowed to eat something. I got a laxative medicine and I was promised a biscuit after the first bowel movement. And I was allowed to fill in the menu-lists for tomorrow. Wow! It was so great to order all kinds [...]
Waiting
On Sunday it is business as usual in the hospital. One more drain was removed, now there was only one left. And that awful catheter of course… My good friends M and M from Belgium had planned to visit me today, but they couldn’t make it: M called me with the news his car broke [...]