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27/3/2018 0 Comments PaintingA few months ago, I started to feel like I wanted to start painting again. I had this vision of doing a series of self portraits centered on my transition. It had been many years since I actively put brush to canvas. I decided that what I needed to do was to take a class. I found one through community ed at the high school by our house. It was a beginning acrylics class. I signed up. The class was 6 weeks long. The teacher introduced a number of techniques over the weeks and we had small exercises to work on each week. The second to last week, we stretched a canvas and then on the last day, we did a painting on it. I chose to do a self portrait.
I present Self Portrait #1: This New Body.
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21/3/2018 3 Comments Surgery Update!It has now been over a week since I had my orchiectomy. Recovery has been amazingly easy. I only felt like I needed the narcotics for the first day. After that, Tylenol was sufficient. I now have been only taking it before bed and sometimes first thing in the morning.
The swelling now has down to nearly nothing! It was never much. Soon it will be all gone. It feels so wonderful not having that extra "stuff" between my legs. I still have a little internal discomfort, but that is mostly ignorable most of the time. I only had one incident with one of the cats on my that was unpleasant, and that was just the other day. Last week, when I was off for recovery, I mostly just laid on the couch with an ice pack and the cats finding somewhere to snuggle with me. The other day, after work, I laid down for a nap and Arashi walked on me. He stepped in just the right spot to nearly double me over! Next Friday, I have a followup with the surgeon. I expect that things will be in tip top shape by then. 16/3/2018 0 Comments And it is done!This past Tuesday, I had my orchiectomy!
Monday night, I had to begin my prep, which was showering with some disinfectant soap. Boy, that stuff burned! I had to repeat that again in the morning. My wife and I drove in for my 8:00am check in without issue. We made our way to the 5th floor and checked in. It didn't take long and I was carted off to get ready for surgery. To say I was a bit scared, would be an understatement! Soon, I was rolled down the hallways end into the surgical center. I was transferred to the operating table and soon a mask was put over my face. As the gas flowed, I felt like I was just about to panic, since I couldn't get a breath. The next thing I knew, someone was yelling my name. Well, that's what it felt like anyway. I came to in a recovery room. It was done. After they felt like I was OK, we got to head down a secret exit and have our car brought out to us without any waiting! We then went out to a lovely lunch at the Red Cow. Anna had never been, but it was on her list of places to try. It was fabulous like always. Anna loved it too. Home after that to recover. And that was pretty much where I stayed for the next 2 1/2 days. On the couch with ice packs and cats. Overall, the recovery has been far, far easier than I had feared! I had had a vasectomy about 25 years ago and recovery for that was horrible. I swelled to the size of a grapefruit. This time, the swelling I have had was minimal and there wasn't any stretching of the skin. Pain was also very manageable. The worst part was the constipation caused by the narcotics. I only took the narcotics for a day, but it wasn't until last night where things started moving again. Today, I am back at work. I am taking things slowly. I feel very good overall at this point. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel having it done, but now that it is done, I must say that I am ecstatic! I have eliminated one med and reduced the estrogen that I take. Even with some swelling, there is a noticeable lack of something between my legs. I absolutely love it. I can hardly wait to see if I experience any additional feminization! There is a strong likelihood that I will! |
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