Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Weeks 9-11

Fri Nov 15 00:23:02 2019 UTC

(7 comments)

(see post history for previous entries about this surgery)

Woops, skipped a couple weeks of updates...this post covers weeks 9, 10, and 11. There's no special stuff, just the same topics of swelling, dilation, healing.

Swelling

I don't think this has changed much, which is fine, because I don't notice in in everyday life. I guess from here on it's just the last bits of swelling that are slowly going away.

Dilation

I've "re-stretched" things by now which is nice. I was only doing twice/daily for a week due to business and I could feel it get a bit harder to dilate.

Still on purple though! I figure I'll size up when I get back home in a couple weeks.

Healing

There's lots of nice pink peritoneal tissue in the mirror! Thankfully the granulation tissue never got too bad.

I actually haven't tried more intense exercise than hiking yet (cuz I'm busy nowadays) so that'll have to wait till December as well.

Nerves are going a bit crazy sometimes, some feeling has came back in weird ways. There's places I can touch and random-ish nerves will just light up, like this spot at the top I can press and feel it all the way to the tip of my penis. I'm assuming things will normalize but it's pretty fun(ny) for now.

The discharge/lubrication/whatever is real , folks. 24/7. It's definitely influenced by "things" but I'm not sure what the factors are yet. I think being more active (e.g. when I hike) means more damp~wetness. Maybe also how hydrated I am. It'll be interesting to see the change when I go from dilating 3x/day to 1x/day...I had previously assumed that a significant portion of the discharge was leftover lube from dilating but TBH now I don't think so.

Mental Health

100% fine. Don't really think about it too much TBH, it's just a part of life now. And I'm glad for it, especially since obviously 1) it hasn't healed all the way 2) I haven't had the part 2 (labiaplasty) yet. But even if nothing else happened I wouldn't regret it.

Future Things

I'm having my 3-month post-op checkup soon, where I'll schedule my labiaplasty!! Excited.

Also I've tentatively decided that I will post pics after the labiaplasty, so y'all have that to look forward to.

u/HiddenStill

Tue Nov 26 12:56:44 2019 UTC

(0 children)

Here they are

Complications with GCS by ebb78 in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Weeks 9-11 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Month 2/Week 8 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Week 6 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Week 5 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Week 4/Month 1 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Week 3 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Week 2 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
AMA! Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg, Post-Op Week 1 by the_weird_stuff in 2019
FYI: Penile-Preserving, Laproscopic Peritoneal-Pullthrough GCS with Dr. Heidi Wittenberg in a month-ish by the_weird_stuff in 2019
I will be having a vaginoplasty while preserving my penis. Just made my down payment. Will have surgery this fall. by CeliaTheBrave in 2019
Long-term SRS results with Dr. Wittenberg? in 2018

u/Solracksub

Wed Feb 23 05:54:55 2022 UTC

(1 child)

Hey, I hope everything is okay, why there is not any update since 2 years ago ?

u/Professional_Bet_927

Wed May 25 06:22:18 2022 UTC

Wondering the same here!

u/TaintedHope71

Wed Nov 27 17:01:36 2019 UTC

(2 children)

Hi I’ve been lurking on your posts for awhile now. I was wondering if I could have the names of the other two surgeons doing nb surgeries. Unfortunately I’m on the other side of the country and my insurance isn’t accepted by Dr. Heidi Wittenberg. Thank you in advance.

Wed Nov 27 22:27:19 2019 UTC

Unfortunately I don't really know who they are as Dr. Wittenberg was the only person I talked to about it. I think I've heard that a different California surgeon might do it too but I don't remember the name. Maybe try the Mt. Sinai team, since they're doing cool GCS stuff?

u/illyriarose

Thu Nov 28 00:48:47 2019 UTC

Definitely Dr Satterwhite in California, and supposedly Dr Crane in I think Austin Texas offer this or a similar option. I think Dr Wittenberg may be the only surgeon of the three to offer it in combination with peritoneal pull through at this time.

u/DisphoricAngst

Wed Nov 27 22:42:21 2019 UTC

Oh my God, this exists?! I was told it didn't.

I'm going to check out your posts. Thank you for recording this experience!

I'm curious the impact to prostate stimulation (right now I can orgasm from perinium pressure/anal, and wouldn't want to loose that pleasure source... It really helps me feel femme at the moment).

OMG. So excite. Ty!!