Two months yesterday --

[VickySGV]

I don't know whether it seems longer or shorter than two months, but Jan 15 to March 15 works out to 60 days. Jan 15 was the SRS itself. The swelling has almost all gone to nothing, but I still spray a bit when I go to pee, None of the sutures are left as far as I can feel. I have another month to go before I go down to twice a day dilating from thrice a day, but the only problem with the dilating now is the time it takes, and the mess from the lubricant. What less can a girl want??

I feel fine about the surgery, but now my stress is toward cleaning out my kitchen cabinets so I get ready for a remodeling job of the kitchen itself.

[Guest LizMarie]

Vicky, may I ask how do you feel physically at this point? Tired? Not tired? Tiring easily? Physically sore? What observations would you make about your physical well being at this point, to convey to someone who has not yet had SRS about your current state? What do you experience at this point, knowing that we're all individuals and may experience things differently?

[Guest Tamar]

Already? My how time flies. Thanks for being, and staying, here.

[Charlize]

I'm amazed that it has been so long. Your getting to be an older woman. I'm glad the healing is going so well and you are able to fret about the kitchen.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest JeepGirl90]

Time does fly! I'm glad its going well for you! I would not push yourself too hard yet on your kitchen remodel until you heal a little more, personally

-Christina

[VickySGV]

Vicky, may I ask how do you feel physically at this point? Tired? Not tired? Tiring easily? Physically sore? What observations would you make about your physical well being at this point, to convey to someone who has not yet had SRS about your current state? What do you experience at this point, knowing that we're all individuals and may experience things differently?

By six weeks, all of my external sutures had dissolved and fallen off/out. which greatly improved personal comfort, the darn things itched for me. I have not really had to use any pain medication for specific SRS related reasons since about 4.5 to5 weeks, but you can get headaches and muscle soreness like anyone else so my Advil supply keeps getting some use. I am not noticing that I get tired any more easily than was age appropriate before my surgery. For the first three weeks, climbing stairs was a bit slow because of the tugging on the sutures, but I was assured by the doctor that they were not going to be hurt by the exercise I was a little more susceptible to colds for a while here, but was that the surgery's doing, or just the cold's? I will agree that my resistance was down, as my early yeast infection proved. I have no trouble at all walking double distance in our shopping malls here.

A feeling that my pelvic area did not really belong to me has cleared up, along with my being afraid to touch the entire area aside from dilating and I now feel comfortable with cleaning it as I need to. I did not really ever have any numbness in the surgery area, but it is now responding to lighter touch in a positve way. There are still moments when I get some nerve misfirings and make me reach for areas that I realize are not where they feel like they are to soothe them.

I am happy I am the way I now am, but it is not the ecstasy that I imagined it would be. I have functional organs that look OK in the mirror, but it is not a permanent, all time high, and I can now ignore stuff and just get along with my usual humdrum daily existance.

As I said, with the end of the swelling and pain you do realize more clearly what your have done. If you get busy and on with your life after surgery, the days of heavy discomfort will become a memory that you had the pain, but not a memory of the pain itself if that makes sense. My blood sugar is back under better control now, but I may have put back a pound or two.

I think I see life ahead on the horizon.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Vicky, can I say that you are my inspiration? hugssss :-) I'll be thinking of your strength as I embark on my own surgery process.