Hi everyone,

So I'm 24 days post-op vaginoplasty with PPT. Earlier in my recovery I had a lot of swelling which led to some sutures popping which led to a fair amount of wound dehiscence.

I'm slowly recovering and gaining a small amount of energy each day. But I feel like the pain never improves. Pain when I move. Pain when I dilate. Pain when I'm just lying in bed (which is 99% of my day). Pain when I get out of bed. Pain when I try to sleep. Pain when I wake up.

I take my NSAIDS. I follow all the rules. I clean myself well with diluted hydrogen peroxide after each dilation and each trip to the restroom. I ice my vulva carefully and constantly. I take my pain meds on time.

The pain is always there.

It claws at my sanity.

I just have never experienced something like this in my life. I'm used to getting an injury, resting up, letting it heal, pain decreases slowly as it heals, and then I slowly get back to normal. This is different. Going on 24 days of pain and I'm losing a little of my sanity each day.

Any advice? I'm following all of my post op instructions very carefully. I've talked to my doctors about it. They say that we just have to wait for the wounds to close on their own. They say it may be weeks more before that happens.

Any advice or tips on managing ongoing pain would be helpful and appreciated. I had hoped that after almost a month that I would be doing better than I am.

TLDR: 24 days post op and the pain never ends. I'm struggling mentally with how to deal with constant pain.