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 Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:57 pm
Hey guys. I was wondering how you felt on the topic of getting rid o' the bits and pieces if/when you get a meta or phallo.
Personally, I yo-yo back and forth. When I first came out, I didn't think I'd have any bottom surgery. Then wanted a metoidioplasty. I added the urethral lengthening at some point, and then I started considering testicular implants(though I still don't know about those since some of them look really terrible).
I don't want to want a vaginectomy--it seems like it'd be a horrific surgery with a horribly uncomfortable recovery time. Not to mention it's expensive!
What do you guys think? Yay or nay? Why do you feel that way?
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:06 pm
I'm still kind of holding out for a better bottom surgery option. Normal size and sensation, please.
However, metoidioplasty seems like an infinitely better option than phalloplasty, personally. Though I know of one transguy who's very pleased with the results of his phallo.. =/
I'm on the fence on the matter. It will be quite a while before I can afford it either way and I just keep hoping for a better option to come about in time for when I can.
If I do have bottom surgery, I will have a hysterectomy as well.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:14 pm
I've been thinking of metoidioplasty. Nothing else has really appealed to me yet.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:40 pm
As far as I know a vaginectomy isn't all that possible and the option that does get rid of it close to entirely is incredibly unhealthy because of the risk of cancer that can't be monitered. But once bottom surgery gets better I definitely want it, no questions asked. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:19 am
I'm not having anything done until technology has advanced to the point at which I can be assured something that works as it should and justifies the money I'm spending on it. It's all about the stem cells - I'm convinced a very good lab-grown p***s will be available within our lifetimes.
Until that comes along, however, I don't want anything done down there. It's uncomfortable, invasive, expensive, and I'd rather put up with having the wrong genitals if they're in good working order.
A lot of the public seem to think the be-all and end-all of transsexuality is having one's genitals fixed, and to be honest, it's actually quite low down my priority list. Not that I don't really want to be sorted, one day, but it's not like it affects how I pass or get treated on an everyday basis, which is more important to me.
Not that I'll criticise anyone who does go in for surgery. I might wince a little, privately, but it's not my place to comment on what others want done. It's what's best for them, and many transmen are pleased with the options currently available.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:28 am
I feel like the odd man out here.... but....
I want a vaginectomy. I want all that girly stuff removed, even if I can't get a p***s.
I'm more subconscious of having that girly stuff than not having a d**k. Honestly, those girly parts really mess me up, I want that stuff removed and it sewn up.
sometimes I feel off for wanting that, but honestly, it would make me so much happier.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:35 am
I also would like my girl parts removed, but I'm iffy still about the entire thing. I would of lost it already if I wasn't forced to go on Birth control an estrogen. -__-U But no, I was put on in and now it's all fix or whatever down there. guh.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:17 am
Thambos As far as I know a vaginectomy isn't all that possible and the option that does get rid of it close to entirely is incredibly unhealthy because of the risk of cancer that can't be monitered.
So IF someone chooses to leave it there... if it's closed over, how can they still be monitored for cancer? I don't know much about this at all and want to find more information, but I've been having trouble.
Also, to have a vaginectomy, I also saw that it's not required to have a hysterectomy with it. Again, I'd think it would be harder to monitor the other organs for cancer... How would that work?
If you're planning on having genital reconstruction surgery it is generally a good idea to leave the v****a intact until you have the surgery because parts of it are used to construct the new genitals.
Keep in mind that any surgical procedure that involves the reproductive system exposes that patient to risks of damage to the bladder and urinary system. Any damage to associated nerves and muscles can cause urinary incontinence.
Davolyn- It's ok. As ok as I am with a lot of myself, it makes me extremely uncomfortable knowing I have a uterus and ovaries. I've wanted them taken out since I first learned I had them.
I would like to read more on the medical effects of a hysterectomy, as that seems to be less talked about among FtMs, but it's still very important. I don't know much about what negative effects it could possibly have on my health and what I could do to counteract those effects.
I've been kind of curious about a metoidioplasty. I would really like to be able to piss with it if I got one, but I'm prone to kidney stones. Ouch. And so I don't think urethral lengthening and repositioning would even be an option for me, unfortunately. Things to consider...
Though a meta with just clitoral release might also be ok. I started looking up surgery photos and nearly barfed on myself. Genital surgery is really, really bloody. I guess it doesn't help that I was doing it to acid trance. I'm feeling a little light-headed now...]
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:01 pm
I think that if I were to chose to transition I would need at least a partial hysterectomy. I want at least one ovary put on ice so my partner can have children that are biologically mine. I guess I'd like to get rid of bits that usually get cancer. Does anybody know the likeliness of cancer due to T?
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:59 pm
Hanaurimusume Thambos As far as I know a vaginectomy isn't all that possible and the option that does get rid of it close to entirely is incredibly unhealthy because of the risk of cancer that can't be monitered.
So IF someone chooses to leave it there... if it's closed over, how can they still be monitored for cancer? I don't know much about this at all and want to find more information, but I've been having trouble.]I found an awesome resource (downloadable at http://www.nickgorton.org/) that from what I gathered said that at least the opening is still left there on most procedures. What I understood was that the v****a can be closed up on the inside but still accessible from the opening to be monitered, or it can be inverted, that is, opened up at the top and then closed at the bottom, leaving the tissue intact but no opening to moniter possible cancer. I may have to look again, because that's just what I understood, and it made me so frustrated that I almost decided not to transition at all. stressed
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:02 pm
Spatterdash I'm not having anything done until technology has advanced to the point at which I can be assured something that works as it should and justifies the money I'm spending on it. It's all about the stem cells - I'm convinced a very good lab-grown p***s will be available within our lifestyles. YES! I really hope that stem-cell research is allowed to continue because I think that that would be the best option if it were possible. I'm sure that soon enough it will be. There was a book I was reading that made future predictions and I think it said by 2050 it should be completely possible and normal... Hmm... sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:29 am
Thambos Spatterdash I'm not having anything done until technology has advanced to the point at which I can be assured something that works as it should and justifies the money I'm spending on it. It's all about the stem cells - I'm convinced a very good lab-grown p***s will be available within our lifestyles. YES! I really hope that stem-cell research is allowed to continue because I think that that would be the best option if it were possible. I'm sure that soon enough it will be. There was a book I was reading that made future predictions and I think it said by 2050 it should be completely possible and normal... Hmm... sweatdrop There's already a lot of work being done on growing organs in labs, it's something medical researchers really want to be able to do, seeing as growing an organ from one's own cells is superior to a transplant because the body won't reject your own tissue. It's quite tricky, but they're getting closer. They've grown bladders, for example. It won't be exactly soon, but perhaps by the time we're middle-aged - which is fine, since I'll probably need until I'm 45 to save up the money.
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:26 am
Spatterdash It won't be exactly soon, but perhaps by the time we're middle-aged - which is fine, since I'll probably need until I'm 45 to save up the money. LOL, exactly. I'm gonna be waiting ten or fifteen years anyway, just because surgeries really need to improve. stressed
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:34 pm
To be completely honest. I don't want my v****a gone, I just want a d**k as well. I feel like I'm a bit alone in this but even if I could get a fully working p***s I'd like to keep my hole. I have fun with it now that it doesn't bleed all the time. *shrugs* I'm weird I guess....
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:14 pm
Basically, you can take what Spat said, and also take it as my opinion, nearly word-for-word.
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