This piece actually belongs between My Wisconsin Adventure and Road Trips.
The body considers the newly formed vagina to be little more than a wound, so it tries to heal it. To counteract this, we have to use a dildo to stretch the interior walls of the new vagina (otherwise, stenosis...hardening of the walls and eventual closure of the vagina...can occur). I have to dilate about 3-4 times a day at present, for about 30-45 minutes per time. Sometimes it feels good, sometimes it is painful.
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The clitoris is formed from a portion of the erectile tissue in the penis (because that is sensitive tissue). Dr. Schrang makes a very large clitoris because in his experience, some of it is going to die away (necrosis). The dying tissue is really ugly looking and makes the whole thing look bad for awhile. Eventually, it melts away and one hopes that healthy tissue is left behind. I'm still having some pussy residue at the moment, but it is looking better all the time.
It is still rather large right now, though that may be the result of some residual swelling. At this point it is not as pleasure-sensitive as I hope it will become. It is sensitive to the pain of being rubbed on by my clothes, however. I still have another (considered cosmetic) surgery to go, to close the upper portion of the vagina, thereby creating the clitoral hood that normally protects the clitoris from this rubbing, and to create the inner labia.
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I haven't been in the greatest of moods recently, which somewhat explains my absence of posts and disappearance from IRC. Not everything is going well with my recovery. I have a urinary fistula (meaning that urine emanates from more than one source when I pee). I called Schrang yesterday about it and he first said that it was "normal." When I questioned him further on that, he backed off to "common." He said that there was no danger of permanent damage from urine coming out at the base of my clitoris and that he could fix it when he did my labioplasty. This irks me a bit because the labioplasty is a separate operation and costs $2700. While I had pretty much decided that I was going to have one anyway, he didn't know that. There was no offer of "come back and I'll fix it for free" such as Menard gave Sarah for her vaginal fistula.
I am told (sure, now!) that urinary fistulas are quite common with Schrang patients, just as I was informed that Meltzer often has a problem with the "web tissue" at the bottom of the vagina. I think people should know these things. I didn't beforehand. If I had, maybe I would have been able to sleep some this past weekend.