From early in the morning I knew today was going to be a good day.
Around 1 AM I went to the bathroom and had a BM. I felt amazing after that! I took a quick shower then was off to bed.
My wife and I woke up around 7:30AM. Though we didn't have to be anywhere til 12noon we were up. We went to get breakfast. I was walking a little stronger and felt a little better thanks to that 1AM BM.
We took our breakfast back to our room and had a nice family meal. I had another BM after breakfast SCORE!
Robin came around 11:45Am to get us for my 12noon appointment with Dr. Bowers. When we arrived to Dr.Bowers' office there was one woman who we went to dinner with he other day who wa coming in for her last post-op visit before she flew home. We also so another patient who was preparing for surgery tomorrow and the woman who I met online prior to surgery who had surgery the same day as me. It was interesting to see the different people.
Robin gave me the OR report that I needed to get my birth certificate sealed in my birth state. I was happy about that. I was then escorted to an exam room to wait for Dr. Bowers.
Dr. Bowers came in and we spoke a little about how I was feeling. She saw that the urine in my catheter bag was neon Orange which it is supposed to be due to the bladder medication I was taking.
She had me sit on the table with my legs spread. I did it without feeling any discomfort because I knew there was no vaginal opening there to trigger my dysphoria.
She checked the base of my penis to see if the Foley caused me to pop any stitches which I know guys have had issues with in the past. Luckily things were on the up and up.
She said that she would like to take out the foley today and see if I could urinate through my penis. We discussed this because there were different pros and cons to taking out the foley this soon. I felt good that she made it a discussion to take my feelings and concerns into consideration before a decision was made. Due to how my body heals and how things have been feeling I felt it would be fine to take it out sooner rather than later.
She took it out and I felt so much better instantly to not have that in my penis. My penis was still swollen, tender and really sensitive. The room had a hand mirror for post op patients to check out their new genitals. I looked at how things looked without the Catheter there. It looked amazing. I was very happy though things were swollen, draining and still a little scary looking which I expected from having seen other guys post op genials.
Dr. Bowers told me she was going to leave the suprapubic catheter in just until she was sure that I could be 100% through my new penis. She told me to drink lots of water so that 1)My urine won't be as acidic and 2) so that my new urethra gets a good work out before I leave.
I am also to try and urinate at least once every hour. If I am able to successfully urinate through my penis then tomorrow I will go back and get the suprapubic removed. Even though the suprapubic wasn't working since day 3 in emergency cases it is best to have that than foley.
She had me get dressed which was far easier with the foley gone. Walking was also a little bette. Though my catheter bag was full when she removed the foley I still felt like I had to pee. This was my first test. I went to the bathroom and tried to hold my penis so pee standing but it was too sensitive and sore. I decided to "hover" facing the toilet for now til some more swelling and tenderness was gone. I almost peed on the back on the toilet because of how much of a strong steady stream I had. I was happy about that. I let Robin know the first attempt was good since Dr. Bowers was heading to see another patient.
Janet came out to take us back to our room. On the way back we stopped to see Carol who runs "The morning after house" for Dr. Bowers patients to stay at if they choose. My wife and I met Carol a few years back while she and Dr. Bowers were still romantically involved. It was nice to see her.
Janet then took us to our room at which point I felt the urge to pee. I did the hover thing again which worked fine but again I had a strong stream and the urine was definitely coming out the tip of my penis. Another BM which made me feel even better. I decided to take a shower just to feel extra fresh. While I was in the shower again I felt the urge to pee so I did this time trying to aim. My aim was a little off so I need to work on that. Since then I have been hovering and trying to aim my pelvis since my penis is too tender to aim.
Everytime I go to pee it is easier and feels more natural to me. I am very happy that my urethra seems to be working without issue.
I am definitely on cloud 9. Everything already looks pretty good but I know once the swelling goes down things will look even better.
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It was an awesome feeling.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's great that you were able to pee without issue. Congrats! That must have been amzing!
ReplyDeleteI also just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your sharing your experiences like this. I haven't seen many guys talk about ring meta with Dr. Bowers before, and it's nice to hear a very detailed one.
She has done around 20 of them thus far and when I was asking around I only heard from a handful of patients. Since I felt comfortable with her skill level I decided to take the risk and I am glad I did. I am trying to encourage other guys I know who plan to go to her to at least share their experience.
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